DIVERGENT
BY VERONICA ROTH
Genre: Dystopian, Romance
Recommended age: 12+
Goodreads rating: 4.32 stars
My Rating: 5 stars
In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue--Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is--she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself. During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are--and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, Tris also learns that her secret might help her save the ones she loves . . . or it might destroy her.
I can whole hardily say they've made it on to my OTP list.
My review:I have recently read a lot of dystopian books, and thought surely that there wasn't any original ideas left! But, boy, was I wrong! Veronica Roth creates an interesting , yet terrifying world where nothing is quite as it seems and it drew me in straight from the go. There was everything I look for in a book, a strong heroine,a swoon worthy hero, a web of lies and conflict! As you can imagine I was in rapture, you couldn't pry the book out of my hands until I had finished it.Tris was such a likeable heroine, as she never felt like she quite belonged, a feeling we can all relate to. She was a strong character, and after making the decision to join the Dauntless faction finds herself fighting other initiates or face a lifetime of being factionless *shudder*. It is then she meets Tobias, or Four as he likes to be known. He was the most perfect, imperfect hero, that I could of wished for. You could see he genuinely cared for Tris, no matter the odd ways he tried to express it. Roth teased us with Four and Tris interactions that always had me wanting more. Tris: “Peter would probably throw a party if I stopped breathing.' Four: Well,' he says, 'I would only go if there was cake.”
Danger. This book was jammed-packed with the stuff! Tris found herself thrown into the deep end facing initiates that were physically stronger, and quicker than she. But that’s not just where the danger ends, Erudite seems to have its claws out for Abnegation.I can hand and heart say GO. BUY. THIS. BOOK. I swear you won’t regret it!
BY VERONICA ROTH
Genre: Dystopian, Romance
Recommended age: 12+
Goodreads rating: 4.32 stars
My Rating: 5 stars
In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue--Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is--she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself. During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are--and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, Tris also learns that her secret might help her save the ones she loves . . . or it might destroy her.
I can whole hardily say they've made it on to my OTP list.
My review:I have recently read a lot of dystopian books, and thought surely that there wasn't any original ideas left! But, boy, was I wrong! Veronica Roth creates an interesting , yet terrifying world where nothing is quite as it seems and it drew me in straight from the go. There was everything I look for in a book, a strong heroine,a swoon worthy hero, a web of lies and conflict! As you can imagine I was in rapture, you couldn't pry the book out of my hands until I had finished it.Tris was such a likeable heroine, as she never felt like she quite belonged, a feeling we can all relate to. She was a strong character, and after making the decision to join the Dauntless faction finds herself fighting other initiates or face a lifetime of being factionless *shudder*. It is then she meets Tobias, or Four as he likes to be known. He was the most perfect, imperfect hero, that I could of wished for. You could see he genuinely cared for Tris, no matter the odd ways he tried to express it. Roth teased us with Four and Tris interactions that always had me wanting more. Tris: “Peter would probably throw a party if I stopped breathing.' Four: Well,' he says, 'I would only go if there was cake.”Danger. This book was jammed-packed with the stuff! Tris found herself thrown into the deep end facing initiates that were physically stronger, and quicker than she. But that’s not just where the danger ends, Erudite seems to have its claws out for Abnegation.I can hand and heart say GO. BUY. THIS. BOOK. I swear you won’t regret it!
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