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Divergent by Veronica Roth

13 reviews

cdt96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

Divergent is a great YA dystopian book, the characters and plot build into a need for answers. Roth does a great job of keeping the reader engaged. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Child death

rayne_1906's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.25

At an immediate, surface level, this is an enjoyable read. The plot is just engaging enough, the characters just likeable enough. However, it contains a lot of inconsistencies and things that just don't make sense. So much time is spent on the very first stage of training, that the fear stages, which would be infinitely more interesting to read about, seem rushed, and when the climax of the book happens, the attack, it seems to have sprung out of nowhere, and therefore feels a bit forced. Speaking of forced, the relationship between between Tris and Four is at best rushed and convenient, and at worst predatory. On the other hand, without delving too deep into the problems of this book, it really isn't too bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Bullying, Suicide, and Gun violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcohol, Misogyny, Sexism, and Vomit

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I know I'm 10 years late but I finally started this trilogy.
I thought I would hate it because I'm kind of over YA dystopian trilogies. But to my utter surprise I actually really enjoed it. 
The division of society into fractions based on character traits is not the most original idea but I just went with it and I liked the way the plot progressed throughout the book. I liked the evaluation of the characters at the beginning to find out in which fraction they belong, absolutely loooooved the training aspect which made up the majority of the book. Liked the characters and their dynamics. Four is my new all time favourite, protect him at all costs. But I was so surprised that I didn't find Tris annoying, I actually liked her a lot too. Same with the romance plot. That was actually pretty cute and so well done. There were some things that were pretty obvious from the beginning but some of the twists actually surprised me, mostly because I had NO idea where the plot was going.... 
The weakest part was probably the world building for me so I'm curious if this will be exploed a little more in the next book(s). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse