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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
Unfortunately, I am so disappointed.
When I need to read a book from a different perspective I absolutely don't want to read it this book was written, come on Veronica is that all you can do?! You wrote three other books and you didn't mention a lot from them, it was boring to read.
Two stars on the way you wrote this book are a lot.
When I need to read a book from a different perspective I absolutely don't want to read it this book was written, come on Veronica is that all you can do?! You wrote three other books and you didn't mention a lot from them, it was boring to read.
Two stars on the way you wrote this book are a lot.
In terms of writing quality, this should probably get 3 stars, but I just have to bump it up to 4 stars for the nostalgia factor. It was so fun to jump back into the Divergent series, which was undoubtedly one of my favorites as a teenager.
Roth presents four short stories and three vignettes about Four’s choosing, his dauntless initiation, his alienation from dauntless leadership, becoming an initiation instructor and meeting Tris, the first jumper scene, the cafeteria scene, and the “you look good” scene. It was so fun to read these from Four’s POV, but they wouldn’t make sense without the context of the original three books.
My favorite thing about this collection of short stories was that it gave such brilliant insight into Four’s internal conflict over his old and chosen factions. Reading the original books many years ago, I was under the impression that he was always meant to be dauntless even though he was divergent. Roth does a really nice job showing how Four really didn’t fit in there and how Tris was a breath of fresh air for him. It makes more sense why he fell in love with her, and her with him.
Again, such a nostalgic read. I’d recommend to anyone who enjoyed the original trilogy.
Roth presents four short stories and three vignettes about Four’s choosing, his dauntless initiation, his alienation from dauntless leadership, becoming an initiation instructor and meeting Tris, the first jumper scene, the cafeteria scene, and the “you look good” scene. It was so fun to read these from Four’s POV, but they wouldn’t make sense without the context of the original three books.
My favorite thing about this collection of short stories was that it gave such brilliant insight into Four’s internal conflict over his old and chosen factions. Reading the original books many years ago, I was under the impression that he was always meant to be dauntless even though he was divergent. Roth does a really nice job showing how Four really didn’t fit in there and how Tris was a breath of fresh air for him. It makes more sense why he fell in love with her, and her with him.
Again, such a nostalgic read. I’d recommend to anyone who enjoyed the original trilogy.
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
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
There were some moments with Tris that were fun to read from Four’s perspective, but I’m not sure it needed to be a whole book. Welp—I’ve read the whole series now!
Honestly, not really a needed book at all. And feel like I have nothing really to say but it was interesting to be in his head and read certain scenes through his perspective, but that’s really all. (maybe I would have enjoyed this more if the trilogy didn’t have such a unnecessary ending?? 😔)
I did enjoy the first two stories, Four the Transfer and Four the Initiate. I do adore Veronica Roth's writing style.
Even though I did overall enjoy the book, there are few things...
The last two stories, Four the Son and Four the Traitor lost their flavor all of a sudden. Nothing much was happening at that point in the story, so I got bored. At that point, I was starting to realize just how similar Tris and Four are as characters. I understand because they come from similar backgrounds but I had to mentally note in my mind that if the title of the book wasn't Four, I probably would've confused his narrative to be Tri. Am I the only one?
But in the end, I liked reading more about Four (Tobias) and his story and what he went through before Tris came into the story.
I did enjoy the first two stories, Four the Transfer and Four the Initiate. I do adore Veronica Roth's writing style.
Even though I did overall enjoy the book, there are few things...
The last two stories, Four the Son and Four the Traitor lost their flavor all of a sudden. Nothing much was happening at that point in the story, so I got bored. At that point, I was starting to realize just how similar Tris and Four are as characters. I understand because they come from similar backgrounds but I had to mentally note in my mind that if the title of the book wasn't Four, I probably would've confused his narrative to be Tri. Am I the only one?
But in the end, I liked reading more about Four (Tobias) and his story and what he went through before Tris came into the story.
I thought this was ok. I liked seeing things from Four’s perspective and learning more about why he chose Dauntless. Sometimes a was a little confused by the timeline. I wish there were more from his perspective.
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
It was nothing special, and if would like the divergent series more, I probably would have enjoyed this more too. It was fine and interesting to See out of fours perspective, even though I kinda had a feeling, that this Four and the Four out of the main books are a compleatly different person. Maybe I feel that way because it is a bit time ago when I Read divergent.
Książka rozpoczynająca serię Niezgodna Veroniki Roth, to dobrze zbudowany świat, lecz dla nastolatków bez wymagań. Nie ukrywam, miałam wygórowane oczekiwania, które nie zostały spełnione, lecz ogółem jest to książka słaba. Mówię [piszę] to z ogromnym rozczarowaniem, ale i zaskoczeniem. Wszystko dzieje się w świecie zbudowanym na ruinach Chicago, podzielonym na pięć frakcji : altruizm, nieustraszoność, prawość, erudycję i serdeczność. Główny bohater - Tobias należy do altruizmu, gdzie się urodził. Jego ojciec - Marcus przywódca tej frakcji, znęca się nad synem psychicznie jak i fizycznie. Między nimi jest napięta relacja i za każdy błąd Tobias jest karany przez ojca. Na krwawej ceremonii [wybiera się tam frakcję, do której będzie się przynależeć "oficjalnie"] Tobias wybiera, nie Altruizm ale Nieustraszoność.
Zamysł jest dobry, lecz realizacja... poszła w gruzach. Nie oczekiwałam jakoś bardzo dużo po początku serii, lecz nie bardzo chcę czytać dalsze tomy, bo relacja między bohaterami nie pasuje mi, a wiem, że następny tom opiera się głównie na niej.
Zamysł jest dobry, lecz realizacja... poszła w gruzach. Nie oczekiwałam jakoś bardzo dużo po początku serii, lecz nie bardzo chcę czytać dalsze tomy, bo relacja między bohaterami nie pasuje mi, a wiem, że następny tom opiera się głównie na niej.
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No