Veronica Roth

She turns to the future in a world that’s falling apart… The thrillingly dark sequel to New York Times bestseller, DIVERGENT.

Insurgent

Tris has survived a brutal attack on her former home and family. But she has paid a terrible price. Wracked by grief and guilt, she becomes ever more reckless as she struggles to accept her new future.

Jess

He is my brother, but I want to tear him to pieces.

I think we cry to release the animal parts of us with out losing our humanity. 

"Nothing else is alright." His whisper tickles my cheek. "But we are."

Amelia

"My name is Edith Prior," she says. "And there is much I am happy to forget."

"This," he says, only to me, "is the information that will change everything."

Then all the screens in the Erudite lobby - at least those that weren't destroyed in the attack - flicker on, including a projector positioned over the wall where Jeanine's portrait used to be.

"You were right," Tobias says quietly, balancing on the ball of his feet. He smiles a little. "I do know who you are. I just needed to be reminded."

People, I discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.

"Make sure you don't give him any utensils.  Never know what he might do with them."

As he speaks, he plucks the fork from Peter's hand.

He has been touching me in some way since we left the stairwell of that building, like he thinks I might break apart of he doesn't hold me together.

"I love Tris the Divergent, who makes decisions apart from faction loyalty, who isn't some faction archetype. But the Tris who's trying as hard as she can to destroy herself... I can't love her."

I feel like a space has opened up within me, expanding so rapidly it will break me apart.

"Sometimes," he says quietly, "it isn't easy to be with you, Tris." He looks away.

"Let the guilt teach you how to behave next time," my father would say.

"To protect myself," says Tobias. "I transferred to protect myself."

"I have a knife in my back pocket." I say. "Put you hands on me, and I will make you regret it."

He mumbles some kind of apology. His fingers pinch the knife handle, careful not to touch me.

"My dear girl," she says. "I am his family. I am permanent. You are only temporary."

"Yeah," I say. "His mom abandoned him, and his dad beat him up. How could this loyalty not be with his blood, with a family like that?"

That he suspected you were Divergent," she says. "He was always watching you. Noting your behavior. He was very attentive to you. That's why... that's why I thought you would be safe with him. Safer with him than with me."

She sighs. "The Divergent. We're documenting the Divergent."

I didn't realize until that moment that Dauntless initiation had taught me an important lesson: how to keep going

"Just bounce a little when you walk," he says, kissing my forehead, "and pretend you're afraid of their guns"—another kid between my eyebrows—"and act like the shrinking violet you could never be"—a kiss on my cheek—"and you'll be fine."

"You should work on that," he says. Always an instructor.

Sarah Sammis

Much of Insurgent is taken up with the the residents of the compound falling under unexpected simulations. If these would be rebels are smart enough to be capable of undoing their society — why are they so easily, and repeatedly fooled? This is more of a case of fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice shame on me. This is upwards of fool me a dozen times, I'm gullible!

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Beatrice prior, Uriah, and Christina mean so much to me

Beatrice prior, Uriah, and Christina mean so much to me

Tobias too 💀💀

Qonita

In some way i connect with Tris personally on this book. I don't like it, man, i'm emotional about this book

chloe rae

I seriously don't know why I love these books SO MUCH. I mean, they just drive me crazy. The entire world of this story just takes over my brain as soon as I start reading. It's amazing. And while I can say Divergent was definitely better, this book was not that far behind.
There were a few problems I did come across with this book though. For some reason, I kept getting confused along the way. I don't know if anyone else had this problem but, I kept loosing track of what was happening or forgetting something that had maybe been mentioned a few pages before. Now I don't know if this was simply because my brain just sucks sometimes and I wasn't, I don't know, fully paying attention or something but maybe the author could have made some things a little more clear. And I did find myself getting a little frustrated with the Four and Tris relationship, simply because I hated that they were having problems! I completely understood why and I sympathized with both of them and I totally got everything. I think it just threw my fangirl heart for a loop. At the same time though I liked that the problems they were having made their relationship more real and authentic. Real life relationships aren't flowers and happiness ALL the time.
This book picked up right were the first left off and immediately picked up. I hated to put it down. This book was just so action packed and emotional and GREAT the whole time, I loved it. It took me a while to read it because of my recent busy summer schedule but I know that if I hadn't of been busy, I would've finished it in a super short amount of time.
The last few chapters of this book I was DYING. So much was happening and going on but I could't believe how it ended. I literally sat there and smiled at the pages, totally thrilled and in awe. And intrigued. I seriously can't wait to read the next one!

"As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love"--

Annika Arguemore

In this installment, we witness Tris's way of coping with what has happened to her and all around her. I couldn't connect with her much in this one... Hence, the prolonged hiatus from this book. I didn't love it as much as I loved Divergent but it would suffice. But the cliffhanger was totally unexpected, okay? Totally unexpected indeed.

Divergent was a balance between action and emotion. But Insurgent, on the other hand, was more action-packed than it was emotional. Ms. Roth kind of tipped the scale a little bit. I guess, it was okay.

★★★★ // still a great adventure novel, but why does love make people incredibly dumb all the time?

Monic U

Liked it more than divergent, but still not filling my expectations. *Spoiler alert* They cried too much, got away safetly all the time, did imposible things, and the romance was minimum, not passionate, just in one parragraph it was kind of hot and then everything else that happened were just fights between the coupple. I would define this book dissapointing but entertaining.

Melissa Palmer

Book #100 Read in 2013
Insurgent by Veronica Roth (2nd in series)

This book is the second in a young adult dystopian trilogy. In this book, Tris and Four are trying to recover from the deadly fight that ensued between warring factions. Additionally, Four (or Tobias) reconnects with his estranged mother, who is in charge of the Factionless. Tris is not sold on the reunion but the couple have more than that issue to deal with before living happily ever after.

I really enjoyed both books in this series so far and will begin Allegiant in the near future to finish out the series. These books are action-packed with complex and interesting characters. They are quick reads that I highly recommend.

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Lauren Grey

Wow! This novel has really blown my mind… and my socks right off. At first I thought it wasn’t going to measure up the first book. It started off a little slow, but boy did it pick up speed. I am so impressed with this novel that it actually made giddy, upset, sad, irritated, and at the end (the last page to be exact) left me speechless!

Honestly I don’t even know where to begin.

I’ll start with the fact that I can’t decide if I like or dislike Tris. I find her exciting at some points and really stupid in others. I know the whole purpose of her character is to show that you can be more than one thing and that they go hand in hand, but sometimes I want to just jump inside the novel and strangle her. Not to mention I am completely jealous of her (in a book character kind of way) in that Tobias loves her and yet she still goes behind his back, lies to him, and ultimately tries to get herself killed on multiple occasions.

I liked how we got see more of the different factions in this novel; a little more of what they were created on, how they function, and what their people are like. I found it completely fascinating that they could all focus on one trait so much. I loved how the characteristic that each was founded on was positive, but that was also accompanied by negative traits as well.

The plot twists were unbelievable and still have my mind reeling. I loved the feeling of being trapped; first in Candor- especially the truth serum and Tris’s reconciliation with Christina, then in Erudite- (which I have to admit was a little confusing at first) with all of the simulations and Tobias showing up… there were times I wasn’t sure what was a simulation and what wasn’t. I loved the character turnarounds specifically Peter and Caleb. And then for the shocker on the last page………..

There was a ton of bloodshed which was a little much for me. I am always one for a happy ending and Roth seems to just like to kill everyone. It was hard in the first novel with Will and Al, but then so many were being shot and knifed and controlled to jump of buildings in this one it was just overkill, but I have no doubt that it won’t lead into the third installment somehow.

No matter what you have heard about this series I highly recommend you pick up a copy and read it for yourself. Tomorrow I am going to get started on Allegiant and I couldn’t be more excited. My head is still trying to figure out what just happened in Insurgent, so if you are in for a good story that leaves you guessing, but wanting more then definitely check this out!!

becky oh

What was the author thinking when she wrote this book? 

Answer: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

Joy Bush

****SPOILER REVIEW***** 


As much as I loved book 1, book 2 is all about the conflict, the war.
The main 2 characters spend the whole time fighting which I hated
and all the other smaller characters (family and friends) get killed. It sucks.
I feel like Moffat wrote this book!

but if action packed war and conflict is your thing you will probably give this book a much higher rating than I did. 

I had almost worked out the ending though, pretty good cliff hanger.
I am excited to read book 3, I think it will be a lot better.

Kara W

the movie did this book justice. very well resolved

Manda

Oh man, I don’t even know where to start with this review. I just finished reading book two of this trilogy (Insurgent) and I am just so wowed. I absolutely loved both of these books. They were just amazing. If you liked The Hunger Games and/or The Maze Runner Trilogy then you will also love these books by Veronica Roth. I love that we have moved from vampires and werewolves into this post-apocalyptic suspenseful novels.

First off, I have to say, I adored the characters in this book my favorites were of course Beatrice and Uriah, Tobias and Will. Veronica Roth really spent a lot of time developing her characters and each and every one of them was unique and purposeful. I felt like there was a reason behind every character in these novels, and I felt strong emotions toward each one. At times, I felt like the characters were real and I hurt for them at many times while reading. Uriah was definitely my all time favorite though. He was like Finnick for me. If you haven’t read The Hunger Games, you might not get that reference, but let’s just say he’s amazing.

