Title: Divergent
Author: Veronica Roth
Pages: 487
Release: May 3rd, 2011
Synopsis:(from Goodreads)In a future Chicago, 16-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.
My Thoughts:
I am currently slamming my head into a wall repeatedly
for putting off reading this book for so long. The most important thing I could
say in this review is that if you were like me and put off reading this for
various, unimportant reasons you need to read it, like now!
A lot of the time when I read books set in big cities, I
have trouble understanding the locations and visualizing where they are and the
scenery around them. Not this time though! Chicago is one of my favorite places
I have ever been so I was very excited to read a book set in a dystopian
version of Chicago. It was fun imagining Navy Pier in ruins and Millennium Park
being part of Erudite territory.
The characters were amazing. The connection I felt to
Tris was instant and I got so swept up in the story that there were a couple
times I actually shuddered for her or was grinning from ear to ear. Let me just
say, that does not happen to me very often! I also loved the surprises in this book! A new surprise
was revealed every couple of chapters and I was never expecting it.
The only thing about Divergent that I could say anything
less that one hundred percent positive is that there was a LOT of information
crammed in at the last hundred pages or so. It was really intense right at the
end and a lot happened that didn’t necessarily get all of the explanation and
detail it deserved.
So, needless to say, it was a great book. I opted out of
doing homework, eating at a decent time, and showering(TMI!) in order to read it in
one sitting. I am looking forward to reading Insurgent in a month. Hope
everyone is enjoying the Choosing Ceremony events happening in the blogosphere
today and just for the record…I am a CANDOR!
In Short:
Rating: 5/5
Purchase or Check Out?: Purchase
Would I read it again?: YES!
I'm glad you like it! It was one of the best books of last year (at least for me ;)
ReplyDeleteGahhh I want to read this so bad! Thanks for the review!
ReplyDeleteOoh, Divergent! It was recommended to me last year and, yes, it's a great book! The world interested me and while I couldn't completely relate to Tris, I saw her as a fascinating character whose decisions were... totally befitting her current faction, to say the least. Then again, she's a mix of things, yeah? ;)
ReplyDeleteDivergent also had me thinking about which faction I would pick. I've always related to Ravenclaw in the HP-verse and ended up being Pottermore!Sorted into Slytherin, which was cool, but during a "simulation" on the Divergent Facebook, I was recommended to join Dauntless. Um. Confusion? I mean, it felt so real, haha! I ended up choosing Erudite, but, man, the consequences of such a decision are so real and... wow. I don't know what I'm saying. Amazing world though.
Anyway, I'm really glad you enjoyed Divergent! Insurgent will be coming out soon, so... Let's all read it together, yeah?
Have a great week!