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Insurgent

(Divergent #2)

Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)

4.02 · Rating details · 1,202,984 ratings · 59,093 reviews

One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.

Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration ...more

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Jun 08, 2011 Steph Sinclair rated it it was ok

Recommends it for: -_- Strong fans of Divergent

Recommended to Steph by: Twitter and HarperTEEN's insane marketing campaign

Shelves: dystopian, too-long-don-t-care, fell-for-the-hype, le-sigh, heroines-i-want-to-shake, dat-cover-yo, glad-it-s-over, young-adult, why-the-hype, can-t-believe-i-finished

I want to give a big old round of applause to HarperTEEN and their insane marketing campaign. Bravo. That is not mockery, but a legit salute. I sincerely have to give it up to you for convincing me that I had to own this book. I was caught up and boarded the Twitter hype train as it drove me round and round the blogosphere's Factions. (BTW, I still don't know who drives the damn train.) So, by the time I stepped into my local bookstore and laid eyes on Insurgent I happily handed over my $17.99. ...more

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Apr 11, 2012 Lyndsey rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance-rated-pg-13, about-dystopia-or-utopia, pacing-fast, 1st-person, genre-young-adult, pov-primarily-female, about-strange-cities, genre-ya-science-fiction, present-tense

All right. Start it up "We Will Rock You" style, now.

Clap, clap, stomp. Clap, clap, stomp. Clap, clap, stomp. Clap, clap, stomp.

We are, we are DAUNTLESS
We are, we are DAUNTLESS

Beatrice, Now called Tris, Made a big change
Playing on the trains, She became a Dauntless one day
She's got mud on her face
A parental disgrace
Now she'll be kickin your ass all over the place

Singin'
We are, we are DIVERGENT
We are, we are DIVERGENT

Tobias is a Dauntless, Divergent
Shoutin' to them all, We can take on the world ...more

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Jul 31, 2011 Emily May rated it did not like it

Shelves: dystopia-utopia, young-adult, 2012

The size of my disappointment probably has something to do with why I can't bring myself to award this two stars. I know Divergent isn't really a great book, the dystopia makes no sense, the Dauntless are ridiculous people who jump off trains to prove themselves... but, for me, it was still a wildly entertaining read. It was fast-paced, full of action, Tris was delightfully kickass, and the romance between her and Four complemented the main story without overtaking it. Insurgent failed on all of those.

Normally, I might put it down to middle book syndrome and carry on with book three anyway, but not this time. Even though no time passes between the end of the first book and the start of this one, Tris and Tobias/Four feel like completely different characters and this is an inconsistency I can't forgive. Whatever happened to tough Tris who made difficult decisions and put survival above all else? She has disappeared and in her place is a "heroine" quite like the majority of other young adult romantic heroines. Tris is now solely concerned with Tobias and their relationship angst, I lost count of how many pages were filled with their make-out sessions and melodrama.

Tobias also seems to have changed a lot more than his name. I really liked his character in Divergent, I found him to be sweet, kind and a little mysterious (indeed, in this book he was the only mystery). However, he has been replaced by someone who is aggressive, always frowning and frequently yells at Tris. He used to be so cool, even in a crisis - so what the hell happened? I couldn't even begin to believe in a story where the characters had changed so dramatically without logical reason.

Plus, there's also the whopping great fact that nothing actually happens. Okay, so let me be honest, I read the first 300 pages and then I skim-read the rest. So I suppose that it's entirely possible that I missed something really good, it couldn't have saved the novel for me anyway, but I'm just saying that it is possible. In those first 300 pages, though, nothing happens. People sit around talking about their problems and what they should do, Tris repeatedly remembers her parents (I know she's upset, but can't we move on to the current drama?), Tris thinks about Tobias, obsesses about Tobias, worries about Tobias, tries to solve the mystery that is Tobias...

Basically, the first 100 pages go something like:
- Tris and Tobias make out
- Tris thinks about where they should go from here
- Tris and Tobias make out
- Tris and Tobias talk about where they should go from here
- Tris and Tobias make out
- Tris thinks about her parents' deaths
- Tris and Tobias make out

I honestly don't care about their relationship. Maybe I did when I liked their characters, but now I don't even recognise them. It's not even that I doubt Roth has some brilliant ending planned for the third book, it's more that I no longer give a single damn about Tris or Tobias. I didn't even care enough to read this book properly and find out what happens at the end. I think it's clear that this series just died out for me. ...more

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Jun 14, 2011 Ellie rated it really liked it

Well, I definitely like the title "Divergent" better than "Insurgent." Sounds a bit like Insurance.

Wow, eight likes. Maybe people have had some bad experience with insurance....? Dunno.

TEN LIKES.....O.O O.O O.O <--- I love that face. #.# $.$ There are so many different combinations. XD

Eleven. Whoa. O.O I don't understand this. My review isn't at the top of the review page, is it?! It's very cool, though. :D Thanks, everyone....

