Reena Jacobs’s Reviews > Insurgent > Status Update

I'm actually enjoying myself right now. Looks like we've got to the meat of the story.

I like what the factionless are trying to accomplish in this book. A little over a hundred pages left, I wonder if they'll do it.

I'm getting excited because I know the action is about to start... I can feel it in my reader bones.

I kind of like Tobias. He's not one of my favorite heroes, but I like that he's always thinking ahead. He's strategic and always keeps a level head.

The Erudite don't really seem all to smart to me. They remind me more of the obnoxious teacher's pet in elementary school. They think they know it all, but really, they just get picked to answer the easy questions so they can feel good about themselves.

I can't understand why the Erudite keep using people Tris knows to guard her or help with experiments on her. I would never use people who could possibly be loyal to my enemies as assistants. Aren't the Erudite suppose to be the smart ones?

Muhahaha! How do you like that, Tris? It sucks when the people you love act as stupid as you do, doesn't?

I am so annoyed right now with all those individuals who didn't read Insurgent but added their 5 star rating before the book even came out. WTF? Read the damn book first then decide if it's crap or not. Cause I'm telling you, this is nothing like the first book. I'm not even sure I can put it in the same genre. In my head, I'm calling folks who rate w/o reading all sorts of foul names. I hope your ears are ringing!

This book is really bums me out. I keep telling myself 2 hold on B/C I enjoyed Divergent, & Insurgent might get better, but I'm nearly 200 pages through. Should I dedicate another 350 pages of my time 2 finish? I feel like everything good is happening behind the scenes where only the author can C. Then when the director calls action, the characters plod around in meaningless activities. Where's the excitement?

A little mystery can be good in a book, but Tris knows so little about what's going on, it's hard to stay interested in this read. It's a bummer cause I remember being fond of Divergent. At the moment, I'm wondering if I should mark this as a DNF or push on. Think I'll read my updates of Divergent... see if it also had a slow start.