Divergent (Divergent #1) by Veronica Roth -- Restarting May 6th 2025

[Mira]

Hey Shavony! It's been a while. Last time was Days of Blood and Starlight, am I right? haha

Absolutely you can! :)

[Mira]

@Shavony Of course you can. Welcome to the group ^-^

It's been a while. What was the last read we did together? Days of Blood and Starlight I think?

[Mira]

@AnnaBanana Wow talk about luck! x) I found your comment by chance I didn't even know you could find comments by doing a search lol

[Shav]

@Mira Yes, that was great!
Thank you :) I spontaneously started reading this book yesterday because I was tired of avoiding all the spoilers about the movie and I've had it on my bookshelf for some time now

[Shav]

37%
So far the book is going great.
(view spoiler)[I'm really looking forward to visiting day. Like will her parents show up or won't they? I'm not sure which is worse. If they show up Tris will be reminded about her old life and how she left her parents, betrayed them. If they don't show up... she will feel awful because now she'll know that they hate her so much that they couldn't even face her. (hide spoiler)]

[Mira]

@Shavony The movie is the main reason I wanted to read this book. It looks like it's gonna be pretty awesome. I'm not generally interested in Dystopian books but this one is very promising. I think I might change my mind about the genre x)

[Mira]

@Shavony I'm gonna have to wait a little before I view your spoilers. I'm still at 15%

[Shav]

Mira wrote: "@Shavony The movie is the main reason I wanted to read this book. It looks like it's gonna be pretty awesome. I'm not generally interested in Dystopian books but this one is very promising. I think..."
me too! (about the movie)

[Shav]

Mira wrote: "@Shavony I'm gonna have to wait a little before I view your spoilers. I'm still at 15%"

It's alright I'm just reading superfast right now :p

[Mira]

@Shavony nah it's not just "right now" I've read with you twice before and I know you have light speed reading abilities :P

[Mira]

39% (view spoiler)[ Tris's mom actually showed up for visiting day which was not utterly unexpected because while her dad was mad and shocked, her mom was actually smiling at her.

Her mother's just got very interesting though. I think she might be divergent too. Or she's something because she doesn't seem to stick to the abnegation rules like before and she knows way too much about this. There's a very good chance she used to be Dauntless. I would really like to know more about her.

And why is Divergent dangerous? I hope someone would be out with it already. I think it's taken long enough.

Is four the same person as Tobias? If that's true then it justifies why he was shocked when he saw Tris's mom because he'd already knew her from before. And also why he was sympathetic to her at first. Because he used to be Abnegation too.

It's not fair though that out of 11 Dauntless born initiates and 9 transfers, only 10 would stay and the rest would be factionless. Don't you think? I mean they've already chosen this faction. They can rank them or whatever but at least keep them all within the faction. This feels a little hunger games-like. (hide spoiler)]

Reading this makes me think if I were in that universe, what would I be? Where would I be? Factionless? Probably xD Has anybody else considered that?

[Lyav]

@Mira I agree, I'd be like you xD

[Mira]

@Vanessa I know right? I mean everything just seems so black and white. I guess regular people would all be divergent then? Weird xD

[Mira]

40% (view spoiler)[ I hate the words "I want my friend back". You rejected him! Let the guy be! Tris is not the first one to say it and definitely won't be the last. It's a recurring theme and always always followed by that sentence. You have no right to be "devastated" because you're not the one who just got their heart broken (there's a slight chance I might be talking about another book) lol but anyway before I went on my tirade I was talking about Al and Tris. (hide spoiler)]

[Shav]

55% (view spoiler)[is Four also Divergent? (hide spoiler)]

[Shav]

@Mira I think I'd be Dauntless

[Mira]

@Shavony I think he is, judging by the movie trailer xD I haven't gotten to that in the book yet.

Well Dauntless I think is the best option but the question is can you survive the initiation? How tough are you, Shavony? hehehehehe :P

[Shav]

@ Mira I think I can toughen up for that :)

[Mira]

@Shavony (view spoiler)[ it is pretty cool. I really like that thing they did with the sling. And the simulation (the fear landscape) looks interesting. I'd want to give that a shot. (hide spoiler)]

[Mira]

Chapter 27 (view spoiler)[ Slapping him while saying "shut up" is a little over dramatic, don't you think? Also, it feels like she says "shut up" quite a lot. (hide spoiler)]

[Shav]

Mira wrote: "Chapter 27 [spoilers removed]"

yeah...

[Shav]

81%

[Mira]

@Shavony What? xD

[Shav]

(view spoiler)[Kiss here. Kiss there. Kisses everywhere!! (hide spoiler)]

[Shav]

Oh my gosh I feel so horrible right now! I just did this faction quiz and it turned out that I'm Erudite.

[Mira]

Oh my god really? Hahahaha that's hilarious, so much for "toughen up for it" :P hey could you post the link? I'd like to give that a shot xD

[Mira]

90% (view spoiler)[ It's interesting to see how much Tris mirrors Tobias. Like holding on to the handle of the train and watching the city pass or putting her hand on the back of her neck when she's embarrassed or uncomfortable. Does she even realize it? (hide spoiler)]

[Mira]

100% (view spoiler)[I can't believe both her parents are dead! (hide spoiler)]

Has anybody else finished?

[Shav]

I'll send it as soon as I get on the computer, I have to go do the groceries with my mom now

[Shav]

[Mira]

This is crap! I got Erudite but only because I chose "learn" instead of "teach" and that's because I'm a teacher and I hate it. No fair! xD

[Shav]

me too!!

[Shav]

I finished it!

[Shav]

Mira wrote: "100% [spoilers removed]

Has anybody else finished?"

IKR!!!

[Mira]

@Shavony are you going to read the rest of the series?

[Shav]

totally, but after my exams

[Mira]

When are you going to finish?

[Shav]

on march 16

[Lyav]

@Mira finished! and im in love xD

[Mira]

@Shavony let me know when you're ready :)

@Vanessa do tell! XD

[Shav]

@ Mira okay :)

[Inês]

Hey, can you guys read Insurgent this month? :)

[Shav]

Yes but after march 17

[Inês]

Shavony wrote: "Yes but after march 17"

That's okay for me :)

[Shav]

Okay, can we do March 14th? Turns out I don't have any tests on 17

[Mira]

Oh I'm not sure about that. I might have another buddy read going on the 14th :\

[Shav]

oh, well let me know when you can then

[Mira]

I think the 17th would work out fine. Would that be good for you?

[Shav]

Yes :)

[Mira]

Okay cool ^-^ We're starting on March 17th.