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Divergent (Divergent, #1)

Veronica Roth

Start date: August 1, 2011

Finish date: August 31, 2011

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Jan 27, 2014 Amy rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Meh.

Can't say I understand why this book is so popular. The initial idea was intriguing, but I found the world-building to be phoned-in, a set up just to bolster the very mediocre and tedious romance between the two main characters. There was only a few signs of true dystopian technology, everything else was pretty much normal and boring. Not a lot of explanation or even speculation on what happened to bring society to the place it was today. Nope. And any time we got close, it dovetailed back i ...more

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Mar 05, 2014 Rhonda rated it liked it · review of another edition

Of course I read yet another dystopian novel! I heart them!

And I have some issues with this story. Lots of them actually, but I already started reading book 2 so I guess that says something? Like, maybe my brain is mushy? But yet I'm curious? lol

I haven't really created custom bookshelves for my reads, but if I had I would file this under "beach read", which is really weird for something post apocalyptic..
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Apr 15, 2014 Krissy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: buddy-read, audiobook, imperfect-heroine, scarred-nerdy-imperfect-heroes, virginal-hero, abuse, read-before-2015

Decent

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Jan 09, 2013 Shanyn rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: favorite-characters

Quite good - took a while to get going, but the characters developed and the world painted in that time was worth the wind up.

Again, nice to find an unbroken female lead character. She's strong and challenging and fun to read about.

I really enjoyed exploring this particular incarnation of the post-apocolyptic idea - very interesting and very well played out. ...more

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Apr 08, 2015 Graham rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Excellent and interesting read specially for Harry Potter or Hunger Games readers. Enjoyable and fast paced. I'll definitely read the next two parts. ...more

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