Divergent
Juvenile Fiction
Katherine Tegen Books
February 28, 2012
Hardcover
576
Paperback features over fifty pages of bonus materials, including a sneak peek of Insurgent, an author Q&A, a discussion guide, a Divergent playlist, faction manifestos, and more! 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, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her. Veronica Roth is the New York Times bestselling author of Divergent, the first in a trilogy of dystopian thrillers filled with electrifying decisions, heartbreaking betrayals, stunning consequences, and unexpected romance.
WrensReads Review:
I absolutely love this book. I was hesitant at first because I am not one to read a book just because it is a movie. My friends convinced me and I have no regrets.
The population of Chicago has been divided into factions based on five standard values: bravery, intelligence, honesty, kindness and selflessness. Once you have chosen which of these virtues is most awesome of all you are placed into a community of like-minded individuals who will then become your only friends, peers, colleagues and the pool from which you will select your husband/wife.
I love the different factions you can choose to join. The other thing I like is that they get to PICK. That is so refreshing. Many of the dystopian books the heroine can’t (or it is hard to) get out of the circle that they are in (The Selection, The Hunger Games, etc.).
You are immediately pulled in because Tris is told she is Divergent (which means she is more than just a faction) and she cannot tell anyone what she is unless she will be killed. Then she picks the most dangerous of the groups, going against what her parents’ group. Talk about your awkward situation.
Then there’s the love interest, the mean people, the best friends, and the strange people. There is betrayal, there is trickery, there is love and there is mystery (all the things that a book should have!).
You find yourself wondering what happens next, if Tris is ever going to find out why she is apparently dangerous to the community and if there are others like her.
THERE IS A LOVE LINE. That’s right folks: a love line, not a love triangle. Can I have a hallelujah? There is finally a book that tells you that you don’t need two men chasing after you. You don’t need to have a best friend who is in love with you and a mysterious dude who is in love with you. You don’t need to love two guys at once. It is completely possible to love one person and have them love you and only you back. HOOORRAY!
Don’t trust the movie on this one. It is an okay movie, but you don’t get the full effect and the feelings Tris feels. The book (as usual) is so much better than the movie and I am telling you to read it. You won’t regret it.
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