Divergent (Divergent #1)
by:
Veronica Roth (author)
Format: kindle
ASIN: 9717320
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Pages no: 501
Veronica Roth created a fantastic heroine in Tris. Tris is the product of a factionalized society. Every person has five factions to choose from:Candor, Amity, Erudite, Dauntless or Abnegation. The day someone has to choose their faction is the most important of their life, for this decision will a...
It turns out I'm not a huge fan of Roth's writing, although it's not offensively bad or anything like that, and I found the world of Divergent difficult to buy into . . . I still don't understand the purpose of the aptitude tests, since everyone chooses their own faction. And is this weird faction s...
"Divergent" is one of those books that suddenly popped up everywhere. I actually hadn't even considered reading it, until I read yesterday that it had been voted "Book of the Year" by Goodreads! Now I knew I had to see what the fuss was all about.The book did NOT disappoint! I was hooked from the ve...
Huh. So the blurb for Divergent says it takes place in a dystopian Chicago. I didn't pick up on the locale being Chicago, but then I've never been there and know next-to-nothing about the city. Also...details-schmetails.As I write this, Divergent's, the movie, marketing team is doing its best to dru...
AND... breathe! Talk about intense. To be clear, this is my second time reading Divergent and I'm still reeling from the action. I loved the fighting and how powerfully Roth wrote action scenes. And there were puh-lenty of those. I think for me, I understand Tris and Dauntless. As others have said -...