Oh my word!!! Fourteen likes!!! o.o O.O O.O

228 DAYS (I think)

219 DAY ...more

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May 11, 2011 Maggie Feng rated it it was amazing

FINALLY the book is out! After months of waiting, I managed to snag this book on the day of its release and thank goodness for that!

**Warning: There will be no spoilers of Insurgent, only of Divergent**

After having not been immersed in the Divergent world since the first book came out last year, I had qualms about diving headfirst into Insurgent without refreshing myself with the basic events that happened prior to the start of this novel. However, having neither the time nor the care for reread ...more

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Apr 09, 2013 Nataliya rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013-reads, i-also-saw-the-film

Uh-oh. Why did I break my promise to myself and read this book?

Was it my curiosity? Well, I need to be more careful. After all, curiosity killed the cat - and I'm a Leo. Uh-oh.

Now I'm afraid that this book may have made me use up a few of my allotted nine lives. O_O

Welcome back to the senseless world of dystopian Chicago where you are only allowed to have one personality trait, which apparently is determined in what seems to be an equivalent of a 5-question multiple choice test. And this ridi ...more

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Nov 07, 2017 Miranda Reads rated it did not like it

Shelves: literally-painful-to-read, dumpster-fire, mary-sue-i-will-kill-you, audiobook

People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets.

Umm, no honey. You're thinking of something else...

Of the three books, this book is the long-neglected and likely disturbed middle child.

Not as fun as the first nor as smart as the third. Doesn't contribute or stand out. Essentially, it's just there, staring at us and wanting us to notice it.

The "plot": Tris & Co. are betrayed, run to a new faction, cue long description of new faction/faction life, Tris & Co. are betrayed...r ...more

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Sep 13, 2011 Eunice rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: adventure, cool-covers, death-tragedy-suicide, dystopian-postapocalyptic, ya-romance, young-adult, out-2012, damn-gorgeous-males, favourites, kick-ass-heroines

4.5 stars

When I first read Divergent, I was awed. I loved it and I really enjoyed it. However there was this small part of me that just cannot acknowledge that this series could be, like most reviews had said, leveled with The Hunger Games. I don't know, there was something I need to see or feel for me to be completely convinced that it is worth comparing to THG or say that it could be as great as THG.

And well, great job Veronica Roth, because Insurgent just had me convinced that this series is ...more

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Apr 03, 2012 Inge rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, dystopian

2.5 stars

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Jul 23, 2015 Ahmad Sharabiani rated it really liked it

Shelves: childrens-young-readers, science, young-adult, adventure, fiction, love, romance, 21th-century, united-states

Insurgent (Divergent #2), Veronica Roth

Insurgent is a 2012 science fiction young adult novel by American novelist Veronica Roth, and the second book in the Divergent trilogy.

As the sequel to the 2011 bestseller Divergent, it continues the story of Tris Prior and the dystopian post-apocalyptic version of Chicago. Following the events of the previous novel, a war now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. While trying to save the people that she loves, Tris faces quest Insurgent (Divergent #2), Veronica Roth

Insurgent is a 2012 science fiction young adult novel by American novelist Veronica Roth, and the second book in the Divergent trilogy.

As the sequel to the 2011 bestseller Divergent, it continues the story of Tris Prior and the dystopian post-apocalyptic version of Chicago. Following the events of the previous novel, a war now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. While trying to save the people that she loves, Tris faces questions of grief, forgiveness, identity, loyalty, politics, and love.

عنوانها: «یاغی کتاب دوم از سه گانه ناهمتا»؛ «شورشی کتاب دوم از سه گانه سنت شکن»؛ نویسنده: ورونیکا راث؛ تاریخ نخستین خوانش روز بیست و ششم ماه جولای سال 2016میلادی

عنوان: یاغی کتاب دوم از سه گانه ناهمتا؛ نویسنده: ورونیکا راث؛ مترجم: امیرمهدی عاطفی نیا؛ مشخصات نشر تهران، آذرباد، 1393، در 504 ص، شابک 9786006225364؛ موضوع: داستانهای نویسندگان ایالات متحده آمریکا - سده 21م

عنوان: شورشی کتاب دوم از سه گانه سنت شکن؛ نویسنده: ورونیکا راث؛ مترجم: هدیه منصورکیایی؛ مشخصات نشر تهران، نوروز هنر، 1393، در 413ص، شابک 9789647109567؛

کتاب نخست از این سری با عنوانهای: «ناهمتا»، و «سنت شکن»؛ از نشر درآمده است؛ و کتاب سومش نیز با عنوان «هم پیمان» لباس نشر در زبان پارسایی پوشیده است؛ همین کتاب از سه گانه نیز، با عنوانهای «یاغی» و «شورشی» چاپ شده است؛

