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Divergent (Divergent, #1)

Veronica Roth

Start date: April 1, 2012

Finish date: April 30, 2012

Why we're reading this: Won the poll for the BOM
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Mar 30, 2012 Mary Holm rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: summer-reading-challenge

There were a lot of things I liked about Divergent. The characters were well drawn and engaging. The story was fast paced and exciting and kept me reading. The romance was real and compelling. I really loved Tris's relationship with her mother. However, I only gave the book four stars because I didn't like the violence.

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Inevitably, I have to compare Divergent to The Hunger Games, which was also a v ...more

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Jun 05, 2013 Ellie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I found Divergent to be an exciting, fast-paced book that brought up some important issues, without hitting the reader over the head with them. For example, what does it mean to belong somewhere? And, if you live with a group that has certain values, do you have to either hold to all of them or leave? If you do leave, do you have to completely assimilate to your new community? Can you ever belong in two places at once?

Combine all of this with a conspiracy plot that only a strong-willed 16-year-o ...more

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Dec 06, 2011 Kris rated it it was amazing

Wow. I knew it was going to be good because some people that I highly respect recommended it to me. I just wish I didn't wait months to pick it up. Although, now that i have to wait another 2 months for the sequel, I'm glad I didn't finish it too early. ;-) Such a complicated world on the surface...but very quickly I was fully immersed in the factions and felt like I knew it well. I love the characters...even those that I'm sure if I'm still supposed to love or not. ;-) I guess I'll make my fina ...more

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Jan 31, 2012 Tweller83 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: adventure, dystopia

Loving this book! Can't wait to read the second one. Have to get a few more copies for my library. Next Hunger Games for my kids.

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