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Divergent (Divergent, #1)

Veronica Roth

Start date: January 16, 2012

Finish date: February 16, 2012

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Jan 15, 2013 Jojobean rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 4-star-ratings, set-in-us, non-owned-books, dystopian-post-apocalyptic, 2011-publication, series-book-1

I really liked this book much more than I expected to.

I enjoyed the world building in the book although I did think the factions were kinda dumb (when I say this I mean the people in the book are dumb for creating this kind of society) because really people can't value one aspect of human behavior over all the others and you can't rule all the behaviors out. Its ridiculous to think that it could happen. The factions are supposed to work in harmony which is why they were created in the first pla ...more

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Oct 17, 2013 TinyVenusAfterDark rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: part-of-a-series, new-adult, zz2013-challenge, mass-paper, paranormal, dystopian

captivating story!

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Apr 26, 2013 Debbie (Doc) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audible, urban-fantasy, series-reads, fiction, tower-teams-3, dystopian, action, read-in-2015, serial-killer-challenge, audible-2015

I’ve had this on my TBR for a very long time. I am not a big YA Fantasy reader, but I wanted to compare the book to the movie. The basic premise is set in dystopian Chicago where the world is divided into five factions and 16 year olds much choose which faction that they want. They are then removed from their families and sent off to train in their respective faction. The story centers on Beatrice whose test results are inconclusive. This entire book reminds me of The Hunger Games, Matched, and ...more

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Jul 11, 2012 Julie rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2013, sci-fi, young-adult

In the future there is a place made up of five factions. When the citizens turn sixteen they choose which factions to join. The story is what happens to Beatrice after she made that choice.

This book was fast paced and engaging. I will admit I liked Four better than any other character. He was one of the few people in the book who I believed had a back story.

I did find it sad that the people in the book who caused most of the mischief belonged to the faction which appealed the most to me.

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Jun 01, 2012 ceeeeg rated it really liked it

oh these are so good....surprising depth sets this series apart from the glut of such YA dystopian fantasy....i love the exploration of socio 'norms' and how they are shaped and dictated by the faction system..fascinating viewpoint in that regard... ...more

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Jul 11, 2012 Krystal rated it it was amazing

I absolutely loved this book, I had to finish this before the movie and I'm so glad I did, it was worth the 2 days I spent non-stop reading it. The movie is definitely on par with the book. ...more

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