Are you even kidding me? I tore through this book. In like 10 hours. I could not stop reading, even though the time was inching closer to 5 am with every page I turned. But I figured, 'hey, it's the weekend, what's the harm?' The harm turned out to be me reading until 8 am in the morning, and then sleeping well into the afternoon. At which point, I might add, I got some food, a cup of tea, and huddled under my blanket with the book again.
So, yeah. Maybe make sure you have a good block of free time ahead of you before you delve into 'Divergent.'
There's not a lot I can say about this book except that it grabs you. It grabs you and it just does not let go. Not that I wanted it to; I was having too much fun.
Such an amazing story, with a compelling world. While I am getting a liiiiiiiittle bit tired of all Dystopian societies being divided into sections/factions/pods/communities (like, really? This is all we can come up with about the future? As a world where every human being is so easily brainwashed into thinking that one totalitarian government and a sectioned society is a good idea? Where all the history of past 3,000 years has been forgotten, or purposefully destroyed? I'm going to need some fresh perspectives in the YA authors soon), I felt like the society created here by Roth was more held back than what I've seen in other similar novels (like The Hunger Games, for instance), and I mean that as a good thing. Yes, it's strange, and yes, it's confining, and the "you have to choose your place when you turn 16" thing is more than a little familiar, but it works somehow. And I'm not going to complain about an aspect of a novel that I actually enjoyed, so while I now see that this paragraph is getting ridiculously long, and that I really should shut up... uhm... yeah, I don't know. Shutting up. Bottom-line: I liked it. Bet you didn't see that one coming, huh?
Also, I'm pretty much in love with Four. I am very thankful for guys who make me swoon.
Cannot wait for the next book. The wait will be agonising, I'm sure.
Show lessAre you even kidding me? I tore through this book. In like 10 hours. I could not stop reading, even though the time was inching closer to 5 am with every page I turned. But I figured, 'hey, it's the weekend, what's the harm?' The harm turned out to be me reading until 8 am in the morning, and then sleeping well into the afternoon. At which point, I might add, I got some food, a cup of tea, and huddled under my blanket with the book again.
So, yeah. Maybe make sure you have a good block of free time ahead of you before you delve into 'Divergent.'
There's not a lot I can say about this book except that it grabs you. It grabs you and it just does not let go. Not that I wanted it to; I was having too much fun.
Such an amazing story, with a compelling world. While I am getting a liiiiiiiittle bit tired of all Dystopian societies being divided into sections/factions/pods/communities (like, really? This is all we can come up with about the future? As a world where every human being is so easily brainwashed into thinking that one totalitarian government and a sectioned society is a good idea? Where all the history of past 3,000 years has been forgotten, or purposefully destroyed? I'm going to need some fresh perspectives in the YA authors soon), I felt like the society created here by Roth was more held back than what I've seen in other similar novels (like The Hunger Games, for instance), and I mean that as a good thing. Yes, it's strange, and yes, it's confining, and the "you have to choose your place when you turn 16" thing is more than a little familiar, but it works somehow. And I'm not going to complain about an aspect of a novel that I actually enjoyed, so while I now see that this paragraph is getting ridiculously long, and that I really should shut up... uhm... yeah, I don't know. Shutting up. Bottom-line: I liked it. Bet you didn't see that one coming, huh?
Also, I'm pretty much in love with Four. I am very thankful for guys who make me swoon.
Cannot wait for the next book. The wait will be agonising, I'm sure.
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In this edgy debut (definitely not for the fainthearted), first in a trilogy, promising author Roth tells the riveting and complex story of a teenage girl forced to choose, at age 16, between her routinized, selfless family and the adventurous, unrestrained future she longs for. Beatrice "Tris" Prior lives in crumbling dystopian Chicago, where citizens are divided into five factions¿Candor, Abnegation, Dauntless, Amity, and Erudite¿depending on their beliefs, passions, and loyalties. When Tris forsakes her Abnegation family to become one of the wild, fearless Dauntless, she must confront her deepest fears, learn to trust her fellow initiates, and guard the ominous secret that she is actually a Divergent, with the strengths of multiple factions, and is therefore a target of dangerously controlling leaders. Roth's descriptions of Tris's initiation process are as spellbinding as they are violent, while the tremulous romance between Tris and her protective and demanding instructor, Four, unfurls with heart-stopping tenderness. For those who loved The Hunger Games and are willing to brave the sometimes sadistic tests of strength and courage Tris must endure, the reward is a memorable, unpredictable journey from which it is nearly impossible to turn away. Ages 14¿up. (May).
Show lessIn this edgy debut (definitely not for the fainthearted), first in a trilogy, promising author Roth tells the riveting and complex story of a teenage girl forced to choose, at age 16, between her routinized, selfless family and the adventurous, unrestrained future she longs for. Beatrice "Tris" Prior lives in crumbling dystopian Chicago, where citizens are divided into five factions¿Candor, Abnegation, Dauntless, Amity, and Erudite¿depending on their beliefs, passions, and loyalties. When Tris forsakes her Abnegation family to become one of the wild, fearless Dauntless, she must confront her deepest fears, learn to trust her fellow initiates, and guard the ominous secret that she is actually a Divergent, with the strengths of multiple factions, and is therefore a target of dangerously controlling leaders. Roth's descriptions of Tris's initiation process are as spellbinding as they are violent, while the tremulous romance between Tris and her protective and demanding instructor, Four, unfurls with heart-stopping tenderness. For those who loved The Hunger Games and are willing to brave the sometimes sadistic tests of strength and courage Tris must endure, the reward is a memorable, unpredictable journey from which it is nearly impossible to turn away. Ages 14¿up. (May).
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