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Divergent by Veronica Roth

Even speaking as someone who reads mostly sci-fi and fantasy, I still could never quite overcome the sheer unbelievability of the premise. While Hunger Games seemed extreme, the setting was explained in way that made sense for the world it was in. As oppressed as everyone was, they were still essentially human. In Divergent, everyone in the world is so flat that they can be easily divided into one of five personality types, and only a select few have fully-formed personalities that could fit into more than one faction.

That being said, Four was a great character, and was possibly the only part of the book I really got invested in.