As far as plot goes, I didn’t have any issues with plot holes or missing information during either book. I was pulled in immediately during both and I loved them completely. I do have to say that I guessed the ending of book two, but as a long time reader and writer, I have learned to read into foreshadowing and have always been good at guessing major story points. I’ve read some responses from other people and to many the ending of book two is a major surprise. Though it didn’t shock me, it was still pretty awesome. I can’t wait for book three to see where Veronica Roth takes us next.

All in all, these books are AMAZING. If you haven’t had the chance to read them yet, do so. They are a lot different then most things I’ve read lately, though they do follow some themes in the current YA genre. These are definitely going to be added to my list of favorites and I am so stoked for book three.

Colleen

Thankfully the sequel picks up right where the first book ended so you get to miss out on the slow build up that Divergent labored from. Overall, it was fairly fast paced and kept me interested. But it seems obvious that this series was commissioned to meet the demand left by The Hunger Games. While on the surface it is an enjoyable and exciting, it lacks the strong symbolism and deeper meaning that the Hunger Games has. But it is still an entertaining read.

This was such a different vibe to the first book. 

Again I love the characters and the character arcs were beautifully written. However Tris spent most of the time trying and failing to achieve the same small goals so that was frustrating. 

I always look forward to the cute romantic moments and was disappointed because there wasn’t much focus on that for this book but I guess that was understandable given the circumstances.

There were some mad plot twists though, so very page turning in places because woah was NOT expecting that.

Straight onto Allegiant because that last chapter was crazy. 

This was such a different vibe to the first book. 

Again I love the characters and the character arcs were beautifully written. However Tris spent most of the time trying and failing to achieve the same small goals so that was frustrating. 

I always look forward to the cute romantic moments and was disappointed because there wasn’t much focus on that for this book but I guess that was understandable given the circumstances.

There were some mad plot twists though, so very page turning in places because woah was NOT expecting that.

Straight onto Allegiant because that last chapter was crazy. 

Caitlin Hooker

I could have given this book 5 stars if Tris didn't cry all the time. I really loved this book but got increasingly irritated by Tris's emotional weakness, which was not in line with her actions.

Joana da Silva

Really hard to make it to the end. Boring with an ending that gave me low expectations for the final book.

Andrea Pais

whaaaaat oh my god im gonna go read allegiant right now bye

Maria Flowers

I thought it was pretty exhilarating and a page-turner towards the end. However, there were no twists and Tris was basically trying to attain the same goal the whole time. There wasn't much variation. However, I did fall in love with Tris and Tobias. They are perfect couple.

The thrilling second book in the internationally bestselling Divergent series that inspired a series of major motion pictures starring Shailene Woodley. This special 10th anniversary edition features exclusive content from Veronica Roth and a beautiful reimagined cover art from award-winning illustrator Victo Ngai.

four is so annoying … this is nothing special but its entertaining + easy to read + interesting enough. idk how i feel about this series tbh i guess i will see after i’ve read allegiant BUT rn i think that this woulda been sm better if divergent had ended 3/4th way through and been done with it

Jeannette Ordas

I'm not sure this deserves 2 stars, but I just wasn't into this book. It didn't help that I was totally clueless to what happened in book one, so starting this one so abruptly into the action left me severely disjointed. I thought the relationship between Tris & Tobias was well done, but everything else just left me wondering what I've missed.

One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love. Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so. New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth's much-anticipated second book of the dystopian Divergent series is another intoxicating thrill ride of a story, rich with hallmark twists, heartbreaks, romance, and powerful insights about human nature.

aisha

4.5 stars (second read, 16th March - 18th March 2015)
Definitely my favorite of the trilogy because of the character and world building. 

5 stars (first read, 2013)

devin.reads

OHMYGOSH! That ending though.. And Caleb? And everyone else. OMG.

Nicole Goldstein

I am really glad that I spaced this out with Divergent. At first I didn't really like the beginning. It wasn't giving me the on the edge of my seat feeling that Divergent was, but once it started it kicked into high gear. The thing I love about Veronica Roth is that she gives you a picture of the world but she doesn't drown you with detail. Just saying a character has a blue shirt on and some glasses somehow creates everything you need. I don't know if I liked it more than Divergent but part of me does. I won't go into details because there was so many ups and downs and twists left and right but the one thing I will say is that the end was a major cliffhanger. I usually don't like them but it really has me ready for the third book come October.

Insurgent

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