Divergent
Now available in a gorgeous, deluxe limited edition—with an exclusive preview of The Sixth Faction, the beginning of a bold new Divergent series.
This first book in Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent series; the novel that inspired a major motion picture and captured the hearts of millions of teen and adult readers.
Perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Maze Runner series, Divergent and its sequels, Insurgent and Allegiant, are the gripping story of a dystopian world transformed by courage, self-sacrifice, and love. Fans of the Divergent movie will find the book packed with just as much emotional depth and exhilarating action as the film, all told in beautiful, rich language.
One choice can transform you.
Beatrice Prior's society is divided into five factions—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). Beatrice must choose between staying with her Abnegation family and transferring factions.
Her choice will shock her community and herself. But the newly christened Tris also has a secret, one she's determined to keep hidden, because in this world, what makes you different makes you dangerous.
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Thought provoking and overall well written, with some discrepancies in the plot so not quite a 5 for me, but a solid read that keeps you intrigued and wanting more, making it challenging to put it down at times.
If only the world could be so simply divided into factions and resolve all the world's problems, wouldn't that be an ideal to pursue. Unfortunately, as in life, the story's characters eventually learn not all is a utopian as it seems once they go behind the unknown curtain and learn there's more to life than just "existing" in a day-to-day life. What lies beyond is something more, but is it the more that is the beginning of all things new, or the end of all things old in ways that are far more destructive?
While there were a couple places that contradict later happenings within the story, the one section that challenged me the most, and seemed the most weak was when Four (aka Tobias) brings Tris into his fear simulation. Here he is a 2 year veteran of Dauntless, who has a position of leadership, yet he is still so weak that within this own 'fear landscape' he leans on her to tell him how to get through it. This after his telling her he does this all the time to get better at it. Her comments to him to guide him make little sense since she is inexperienced with this stage of the training. Furthermore the things she's suggesting as an amateur compared to him seem more like things he should be guiding her on since she still has one more test. And as it turns out she ends up with an advantage over the others who all do not know what is to come because it's been kept from the initiates. So, why then didn't she use some of the techniques she suggested to him during her own fear landscape? At one point it's mentioned that her fear overcomes her and she can't think, and maybe that's true, but there seems to be a number of holes in this section that aren't justified or answered even by leaps from the reader.
I would challenge this entire section as a weak point. If they are hunting the divergent and he understands the way things work, would he not be guiding her in the same fashion that Tori seems to have tried to warn her about? And later it mentions that there are more Divergents and all likely to have come from her same home faction, so how are they staying hidden? Another problem was that at one point she guesses her mother must have been a Dauntless based on the conversation she had with her mother and her mother knowing certain things, but then later when her mother shows up again to help and is holding a gun she seems surprised that her mother must have been a Dauntless. This doesn't seem like it was well planned on the writer's part, but maybe I missed something being so absorbed in the story that I read for long jaunts at a time?! Still it seems she should not have been surprised by this. And following on that, first Beatrice's father chastises her for shooting Peter (though she did not kill him) and the next he comes out of the elevator KILLING people. So why is it okay for him, but not for her? And how did he change 180° in the time he rode that elevator? Again, doesn't flow with the story.
Overall, it's still a great story and very thought provoking. I look forward to reading the next in the series.
If only the world could be so simply divided into factions and resolve all the world's problems, wouldn't that be an ideal to pursue. Unfortunately, as in life, the story's characters eventually learn not all is a utopian as it seems once they go behind the unknown curtain and learn there's more to life than just "existing" in a day-to-day life. What lies beyond is something more, but is it the more that is the beginning of all things new, or the end of all things old in ways that are far more destructive?
While there were a couple places that contradict later happenings within the story, the one section that challenged me the most, and seemed the most weak was when Four (aka Tobias) brings Tris into his fear simulation. Here he is a 2 year veteran of Dauntless, who has a position of leadership, yet he is still so weak that within this own 'fear landscape' he leans on her to tell him how to get through it. This after his telling her he does this all the time to get better at it. Her comments to him to guide him make little sense since she is inexperienced with this stage of the training. Furthermore the things she's suggesting as an amateur compared to him seem more like things he should be guiding her on since she still has one more test. And as it turns out she ends up with an advantage over the others who all do not know what is to come because it's been kept from the initiates. So, why then didn't she use some of the techniques she suggested to him during her own fear landscape? At one point it's mentioned that her fear overcomes her and she can't think, and maybe that's true, but there seems to be a number of holes in this section that aren't justified or answered even by leaps from the reader.
I would challenge this entire section as a weak point. If they are hunting the divergent and he understands the way things work, would he not be guiding her in the same fashion that Tori seems to have tried to warn her about? And later it mentions that there are more Divergents and all likely to have come from her same home faction, so how are they staying hidden? Another problem was that at one point she guesses her mother must have been a Dauntless based on the conversation she had with her mother and her mother knowing certain things, but then later when her mother shows up again to help and is holding a gun she seems surprised that her mother must have been a Dauntless. This doesn't seem like it was well planned on the writer's part, but maybe I missed something being so absorbed in the story that I read for long jaunts at a time?! Still it seems she should not have been surprised by this. And following on that, first Beatrice's father chastises her for shooting Peter (though she did not kill him) and the next he comes out of the elevator KILLING people. So why is it okay for him, but not for her? And how did he change 180° in the time he rode that elevator? Again, doesn't flow with the story.
Overall, it's still a great story and very thought provoking. I look forward to reading the next in the series.
CAUTION: there are a few spoilers in this review
I am happy to say that I finally got to read Divergent after being badgered by numerous students to the point where I was fearing that they would tie me up in a chair and force me to read it all at once. Luckily, it didn't turn out like that and now I have a great new topic to talk to them about. Everyone was saying that it was one of the books that you read in one or two sittings, and now I see why. It was non-stop action all the way through! I will admit to having some trouble staying focused in the beginning, but I soon fell into the story and read the next 3/4 all in one night.
While I really liked the book as a whole, Tris is perhaps the main reason I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5. I didn't like her for the fact that the most of the book was focused on how she only thought about winning and hated people's weaknesses. There was one particular part that stuck out to me the most: where she realized that if she wanted to become Dauntless she may have to knock out her friends, but hoping she didn't have to betray them in the process. There is no hoping in that scenario- either you betray them or you don't; and if you do, you suck as a friend and a person. I know she's trying to move past her status as Abnegation, but honestly you don't have to give up selflessness completely. I realize that characters have to be flawed, but I felt like Tris was too cruel and self-absorbed. For example, one minute she's sticking up for Al and then she's not really at all sad he's dead. Also, she gives the impression that relying on people or having any kind of sadness/fear makes you weak and you should just get over it. I felt like this part of her message was all wrong and that she was just trying to be something she's not causing her to feel fake to me. I do like her a little bit more at the end when she becomes comfortable with the fact that she's Divergent, but I still have issues with her. Let's see how I feel about her in the next book.
I am happy to say that I finally got to read Divergent after being badgered by numerous students to the point where I was fearing that they would tie me up in a chair and force me to read it all at once. Luckily, it didn't turn out like that and now I have a great new topic to talk to them about. Everyone was saying that it was one of the books that you read in one or two sittings, and now I see why. It was non-stop action all the way through! I will admit to having some trouble staying focused in the beginning, but I soon fell into the story and read the next 3/4 all in one night.
While I really liked the book as a whole, Tris is perhaps the main reason I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5. I didn't like her for the fact that the most of the book was focused on how she only thought about winning and hated people's weaknesses. There was one particular part that stuck out to me the most: where she realized that if she wanted to become Dauntless she may have to knock out her friends, but hoping she didn't have to betray them in the process. There is no hoping in that scenario- either you betray them or you don't; and if you do, you suck as a friend and a person. I know she's trying to move past her status as Abnegation, but honestly you don't have to give up selflessness completely. I realize that characters have to be flawed, but I felt like Tris was too cruel and self-absorbed. For example, one minute she's sticking up for Al and then she's not really at all sad he's dead. Also, she gives the impression that relying on people or having any kind of sadness/fear makes you weak and you should just get over it. I felt like this part of her message was all wrong and that she was just trying to be something she's not causing her to feel fake to me. I do like her a little bit more at the end when she becomes comfortable with the fact that she's Divergent, but I still have issues with her. Let's see how I feel about her in the next book.
Where to start, where to start... First off, amazing. I was hooked instantly with this book. Admittedly I got confused at first trying to remember what all the five factions stood for, but that SO didn't matter after just a few pages.
All the characters a almost ridiculously believable and real. I've found in similar books that the men a macho, the girls damsels or something similar. But seriously, this book... wow. Deep.
The plot, amazing. Had me in tears at times and laughing at others.
I won't go on but I will say this: Read it. You won't regret it. In fact, I almost guarantee that you'll be hooked, just like me xD
All the characters a almost ridiculously believable and real. I've found in similar books that the men a macho, the girls damsels or something similar. But seriously, this book... wow. Deep.
The plot, amazing. Had me in tears at times and laughing at others.
I won't go on but I will say this: Read it. You won't regret it. In fact, I almost guarantee that you'll be hooked, just like me xD
I read the Hunger Games. I started to roll my eyes thinking, here's another knock off. It deals with Beatrice. She renames herself tris. She meets Four. Cue the music and throw in another potential lover into the mix.... Right? Totally wrong. Much to my delight, I was way off base. Tris is a Divergent. She can encompass many different traits if the regions and know how to nit let the simulator make her mind and spirit broken.
In a futuristic world, nothing and NOBODY is exactly who they seem. Now ask yourself, if you can trust your parents, friends, leaders, who can you trust?
Next book.....
In a futuristic world, nothing and NOBODY is exactly who they seem. Now ask yourself, if you can trust your parents, friends, leaders, who can you trust?
Next book.....
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