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planetshelf's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, and Alcohol
Minor: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment
joan_salder's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail
my3bb8's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement and Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse, Miscarriage, and Death of parent
megan_j's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Confinement
pippppp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
sarahmae531's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Domestic abuse
madisone's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
filipa_maia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I really like this story: a society divided into factions, young people having to choose where they want to spend the rest of their lives (knowing that if they choose a different faction than the one they born in it means having no more connections with their families and friends)... it is so cruel, such a difficult decision for 16 year olds to make. Even after they choose their faction, there are still the risk of not acing the tests and become Factionless (yikes!).
I really would like to know how different factions treat, and process, their new members. Since Tris chooses the Dauntless we never knows what happens in the other factions (and my curiosity kicks in).
This book is fun and really enjoyable. The characters are interesting and relatable - even the bad ones - and I rediscover my crush on Four (but it feels kinda creepy now, that I'm 30 years old... oh well!).
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
cdt96's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
theespressoedition's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I gave the book 4 stars originally but bumped it up to 5 after this reread. I was blown away by Veronica Roth's writing and the true emotional rollercoaster I went on while I was reading! I'm glad I did a buddy-read, because I kept having to set the book down and just express all my feelings - of which there were many.
There were a couple of little things that I found odd as I read this time:
- if Tris and Caleb are both participating in the choosing, which you must do at 16, but Caleb is technically older (mentioned in the first chapter) then... how are they both 16? I mean, did Mrs. Prior just have almost-twins somehow? I wish this had been touched on a little more because that's confusing. I'm thinking they should've just been twins.
- why, oh why is the "age difference" between Tris and Four talked about so many times? He's 2 years older. That's not an age gap. That's literally normal. If he was like 15 years older, then it would be a reason to talk. But it's literally brought up multiple times and I think it's super bizarre - especially because there's nothing mentioned about how it's normal for people to marry at the same age or anything like that throughout the rest of the book. Nothing that gives us a reason to think 2 years is unusual.
Okay, so that's really it as far as "that's weird" things that I noticed. Everything else was just incredible. I forgot how easy this book was to read and how much it keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire time. One thing that was crazy to me was how you don't even know the reason for the story itself until the last few chapters, and then it's like "BAM! EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING BUT YOU GOTTA READ THE SEQUEL TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT EVERYTHING IS!" It actually left me genuinely excited to pick up the next book again, even though I already know what's going to happen!
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Vomit and Injury/Injury detail