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Divergent (Divergent, #1)

Veronica Roth

Start date: August 1, 2011

Finish date: August 31, 2011

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Sep 21, 2011 Christine Chapman rated it it was amazing

Shelves: obsessions

I think this work gets a bad rap because of the success of the Hunger Games but I found this book to be very compelling and able to stand alone. The Hunger Games is not a Young Adult book in my opinion but closer to Adult Future Fiction, whereas Divergent is more in the Young Adult realm.

I especially enjoyed the character development of Tris as a young woman who goes from believing in her society to questioning its motives. A society that as a reader we know little about it's past. Everyone goe ...more

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Jan 27, 2014 Becca rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sciencefiction, ya

So...this book is a lot like eating potato chips...you know they're bad, but you just keep on eating because they taste good. It was a fun read, but the premise is utterly ridiculous. I had a hard time suspending disbelief anytime the factions or the history of this world are described, but after some eye rolling, I'd keep reading. It's action packed and an easy read, but I found the characters not terribly well developed. I didn't like them and I really didn't find the romance between Tris and ...more

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Sep 16, 2011 Kelli rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction, young-adult

It took me a while to actually get hooked into this story, but I really enjoyed this book. This dystopian society is divided into factions that control different societal roles in the community. Tris, a 16 year-old girl, is busy trying to figure out who she is and where she really belongs. She didn't fit in her old faction and her new choice is proving to be difficult. Can a person really just fit into one faction? Unfortunately, what was created to keep humans from fighting and killing each oth ...more

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Jul 08, 2012 Jenn Klinger rated it it was amazing

It took me awhile to get into this book but after a few chapters I couldn't put it down. I love apocalyptic -type stories so this one was pretty cool! ...more

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