در آینده پس از جنگ جهانگیر، جامعه‌ ی شهر «شیکاگو» به پنج فرقه‌ ی جداگانه تقسیم شده‌، که هر یک از فرقه‌ ها از یک فضیلت ویژه ی انسانی حمایت می‌کنند؛ نام فرقه‌ ها: «فداکاری»، «صلح طلبی»، «صداقت»، «شجاعت» و «دانش» هستند؛ هر سال در یک روز مشخص، همه ی نوجوانان شانزده ساله، بایستی در آزمون استعداد سنجی شرکت کنند؛ تا بدون توجه به فرقه‌ ای که در آن به دنیا آمده‌ اند، تصمیم بگیرند که باقی عمر خویش را، در کدامیک از پنج فرقه سپری کنند؛ «بئاتریس پرایر» شانزده ساله، عضو خانواده‌ ای از فرقه ی «فداکاری» ست، اما خوی «از خود گذشتکی»، هرگز در ذات او وجود نداشته است؛ وی تحت تاثیر محیطی که به او فشار آورده، احساس می‌کند، که به آن‌جا تعلق ندارد؛ «بئاتریس» در آزمون استعداد سنجی، شرکت می‌کند، ولی نتایج آزمونش شگفت‌ انگیز است؛ وی با تمام ورودی‌های دیگر، یک فرق اساسی دارد؛ چون یک «ناهمتا» یا همان «سنت شکن» است، و این موضوع، می‌‌تواند زندگی خود، و اطرافیانش را، تحت تأثیر قرار دهد، و خطرناک باشد، و باقی خیال نگارگر خیال است که نگاشته و باید خواند؛

نقل نمونه متن یاغی برگردان جناب امیرمهدی عاطفی نیا: «فصل اول: در حالیکه نامش را بر زبان دارم از خواب بیدار میشوم «ویل»؛ پیش از آنکه چشمانم را باز کنم، دوباره او را مچاله شده روی سنگفرش خیابان میبینم؛ مُرده.؛ به خاطر کار من!؛ «توبیاس» در برابرم خم میشود، و دستش را روی شانه ی چپم میگذارد؛ در حالیکه واگن قطار روی ریلهای خط آهن تکان میخورد، «مارکوس»، «پیتر» و «کیلب» کنار چهارچوب در ایستاده اند.؛ نفس عمیقی میکشم و آن را نگه میدارم تا برخی از فشارهای درون سینه ام را تسلی بخشم.؛ تا یکساعت پیش هیچ اتفاقی برایم واقعی جلوه نمیکرد و اکنون باورم وارونه شده است.؛ نفسم را بیرون میدهم اما همچنان فشار را درون سینه ام احساس میکنم.؛ «توبیاس» با چشمانش مرا ورانداز میکند و میگوید: «تریس، بجنب.؛ باید بپریم.»؛ هوا آنقدر تاریک است که به سختی میتوان دید کجا هستیم؛ اما اگر قرار است پیاده شویم، پس احتمالاً در نزدیکی حصار هستیم.؛ توبیاس به من کمک میکند تا روی پاهایم بایستم و به طرف چهارچوب در هدایتم میکند؛

بقیه یکی پس از دیگری بیرون میپرند: اول «پیتر»، سپس «مارکوس« و پس از آن(او) «کیلب»؛ دست «توبیاس» را میگیرم؛ باد در حین ایستادن ما روی لبه ی واگن، شدت گرفته، و همچون دستی، مرا به سمت عقب هُل میدهد؛ به سمت جایی امن.؛ ولی ما خود را، به درون تاریکی پرتاب، و به شدت با زمین برخورد میکنیم.؛ ضربه، باعث درد گرفتن شانه ی گلوله خورده ام میشود؛ لبم را گاز میگیرم، تا فریاد نزنم، و دنبال برادرم میگردم.؛ وقتی او را چند قدم آنطرفتر(آنسوتر) میبینم، که روی چمنها نشسته، و زانویش را میمالد، میپرسم: «حالت خوبه؟»؛ سرش را به نشانه ی تایید تکان میدهد؛ صدای فین فین کردن بینی اش را میشنوم، انگار جلوی اشکهایش را میگیرد، و من باید از او دور شوم.؛

ما در نزدیکی حصار، و روی چمنها فرود آمدیم، چند صد متر آنسوتر از جاده ی فرسوده ای، که کامیونهای فرقه ی «صلح طلبی»، روی آن حرکت، و مواد غذایی را، به شهر منتقل میکنند، و دروازه ای که، به آنها اجازه ی بیرون رفتن میدهد؛ دروازه ای که، اکنون روی ما بسته است.؛ برجهای حصار که بر فراز سرمان قرار دارد، بسیار بلند، و محکم اند، و به راحتی میشود از آنها بالا رفت.؛ مارکوس میپرسد: «نگهبانان فرقه ی "شجاعت" باید اینجا باشن؛ پس کجان؟»؛ توبیاس میگوید: «احتمالاً تحت شبیه سازی بودن، و حالا...؛»؛ مکثی میکند، و ادامه میدهد: «خدا میدونه کجان و چیکار میکنن.»؛ پایان نقل

تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 25/07/1399هجری خورشدی؛ ا. شربیانی ...more

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Jun 19, 2011 Diane ϟ [ Lestrange ] rated it liked it

Shelves: wish-list, dystopian-post-apocalyptic, reviews, books-to-movie, young-adult, i-have, 2012-reads

“Come on, Insurgent,”
“What?”
“Insurgent,” he says. “Noun. A person who acts in opposition to the established authority, who is not necessarily regarded as a belligerent.” I look at Fernando. The last time I broke into a faction’s headquarters, I did it with a gun in my hand, and I left bodies behind me. I want this time to be different. I need this time to be different. “I like it,” I say.
“Insurgent. It’s perfect.”

Once again I find myself with mixed views over a book. Middle books are usually fi ...more

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May 23, 2017 Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin rated it really liked it

Shelves: own, young-adult, fantasy-all

OMG! That ending! Well, now I'm going to have to binge the next two books along with some other books I'm reading so I will probably fade away into the mist somewhere!

I loved this book a lot more than the first book. I'm seriously going to read that one again at some point because I think something was just off with me. I really think I had watched the movie so many times that it felt like I was kinda watching it again only not watching it and it was weird. Who knows!!!

Movin' on . . .

This boo OMG! That ending! Well, now I'm going to have to binge the next two books along with some other books I'm reading so I will probably fade away into the mist somewhere!

I loved this book a lot more than the first book. I'm seriously going to read that one again at some point because I think something was just off with me. I really think I had watched the movie so many times that it felt like I was kinda watching it again only not watching it and it was weird. Who knows!!!

Movin' on . . .

This book had a lot more going on and someone I really liked died. Well, a lot few people died in both books I liked but that's the way it goes.

I'm going to have a hard time with the next books because I saw someone's spoiler about what happens to someone so that was a bummer. But, I'm going to get through it.

So all of these factions are against each other now with all of the stuff that went down in the first book. Well, some are getting together to go against other ones. I can't keep up with them all. I just know that I like Abnegation and I do like the good Dauntless people. Oh, and the Amity people.

It turns out Tobias is a very important man because of his parents. I still think he's crush worthy =) Not because of his parents, because it just popped in my head. Don't ask.

Tris is going around like some kind of robot. It makes me wonder, I really wonder what is going on with her. I know the Divergent's are different but still, I wonder if something else is going on too.

Caleb, her brother is a twat. I mean one minute he's this and one minute he's that but he's still with them. He's just easy to brain wash.

Watch, I'm going to get to the end of the books and the author is going to say it was all a dream or something weird. NO ONE TELL ME!

And I have to mention that I am in love with these hardback covers. I still had the plastic on the boxed set until I opened them last week and started them so I had no idea. I don't usually like those shiny weird covers, but these are awesome. I don't know if it's a different kind of shiny cover and they are so pretty and big and YES, I WILL JUST ADMIT I HAVE HUGGED AND PETTED THEM SEVERAL TIMES! There, you happy? I love my books, I can't help myself.

On to the next and I'm scared =( ...more

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May 02, 2012 karen rated it really liked it

Shelves: dysto-teque, why-yes-i-ya

wait, so book three is out soon, right?? RIGHT???

second books are always hard, particularly the middle book of a trilogy. so many times, they just operate as filler - adhering the beginning of a story to its conclusion with unnecessary stickiness. most trilogies should probably just be duologies, you ask me.

there are always exceptions: the border trilogy, chaos walking trilogy - where the middle book is actually the strongest, and books like kjaerstad's jonas wergeland trilogy, where each book i ...more

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Mar 15, 2015 Alejandro rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, science-fiction, politics, dystopia, espionage, novel, military

I was glad that I decided to continue the book series!

A FORETOLD DOOMED DYSTOPIA

They’ve made mistakes, of course, but they like everyone else, are a blend of good and bad.

I commented in my review of the first book, Divergent, that the presented dystopia in the story was doomed to fail by itself, and it wasn’t any shock that happen, even due many of the observations that I did. So, I don’t know you, but I think that all was part of the plan...

...well, not their plan, of course...

...bu ...more

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Jun 05, 2011 Seth rated it it was amazing

Ugggh. I wish that Tobias would just go by Four. Or Toby! That would also be good :D

. . . THE COVER.

I'm so freakin excited for this book!

