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Divergent by Veronica Roth

35 reviews

creamyearlgrey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

duchess16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

5.0

I absolutely loved this book! I read 427 pages in ONE day and finished the book, that's how much I loved it. Would recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Suicide, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, Death, Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol

allyjshand's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A return to YA book series to get me out of my reading slump! I always enjoy a dystopian book and Divergent was no exception. It was nothing ground-breaking and there are definitely some questionable sections about sensitive topics (e.g., body image, sexual assault, suicide). But, regardless, it is definitely a page-turner packed full of action. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, and Suicide

jonathancreekwannabe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Read for the first time when I was 13, an edit came up on my fyp and I thought I would re read again, even though now I mostly don't gravitate towards YA fiction. I regret nothing. 13 year old me had good taste. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, War, Child abuse, Death, Sexual assault, and Suicide

jess310's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Honestly the writing was pretty bad at some points. Plot was somewhat entertaining but also didn’t really make sense. Tris annoyed and confused me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicide, and War

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Vomit

planetshelf's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• 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

The Divergent series was built on such an interesting concept and was written well. Veronica Roth is a talented author and has published some of my favorite stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, War, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Body shaming, Genocide, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, Police brutality, Vomit, and Child death

Minor: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

cassandralarssons's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and War

joan_salder's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

It has been a long time since I read a book I would love so much. Fantasy, dystopian, it's all so welcoming. The world created might be dangerous, but the way the author writes, makes me feel like I would have given up everything to be in that place. Not only the world created is stupendous, but the characters are so lovable that I'd do anything to replace someone from the book (not people like Peter though).  The aura, the longing for something romantic, the ecstatic feeling when something goes in Tris's or Four's favor and the emotional hurt when someone good dies out of bravery or because of that Jeanine is just so overwhelming that I could not just keep it down and read for hours not thinking about anything, but the book. This book was just PERFECT!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Suicide, Physical abuse, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Self harm, Sexism, War, Violence, Toxic friendship, Murder, Misogyny, Hate crime, Death of parent, Death, Body shaming, Gun violence, Cursing, Bullying, and Blood

megan_j's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

I’m a bit late to the train on this one, but I really enjoyed it. I was a massive hunger games fan back in the day, and my boyfriend convinced me to watch maze runner and then divergent, and I enjoyed divergent so much I started reading it the same night. Some of the dialogue was a bit weird at times but overall I really enjoyed this book. I enjoyed Tris as a character, she’s like the ‘I’m not like other girls’ but at the same time she’s not. I loved her strength. I loved that four admitted that she wasn’t pretty, and that wasn’t the reason he likes her anyway. Gonna keep reading this series, and if the films were anything to go by the 3rd book is probably going to fry my brain but I’ll try my best anyway.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and War

Moderate: Confinement

ktpickles's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Violence