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A review by cooperca
Divergent by Veronica Roth
4.0
My friend recommended Divergent knowing how much I love young adult dystopian novels.
In the future people are divided up into 5 factions. On your 16th birthday you take a simulation exam to see which of these factions you best fit into. Young Beatrice finds out that she has equal aptitude for 3 and is considered a divergent -- something she should never reveal to anyone as being a divergent is considered dangerous. Now she must decide whether to stay with her parents and the faction she's grown up in or switch. Of course she switches and goes into one of the most dangerous of factions -- the Dauntless.
Overall, a good story with solid characters and plenty of action. Beatrice, or Tris as she's known in her new faction, grows up quickly to realize that peace comes at a price. Her training time with the Dauntless proves she's tough and allows her to see human fault in all it's glory (jealousy, hatred, greed). As with Hunger Games, most of the story lines come to a conclusion at the end of the book leaving one very important open to allow for the next novel.
There were times the pace slows a bit and sections where I felt I'd read the same thing in other novels (ex. when Tris is learning how to throw knives). But overall it's a good read and will definitely be reading the second book in the trilogy.
In the future people are divided up into 5 factions. On your 16th birthday you take a simulation exam to see which of these factions you best fit into. Young Beatrice finds out that she has equal aptitude for 3 and is considered a divergent -- something she should never reveal to anyone as being a divergent is considered dangerous. Now she must decide whether to stay with her parents and the faction she's grown up in or switch. Of course she switches and goes into one of the most dangerous of factions -- the Dauntless.
Overall, a good story with solid characters and plenty of action. Beatrice, or Tris as she's known in her new faction, grows up quickly to realize that peace comes at a price. Her training time with the Dauntless proves she's tough and allows her to see human fault in all it's glory (jealousy, hatred, greed). As with Hunger Games, most of the story lines come to a conclusion at the end of the book leaving one very important open to allow for the next novel.
There were times the pace slows a bit and sections where I felt I'd read the same thing in other novels (ex. when Tris is learning how to throw knives). But overall it's a good read and will definitely be reading the second book in the trilogy.