******EDIT AFTER READING*******

I guess my excitement died down a little lol :P But it was really good still, even though I read it like two years after the first one :P ...more

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Jun 20, 2013 Claudia Ramírez rated it it was ok

Shelves: expected-more, 2013

More like 3.5 for me...

I didn't liked this book as much as the first one (and not that I liked the first one THAT much, either). You see, in Divergent I loved all the part of the story when Tris was trying to win a spot in Dauntless, it was awesome to read. But when all the rebelion/revolution/whatever thing started, the book went down to me, and Insurgent is ALL about that! And Tris, God, she became insufferable! Always depressed, always taking reckless desitions, telling lies to Four, and she ...more

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Sep 30, 2011 Dija rated it it was ok

Recommends it for: Fans of teenage angst.

Recommended to Dija by: Buddy read with Jenn

Shelves: buddy-slash-group-read, meh, read-in-2012, may-2012, wtf-abkjkad, could-have-been-sooo-much-better, ya, great-disappointment, waste-of-anticipation-energy, everyone-loved-but-dija

My overall impression of Insurgent is mostly bipolar - on one hand, I believe this was the only possible sequel to Divergent. On the other though, I feel almost cheated by what became of one of my favorite YA heroines and series. The latter is the more dominant of the two, and hence the low rating.

Firstly, the brave, sweet Tris I fell in love with in Divergent is replaced by an angsty heroine in Insurgent who is a complete STRANGER to me. What happened to my precious baby?? I realize murder and My overall impression of Insurgent is mostly bipolar - on one hand, I believe this was the only possible sequel to Divergent. On the other though, I feel almost cheated by what became of one of my favorite YA heroines and series. The latter is the more dominant of the two, and hence the low rating.

Firstly, the brave, sweet Tris I fell in love with in Divergent is replaced by an angsty heroine in Insurgent who is a complete STRANGER to me. What happened to my precious baby?? I realize murder and war and the works have quite an impact on people's personalities, and I can understand Tris's anguish and depression, but letting it influence everything she does, to the point where she's making rash and careless and selfish decisions and pushing everyone who cares about her away - that just doesn't sit right with me. I seriously expected more from her.

Secondly, I had to force myself to finish this. The plot wasn't boring, but since I was so puzzled by the characters' behavior, I couldn't really bring myself to read this in two sittings, like I did Divergent, and it had nothing to do with a lack of free time. Although I do admit that there were nearly as many "OMG-WTF-just-happened" moments in Insurgent as there were in Divergent, but where I was impressed by them in the first book, I was mostly unpleasantly surprised by them in this one.

Another thing I absolutely didn't like? How Four (I refuse to call him Tobias) never seemed to understand Tris and that she needed love and gentleness after going through all that she did, not somebody to keep pushing her to the limit. After witnessing the chemistry and natural connection between the two in Divergent and how Roth promised there wouldn't be a love triangle, I was sure Tris and Four would become one of my most favorite couples in YA, once they actually got together. But while there were quite a few melty-gooey moments, they were greatly outnumbered by the moments I actually cringed inside by how crassly Four handled Tris.

Still, I hope all of the above is just because this was the second book and Roth is saving all the great relationship development and intrigue for the next and final book, because otherwise, I am very, very disappointed with what became of one of my most-anticipated releases of the year.

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Mar 03, 2011 Jodi Meadows rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-i-love-beyond-reason

Oh yeah. It's amazing . . . and even better than the first.

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Aug 27, 2014 NReads rated it really liked it

The series went downhill from this book. I still liked it.

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Jun 26, 2011 Emily (emilykatereads) rated it liked it

Shelves: book-club, read-in-2012, young-adult, owned, dystopian, scifi

If I thought the last book left me with a lot of questions, this one left me with even more. sdrftgbhjnkm. I wish I would have been able to just sit down one afternoon and read this book in one sitting, but I was so busy, but whenever I started reading, I wouldn't want to stop, but unfortunately something always got in the way.
My opinions on different things through the book kept changing, and now that it's done, I can't quite figure out what I feel about most things.
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Apr 19, 2012 Katy rated it liked it · review of another edition

3.5 stars - Wow, what an end! Overall, a pretty good book, but boy was it infuriating!

First of all, I LOVED LOVED LOVED Divergent. But I didn't like Tris or Four very much in this book. I don't remember Tris being such a bitch, and I understand that she is Dauntless now, and she has been through a lot, but she is just so mean. And Four has more mood swings than a girl - especially for someone who was so stoic, not in actual feelings but in display of feelings, in the first book. The two made me ...more

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Nov 09, 2011 Booknut rated it it was amazing

Recommended to Booknut by: The Shadowhunter who lives in my broom closet

Shelves: can-t-get-enough-of, romance, kleenex-tissues-required, cliff-hanger-endings, major-fangirling-in-progress, favorites, too-many-feels, books-i-love-dearly, forever-re-read

I am unable to type properly due to an extreme amount of emotion going through me at the present time. I am also thoroughly angered by the fact there aren't more than 5 stars to fill in. I feel something like this:

I will try and post up an actual review on my blog...once I get over my fangirling and that horrible mournful feeling that is associated with the fact that I have just realised that Four isn't real and I will never become a Dauntless and marry him.

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Mar 16, 2011 Zemira (Kylo Ren fangirl) Warner rated it it was ok

Shelves: could-have-been-better, won, yawn, i-own, dystopia, disappointed, killing-machine

Hmm...I wonder what will happen to Peter. Will he become a better person or will he stay an a-hole?

EDIT

First of all,I am NOT one of those people who give 5 star rating to every damn book they read(obviously) so I am NOT going to give Insurgent 5 stars just because Divergent was great. That is not enough. I know all of my friends will say I am crazy for not liking this book but after reading books for so many years I just can't put up with certain things.

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Apr 10, 2018 Charlotte May rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, dystopia, end-of-the-world, tear-jerker

“People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.”

So much better than the first one! The factions are so fleshed out, we see rounded characters with numerous flaws and traits.

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Oct 24, 2013 Jesse (JesseTheReader) rated it really liked it

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! While it wasn't as engaging as Divergent was, I still felt it was hard to put it down at times. Overall a very satisfying sequel. ...more

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Sep 21, 2011 Wendy Darling rated it liked it

Shelves: 2012-publication, harpercollins, young-adult, may, dystopian-post-apocalyptic-utopian, read-2012

Meh. I really liked the first book, but somehow this one just didn't grab me as much... ...more

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Mar 14, 2011 Brodie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, 2012

It's safe to say that Divergent was THE novel of 2011. It quietly snuck up on me at the time and completely BLEW ME AWAY. So naturally Insurgent has been my most anticipated sequel of 2012. Did it live up to the hype? Not at all.

IT OBLITERATED IT.

Insurgent picks up instantly where Divergent left off, with Tris, Four (Tobias), Marcus, Caleb and Peter having escaped the horrors of the Erudite attack and now seeking refuge in Amity. I'm pleased that we got to explore more of both Amity and Candor t It's safe to say that Divergent was THE novel of 2011. It quietly snuck up on me at the time and completely BLEW ME AWAY. So naturally Insurgent has been my most anticipated sequel of 2012. Did it live up to the hype? Not at all.

IT OBLITERATED IT.

Insurgent picks up instantly where Divergent left off, with Tris, Four (Tobias), Marcus, Caleb and Peter having escaped the horrors of the Erudite attack and now seeking refuge in Amity. I'm pleased that we got to explore more of both Amity and Candor this time, but true to Roth-style, they are not always as black and white as they seem in theory. I'm not going to delve too deeply into plot specifics, because it's the surprises that are the most exciting. But Insurgent is the most thrilling, emotionally evocative and addictive (you must have god-like willpower if you can put this down for a SECOND) sequel I have ever had the jaw-popping, eye-bulging, electrifying joy to read.

Tobias and Tris? Favourite. YA Couple. EVER. I want MORE relationships like this in YA. It's secondary to the overall plot, but when it's focused on, it so intimately sweeps you up in the moment. I swear, I've never slowed down so much during the sexy-scenes of a book, just to savour every single word and fully appreciate the emotions both characters are feeling with every heated second. What they have is not puppy love. It's POWERFUL. It could destroy whole worlds with it's quiet intensity. They are magnetic in a way only Veronica Roth can pull off. And even when they're at odds with one another, which they are for quite a lot of the novel, with tension so thick you can taste it, the relationship slows to a simmer, but the desire rages on and every touch, every look shared across a roomful of people or tense conversation filled with longing and frustration, is simply put: f****** brilliant. Their relationship is layered and complicated, nothing is simple, nothing is easy, but every obstacle is so goddamn worth it.

Tris is one remarkable heroine. With all she endured in Divergent, we see a girl carrying a heart full of guilt, regret and raw pain. She lost so much and she incited loss too, the guilt of Will's death plays heavily on her throughout Insurgent. She goes through one heck of an emotional roller coaster, but through it all, even when she falls to the lowest of lows and especially when she doesn't believe she can go on, she does. She keeps fighting, because she is a survivor. She is still Tris. Brave and strong and not without fear, but not without fury and fire too. She's smart and resilient and one of the strongest, most complex and admirable heroines I've seen in YA. Even if at times you might not agree with her decisions, you still cheer her on and not for a minute does she allow you to become disengaged in her story.

Revealed are more sides to Tobias and oh, in the name of all that is holy and Dauntless, I am in love with this boy. He's not without his frustrations, mystery and secrets, but that is what makes him so captivating. It's his flaws that give him intrigue, mixed with a beautiful kindness and exhilarating, sometimes scary side. Four.... Tobias... he is a thrilling specimen. Sometimes I wish Tris was more expressive with him, because you could see in certain moments the pain and sadness he was holding back, but it made for the kind of emotional angst that is torturously delightful. Tobias goes through his own emotional turbulence in the sequel, some of which puts him in a position where he and Tris struggle to stay on the same page, but each has their own reasons, each fueled by the right motivations, and while it's painstakingly messy sometimes, both Tobias and Tris shine as individuals.

New alliances form, old ones shatter. Known faces are shown in an entirely new light; some for the good, some for the worse. I love how Veronica can so expertly shift your perspective on a character. She does it slowly, sprinkling clues, building up to the moment where she lays it all bare and you're left gasping for an oxygen mask. An uprising is well into play and our favourite characters are right in the centre of it. War, deceit, love and pain are crashing upon us and Veronica is not afraid to throw in all she has, leaving you to wonder how she'll recover to do it all again in the next book. I laughed, I gasped, I melted, my heart ran a marathon at dizzying speed and I bit my knuckles so hard I'm surprised I didn't draw blood.

The action is as pulse-pounding as ever, the secrets are more earth-shattering and the suspense will almost kill you. It has all the brutality, intensity and surprise of Divergent, but - and I never thought this possible - it's even better. Insurgent is every bit a worthy successor to the novel that smashed so many favourite lists of 2011. Veronica is an author who deserves to rise to the same kind of fame as Rowling. Yes, I am really going there. Insurgent is THAT good. And I am counting down the SECONDS until the third installment, because with the way she ended things? OMFG. DON'T END. DON'T END. DON'T END. DON'T END. *IS DEAD* ...more

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Sep 18, 2011 Brigid ✩ rated it liked it

Shelves: dystopia, romance, futuristic, sci-fi, young-adult

Warning: this review will probably contain five billion spoilers (more or less). And I probably won't cover them up or anything because ... I just don't want to. So if you are avoiding spoilers for this book like the plague, you should probably just go away.

All right, now. Here we go.

Let me start off by saying, I really liked Divergent. It wasn't the most fantastic or original thing I'd ever read, but it was a fun read. It was exciting, it had some cute romance, and so on. I read the whole thing ...more

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Aug 10, 2012 Gerasimos Reads rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own, 2013-favourites

Like a wild animal, the truth is too powerful to remain caged.

This is the opening line of Insurgent. The whole book is built around this opening line. Around truth and lies. And I didn't realise that until the very end.

Divergent is one of the best dystopian books I have ever read. Therefore, I was very excited for Insurgent! For the most part of it, right until the last 100-pages, it was as good as Divergent was. But then everything changed! Insurgent was not as good as Divergent any more. It w Like a wild animal, the truth is too powerful to remain caged.

This is the opening line of Insurgent. The whole book is built around this opening line. Around truth and lies. And I didn't realise that until the very end.

Divergent is one of the best dystopian books I have ever read. Therefore, I was very excited for Insurgent! For the most part of it, right until the last 100-pages, it was as good as Divergent was. But then everything changed! Insurgent was not as good as Divergent any more. It was ten times better!

Insurgent is phenomenal. Divergent was amazing, but this book is spectacular! One of the things that I wanted to see in Insurgent was more world building. I was confused on how this society works, how everything started, what's outside Chicago, what's happening in the rest of the world... Insurgent addresses all those questions and the answers are unbelievable. This is what made this book so much better than Divergent for me. The world building.

But all the elements that made me love Divergent so much can be found in here as well. The numberless twists and turns, the action, the agony. Reading Insurgent feels like you're drowning. The action, the emotions & the adrenaline hit you like waves that take your breath away. It is amazing how Roth can fill the reader with adrenaline and fear. The deaths in this book felt like water penetrating into my throat making me choke. Roth does not hesitate to kill main characters. In the first book this was painful, but in this one it is unbearable. The characters are so multidimensional, that you love them without even realizing it. When they die, it hurts.

And then there is the sweet love story between Tris and Four. The love story in this trilogy is one the most believable love stories in YA literature. It unfolds naturally, beautifully slow. It is sweet and it makes you smile. I love it. In this book there is some angst in their relationship. While in most books I don't like that, in this one it adds to the story. In a ruined world that is dominated by war, angst is expected.

Unlike Divergent this book does not focus only on the action, but it also goes deeper into character's emotions and feelings. The psycho-graphic part of the book is very well done. You can see the loss inside the character's heart, you can feel their pain. Their actions are compatible with what they have been through. Tris is not a heroine in the classic way. She is not fearless. She is a very human character that makes mistakes. How can a book be both action-driven and character-driven? I don't know. But Veronica Roth does it.

The first part of the book was moving through a direction that I wasn't sure if I liked or not. It was very focused on the war between the factions and I was worried that we were not going to see the world building and the bigger picture of this dystopian society that I was craving for. I was wrong. In the second part of the book things happen that I wasn't expecting at all. Especially in the end, there was a twist after every second line. And then there was that huge twist in the end that I loved! This twist is what made me to love this book so much. I just cannot stop thinking about it. I was expecting some of these things to happen (one death in particular), but not that early! I was expecting them in the third book or something. But Veronica Roth surprised me again proving that it is just not possible to predict what will happen in her books.

Another aspect of this trilogy that I love is how well it pictures war, violence, brutality, propaganda and political games. The messages in this trilogy against all these things are breathtaking. It is not just an action story. It is not just a love story. It has a little bit of everything. Agony, humor, twists, action, love, friendships, loss, grief, family values. It is a book that talks about braveness, the effects of war and the most important, how crucial choices are.

I can't say enough for this book and for this trilogy. There are no words. One of the best dystopian trilogies and books out there right now! I cannot express how much I enjoy living in this world with this characters that I love. Four is a HUGE crush and Tris is one of the best heroines I have ever read. It is a story that will stay with me for a very long time.
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Apr 04, 2014 Mohammed Arabey rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Welcome Back to the World of Dystopian Chicago..

Let's cut it short and get to the main reason of why my rating get higher than My Rating for Divergent..it's The Movie

Tris' character is more mature, The setting is truly breathtaking

As a male reader,One of the main reasons that bugged me with Book One was how Tris was dealing with Four's acts, touches, fingers and almost everything.. Here was almost the same ,even with her mourn for her parents and guilt for Will's death.

Also with the relation bet

***“You didn’t tell me,” he says. “Why not?”
*** “I wish you trusted me enough to tell me things like that.”
***I feel a flare of anger—how many things is he going to keep from me?—and try to stifle it.
***“Why should I tell you? You don’t tell me about your plans.”His straight eyebrows furrow. “What are you talking about?”

It really almost made me mad again of the novel , But the movie made it better and thinking of "Shailene Woodley"'s portrait and performance for Tris was amazing ..It helped

Also a good point for the movie to make the Divergent deal more clear, and didn't make the final moments of Tris' mother totally Out of Character -as she was in sleeveless shirts in the novel was totally ridicules-.
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The Second main reason it was better part is the Setting..
The movie made visualizing the setting of the Dystopian Chicago more easier..

Also part 2 "Insurgent" has much more places to visit..
A thriller chases went throw every place in Chicago ,Amity headquarter to Factionless sector, to the Candor's headquarter to the Dauntless' one again.. back to the roots in the Abnegation's Houses and till we end up in Erudite's Headquarter ...

I loved the thriller here and the action more than part one, But I still find some difficulty with the author Veronica Roth's way in describing some settings.
"The whole spying on the meeting with the Bridge ,girders, stone wall and the meeting place ,the river...the whole scene was a mess of description for me"
Just like that "Pit" description in part one gave me hard time getting the full picture of it.

But the story really getting stronger, more thriller .. And the most important some of the mystery revealed , may be wasn't enough for me BUT it's really interesting to know..
We finally know Why the Faction System...and what's all the fuss about the Divergent.

Surprises , allies reunited and others broken.. new characters with mysterious shades, and a truly very interesting real scientific information about the Brain and reactions.

I liked that depth ,It make me rate the novel from 3 to almost 4...
And what makes me sure it is 4 ,and even 4+ is ..

The Collector Edition
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The interview with the author Veronica Roth showed me that the pray scene at this part is not "just a random scene", she's a respectful religious person which I truly respect And that's a super plus point I can't resist not mentioning.

One more thing..in her explanation of the "too much deaths @ Divergent" she refer to Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling And that was a big "WOW" for me...I was expecting that since reading and reviewing Divergent
Just mentioning how she's respect and like the Harry Potter Series is total honesty of he. and that's another BIG + for the Divergent series.

One last thing I guess I was glad to buy the collector edition although I already got the Trilogy box set :) The Free Four scene shows "Four" point of view of Tris...which "again as "older, male reader" I respect and find that he complain the same as I did about how Tris sometimes just....

Anyway :) finally, I liked that part way better, got more respect for the series "and the author as well"
And not cause it again leaves me with a Cliffhanger "even steeper that part one" ,But I'm more willing to read Part 3 cause I want to have one more visit to..
..Dystopian Chicago..
..And The Divergent World

Mohammed Arabey
From 11th April 2014
To 19th April 2014

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Veronica Roth is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Divergent series (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, and Four: A Divergent Collection), the Carve the Mark duology (Carve the Mark, the Fates Divide), The End and Other Beginnings collection of short fiction, and many short stories and essays. Her first book for adult audiences, Chosen Ones, is out now. She lives in Chicago.

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