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A review by melsage1823
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I'm going to try keep this spoiler free but this book definitely felt like a step down from the first book. There were some stuff I liked but some stuff I didn't.
Before I get into what i liked I have to share my dislikes. First I hated the characterisation it partly makes me wish someone else was brought in to help consult Veronica to write a good relationship. Four × Tris felt so stale as well as their fights. In the society there in you'd expect secrets being kept to be understandable. Four is so inconsistent and much more horrible and Tris is somehow falling for manipulations from Four's abuser.
I won't say which villians fall but I feel like they were wasted after being built up in the first book and thats such a shame. The fact I was more interested in the side characters is something super telling. I also didn't like the pacing of the book because it was super fast at the beginning and tried to brush off the Aftermath of the first book way too quickly.
Apart from that I thought it was okay the super spoilery stuff was very interesting and had me hooked. I was absolutely flabbergasted and shocked at the ending. The foreshadowing for the third book is also scary but brilliant. It was also really interesting to see the breakdown of the society even further and to see how bitter everyone had become after the attack on Abnegation. The action sequences also had me at the edge of my seat especially the attack on Candor.
Overall I really jinxed it reading the first book when I said I hoped that the second book would be amazing so I'm not gonna jinx the third book even if the cliffhanger has me hooked. Insurgent was ok but it could have been a lot better and sacrificed the Tris x Four subplot for better character development.
Mel's Rating: 3.5 😓👍🏼
Before I get into what i liked I have to share my dislikes. First I hated the characterisation it partly makes me wish someone else was brought in to help consult Veronica to write a good relationship. Four × Tris felt so stale as well as their fights. In the society there in you'd expect secrets being kept to be understandable. Four is so inconsistent and much more horrible and Tris is somehow falling for manipulations from Four's abuser.
I won't say which villians fall but I feel like they were wasted after being built up in the first book and thats such a shame. The fact I was more interested in the side characters is something super telling. I also didn't like the pacing of the book because it was super fast at the beginning and tried to brush off the Aftermath of the first book way too quickly.
Apart from that I thought it was okay the super spoilery stuff was very interesting and had me hooked. I was absolutely flabbergasted and shocked at the ending. The foreshadowing for the third book is also scary but brilliant. It was also really interesting to see the breakdown of the society even further and to see how bitter everyone had become after the attack on Abnegation. The action sequences also had me at the edge of my seat especially the attack on Candor.
Overall I really jinxed it reading the first book when I said I hoped that the second book would be amazing so I'm not gonna jinx the third book even if the cliffhanger has me hooked. Insurgent was ok but it could have been a lot better and sacrificed the Tris x Four subplot for better character development.
Mel's Rating: 3.5 😓👍🏼
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, War, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts