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Insurgent by Veronica Roth

24 reviews

blakelyschmidt's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

Omg! This book was everything! I think I hoped so much for the character’s to achieve their goals that I felt I was in the story! There were times where I was just so sad for Tris that I couldn’t move. There were also times where I felt pure joy and this book brought the best of me into the real world! This book really makes you feel for this characters! This is a must read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Bullying, Death, Grief, Gaslighting, Murder, Torture, War, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Violence, Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and Sexual content

Do not let how gory it is stop you! You will have to push through a lot of blood and abuse, but I promise it is worth the read!

bri_morgan's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Grief, Murder, and Violence

entangled_bookshelf's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and War

bethyalot's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, and Death

Minor: Torture and Child death

alexiconic's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.0

This book did too much telling and not enough showing for me. The conflict between Tobias and Tris was forced, unnecessary or predictable, with Tris (who is supposed to be smart!) obnoxiously repeating many of the same mistakes and being surprised when the outcome is, predictably, Not Nice. The author tried to explore the consequences of book 1 - admirable - but I wish she’d show us, somehow, and not rub it in through Tris’ inconsistent internal monologue without exploring the deeper layers. That said, the plot and pacing were great, and the ending worked up to a good climax that still makes me pick up book 3. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Violence, Toxic relationship, War, Physical abuse, Death, Blood, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

mrsharkey's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

3.5

Definitely not where I was expecting the series to go.

I kind of wanted to stay in the world of the factions. After all we invested in book one with the dauntless initiation. It would have been nice to enjoy it for a bit at least… but alas.

. But I will definitely be rolling right into book three! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

psliz's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

suffers from second-book syndrome but the ending has a nice twist! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Child abuse and Alcohol

melsage1823's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I'm going to try keep this spoiler free but this book definitely felt like a step down from the first book. There were some stuff I liked but some stuff I didn't. 

Before I get into what i liked I have to share my dislikes. First I hated the characterisation it partly makes me wish someone else was brought in to help consult Veronica to write a good relationship. Four × Tris felt so stale as well as their fights. In the society there in you'd expect secrets being kept to be understandable. Four is so inconsistent and much more horrible and Tris is somehow falling for manipulations from Four's abuser.
I won't say which villians fall but I feel like they were wasted after being built up in the first book and thats such a shame. The fact I was more interested in the side characters is something super telling. I also didn't like the pacing of the book because it was super fast at the beginning and tried to brush off the Aftermath of the first book way too quickly.

Apart from that I thought it was okay the super spoilery stuff was very interesting and had me hooked. I was absolutely flabbergasted and shocked at the ending. The foreshadowing for the third book is also scary but brilliant. It was also really interesting to see the breakdown of the society even further and to see how bitter everyone had become after the attack on Abnegation. The action sequences also had me at the edge of my seat especially the attack on Candor.

Overall I really jinxed it reading the first book when I said I hoped that the second book would be amazing so I'm not gonna jinx the third book even if the cliffhanger has me hooked. Insurgent was ok but it could have been a lot better and sacrificed the Tris x Four subplot for better character development.

Mel's Rating: 3.5 😓👍🏼

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

hayleyvem's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Classism, and Blood

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Grief

lorraine19's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I rarely find the sequels to books better than the original, but this one I definitely do. As I said with my divergent review, I watched the movies first and enjoyed them. However, the movies didn't even touch on the psychological aspect that is the main point in this book. Ya you get to look at the other factions and the story is good, but what really makes it great is the way Tris' mental health is discussed. This is the dark, realistic stuff that makes books so good and relatable. Love the exploration of, not only a complex society, but complex characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, War, Torture, Genocide, Murder, Gun violence, Death of parent, Death, Mental illness, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment