Reviews

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

sareidle's review against another edition

Veronica is lucky that I read this when my prefrontal cortex was not fully developed. -_-

tiffanyd98's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

santersgrotto's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

sunny_l's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

4.5

kittycat2302's review against another edition

4.0

While this was very good (hence 4 stars!) I would not say it is as good as Divergent was. The very abrupt ending of Divergent kind of continued in writing style through Insurgent- just a bit too quick/abrupt at parts with not quite enough development. Still very enjoyable and interesting- I love the factionless, the "other side of the fence" stuff, and the big reveal at the end- but too jerky overall. :)

campbellsgrl1512's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed divergent so was hoping to enjoy insurgent just as much. I felt less connected to the characters this go around, lost all connection with Tobias and their relationship. I didn’t feel connected to any of the characters outside Tris. 

There was one part I got teary eyed when talking about guilt and never being the same person before that. I felt I could relate to that kind of sadness. 

She spent a majority of the book traveling from one faction to another without any real impactful events taking place. 

The buildup of this secret was a little anti climatic for me. Will read the next one though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse

inprettypink's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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? N/A

3.0

samanthanh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-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

3.0

gingersnap42's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

emilyb_chicago's review against another edition

4.0

Nice continuation of the first novel. It is very much more of the same so if you liked the first you should also enjoy this one.