A review by ghostisalive
Insurgent by Veronica Roth

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

i enjoyed divergent more than this one but i think that's mainly because the characters became quite annoying in this one and dare i say in this case i actually almost prefer  the movie more. i feel like the book has a lot of back and forth between tris and tobias and they keep circling around to the same bs, which i understand emphasises how important it is whatever whatever, but it's a bit too excessive at some parts.there were points where i was just screaming at both of them because of how annoying they were.

other than that i did still enjoy the book quite a lot!i think one of my favourite parts about these books so far, which i guess is up to debate, is that it doesn't only focus on the love story between our Tris and Tobias, there's also no unnecessary love triangle thank god!! i like the exploration of the other factions in more depth and even those without a faction. there were quite a few shocking twists
like tobias' mother still being alive and the ending where we find out the whole purpose of the factions and the divergent
which i heavily enjoyed reading. 

there were times where my heart broke for tris so many times with everything she had to deal with in this book :( but also for tobias having to witness and go through all of it whilst watching the woman he loves struggling.
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