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Divergent
by Veronica Roth
I started out intrigued by the premise of this book, and it was interesting up to a point. Then the flaws kicked in. No sense of world building, flaws in certain elements of the story line - in fact, the basic premise that society is divided to preserve peace is ridiculous ... who has ever seen a divided society stay peacegful!?
Anyway, the heroine, Beatrice/Tris is part of one of the factions the society is divided into, and on her sixteenth birthday, like everyone else, has to choose which faction she belongs to, after taking some simulation test that will claim to know where she best fits. The factions are Abnegation (the selfless), Erudite (the knowledge seekers), Amity (friendly farmer types), Candor (the honest folk) and Dauntless (the renegade risk-takers). There are also the factionless who apparently do nothing but amble around or drive buses or something.
So Beatrice is tested Divergent, which is dangerous apparently and we don't know why. We later find out that
She has to hide this testing and goes to the Divergent faction. Then the story focuses on her trials and tribulations, and awkward love-fest with the HOT, SMOKIN' OLDER (by 2 years) FOUR. No really, that's his name ... Four. But we find out later that his real name is
Stuff happens, and because the book has to move forward, naturally thngs go wrong and people have to fix it. Follow Beatrice through her adventures etc.
I wanted to like this book, I genuinely did. But it wasn't a YA book that leaped out at me. Will I read the rest of the series? Yes. Why? Because I want to see how it ends. I'm hoping I don't totally hate my reading journey to the end.
Anyway, the heroine, Beatrice/Tris is part of one of the factions the society is divided into, and on her sixteenth birthday, like everyone else, has to choose which faction she belongs to, after taking some simulation test that will claim to know where she best fits. The factions are Abnegation (the selfless), Erudite (the knowledge seekers), Amity (friendly farmer types), Candor (the honest folk) and Dauntless (the renegade risk-takers). There are also the factionless who apparently do nothing but amble around or drive buses or something.
So Beatrice is tested Divergent, which is dangerous apparently and we don't know why. We later find out that
Spoiler
it's because the faction leaders are scared of people they can't control and Divergent people think in different ways and don't have a one-track mind. So they're not cows, congratulations.She has to hide this testing and goes to the Divergent faction. Then the story focuses on her trials and tribulations, and awkward love-fest with the HOT, SMOKIN' OLDER (by 2 years) FOUR. No really, that's his name ... Four. But we find out later that his real name is
Spoiler
Tobias and he is Divergent too!!! GASP, HORROR.Stuff happens, and because the book has to move forward, naturally thngs go wrong and people have to fix it. Follow Beatrice through her adventures etc.
I wanted to like this book, I genuinely did. But it wasn't a YA book that leaped out at me. Will I read the rest of the series? Yes. Why? Because I want to see how it ends. I'm hoping I don't totally hate my reading journey to the end.