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Divergent (Divergent, #1)

Veronica Roth

Start date: August 1, 2011

Finish date: August 31, 2011

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Dec 14, 2013 Gabriela rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: cook-and-book-club, dystopia, nook

Divergent does not end with the end, it continues directly into Insurgent. I have to read more...
There are clues left behind in this book about what happens next, it's like a test for the mind to try to guess or wish for what to happen further. Honestly I don't care much about the love scenes, but those help to smoothen a bit the intensity or the atrocity.
The idea about this dystopia is different from others in the personal sense, it's too personal somehow on the behavioral aspect. The character ...more

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May 27, 2014 Jen Knox rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I like the idea and movement of the story. I love that the narrator is not a great beauty, nor is she annoyingly smart. Tris is at odds with herself and trying to self-define, which is nothing new. The empty vessel of a character that needs filled, that is kept down by societal constraints that keep her from being whole is all over the place in stories, but Roth manages to make her feel a little bit new. Simple, fast-paced writing that has moments worthy of a literary thumbs up. The rest is fun.

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Jun 30, 2013 Cha rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

My new favorite! I loved it.

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Oct 22, 2013 Snuffles rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: scifi-fantasy-horror, kindle, 2013, f-m

To enjoy this book, you have to suspend your disbelief. A lot.

I wasn't a big fan of the first half of the book, because it reminded me too much of the passages of Ender's Game that I didn't enjoy: descriptions of training exercises and fighting. When the tasks changed, it became more interesting and the last third or fourth of the book was actually quite gripping.

And yet every now and then I had to pause and shake my head (not literally), because the basis for the book, for the world it's set i To enjoy this book, you have to suspend your disbelief. A lot.

I wasn't a big fan of the first half of the book, because it reminded me too much of the passages of Ender's Game that I didn't enjoy: descriptions of training exercises and fighting. When the tasks changed, it became more interesting and the last third or fourth of the book was actually quite gripping.

And yet every now and then I had to pause and shake my head (not literally), because the basis for the book, for the world it's set in and for the development of the plot, just doesn't make any sense to me. The whole concept of Factions, Divergents... - maybe it will be explained in one of the next books, but by the end of the book I still found myself frowning at it and its lack of logic.

As for the characters, I liked Four. He was the most interesting to me and from what I've gathered he's a fan favourite? I can see why, even though I'm not drooling over him myself.
I couldn't stand Tris at first. She's so unlikeable and cruel and I found it really hard to sympathise with her. That hasn't changed too much, though I managed to forget about it during the action sequences toward the end. There her behaviour made more sense, too.

I have more spoilery thoughts concerning other characters and their fates, which I'll put behind a cut. (view spoiler) ...more

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Nov 21, 2013 Rebekah rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-fantasy, genre-young-adult, genre-science-fiction, genre-romance, genre-science-fiction-dystopia, series, setting-us-illinois, nbrc-bom-br

Dystopian YA literature is becoming so fluffy these days! I really hoped for more from this one given its high ratings. This was a fast, easy, and exciting read that I was able to finish in approximately one day, so I will give the author credit for that. The main character is fairly dynamic and interesting. The premise is also fairly interesting (a world where people are divided into factions based on dominant personality traits....oh wait, scratch that, ONE dominant personality trait?) even if ...more

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Mar 21, 2014 Gina rated it liked it · review of another edition

Finished just in time, the movie comes out today. I would give it a 3 1/2 stars if I could. It was not as good as The Hunger Games, which I rated a 4. The beginning was really slow but if you stick with it, the ending is worth it. Not sure if I will read the next book though.

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Feb 26, 2013 Jules rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, social-justice, fantasy, apocolyptic

I have now jumped on the Divergent train. There is nothing like owning an entire series before you start reading it. This way I can just plow through the rest of the books without having to wait on any to be written. Divergent is plot driven more so than character driven, but I'm willing to roll with it. ...more

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Mar 13, 2014 Sherri Rudnick rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I reread this since I really didn't think I enjoyed it the first time around. I found the storyline a lot better since I had no outside distractions. I plan in rereading insurgent as well. ...more

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