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I loved this book, it always fascinates me to see some of my favorite books retold from another character's POV. Veronica Roth once again pulls the reader into the amazing Divergent world, this time as we get to see Tobias, and his journey out of Abnegation and into Dauntless, facing his fears and learning how to be himself and stay true to what he believes in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Yet another excellent book, I'd love to see even more of this.

clarisse4034's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Definitely not the best book, not even a necessary one. I could have skipped it.

400iux's review against another edition

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4.0

reread this after like 8 years and i still love it ok sorry

princzukos's review against another edition

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2.0

My real score is actually 2.5/5 starts, but I'm not going to round it up to 3/5 since it's just a spinoff :/ Also, I want kinda disappointed to find out that this book was actually about Four/Tobias retelling some important scenes from "Divergent" in his point of view. I was really hoping it focused on the events that happened after "Allegiant", and how he copes with life. But I still enjoyed reading his backstory :)
I honestly didn't care much about "Four", but it really bothers me when I don't finish something I started, so I HAD to read it. I guess I kinda liked it since I thought Four/Tobias's character was very interesting (and I honestly just wanted to imagine Theo James telling the story lol). Plus, I knew there would be some FourTris fan service which I kinda enjoy. Other than that, there were some extras in here that made me question him since he knew a lot more than I thought he did (I'd explain what they were but that would be a big spoiler).

alexanicole1128's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

I love the character of Four from the original series. There is nothing wrong with this book but it is very repetitive and redundant because it follows almost the same storyline and plot that the start of Divergent does. Because of that I can’t rate it any higher than I have. Overall, I liked it but I don’t think she did all that she could have with this complex character.

lyddi's review

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

cobycoyle's review against another edition

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3.0

I enjoyed reading some of these stories from Four's POV. Sometimes it seemed a little too "the same" as Divergent, but I know that's because it's the same events for the most part, just from a different character POV. I definitely enjoyed the story about Four's past and his transfer to Dauntless, that was the best portion.

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