Name: Divergent
Rating: 4.00781836377283 (3997 reviews)
ISBN: 9789731024127

Veronica Roth

Adrian Deliu

Divergent

Paperback features over fifty pages of bonus materials, including a sneak peek of Insurgent, an author Q&A, a discussion guide, a Divergent playlist, faction manifestos, and more! In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself. During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her. Veronica Roth is the New York Times bestselling author of Divergent, the first in a trilogy of dystopian thrillers filled with electrifying decisions, heartbreaking betrayals, stunning consequences, and unexpected romance.

adison wolfe

This was an amazing book, I would say 13 and older due to the "sex comments" they imply they want to do and and soon, lots of violence talks about knives and guns, there's grief like losing the parents. Truth be told, this world that Tris lives in doesn’t make sense and ten minutes into the film I wasn’t convinced. War, factions and yelling out “she’s a divergent” left me confused, leaving me with more questions than answers. What was this war and why did it take place? The notions of factions – the suggestion was for peace but who decided on that? Divergents – what were they? Ok, they were people who didn’t conform to a pre-destined faction. They had free will…was there anything else about them that made them special? As the book went on it defiantly got better and I really enjoyed it and I really loved this series I would let my 13 year old read it.

Priyanka

Many friends of mine insisted that this book is a must read. And reading some of the ratings and reviews, I thought, why not give it a try. This is the first dystopian book I've read. The thing I didn't like about this book was that the basic storyline was unrealistic. Society divided into five factions of bravery, intelligence, Honesty, Peace and selflessness. Please, this is not even possible. There isn't one single person who has or can perfect any of this virtues. It is impossible, being so selfless that you forget yourself, or being brutally honest (No one ever is) or jumping off the trains and buildings (Trying to copy superman or batman?). All the tests for the dauntless (bravery), shooting and fighting with people... Does that constitutes Bravery? Does jumping off the trains does? Nope. Not at all. :/ That just shows how much dumb you are. And looking at it from a political point of view; one faction ruling the society? Expect the injustice and discrimination then. But then a book is where authors create a new world, right? So it was nice and different. Veronica Roth has pulled off this story so efficiently. Inspite of all the things I hated, I was addicted to it and totally hooked up. The story was well developed. Characters were awesome. I liked Beatrice/Tris and her friends. I felt connected to Tris while reading. Though it is unrealistic, there is some truth here. People are so greedy nowadays and for getting power/authority they do manipulate the people working beneath them. I liked how Veronica portrayed that. And Besides all the tests that the teenagers go through, you will find some romance too. ;) And I really love Four and Tris. But I am not planning to read the second and third book anytime soon... 4/5 stars.

The absolute nostalgia this gives me is incredible. Loved it as a teenager, still love it now. 

It’s also fascinating how I don’t remember my car registration, but I can remember exact plot details of this book from well over 10 years ago. 

Rose

The absolute nostalgia this gives me is incredible. Loved it as a teenager, still love it now. 

It’s also fascinating how I don’t remember my car registration, but I can remember exact plot details of this book from well over 10 years ago. 

four and tris was pretty well written i love it when the author treats romance as a subplot

Society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue, in the attempt to form a 'perfect society'. On her Choosing Day, Beatrice Prior renames herself Tris, rejects her family's Abnegation group, and chooses another faction.

Laura Chin

Lara Delaye

so ive never read a book that fast icl i really was addicted i need to read the rest now i love the goat tobie

Marija

Nice story- it's more 4.5 but it's so interesting I would like to read it again sometimes (and watch movie of course =)). I'm starting second book immediately.

   I've seen all the movies many times, but I've never read the books. As they say, the book is better than the movie, but in this case it's the other way around. Many scenes didn't make sense, the descriptions didn't help me understand anything and luckily with the movie I was able to understand certain locations or tests.

   Her friends are horrible, I don't understand why she forgives them when they do nothing but be jealous of her when she excels at something and they are only friends again when she fails a test or gets beaten up by someone. 

   The interaction between her and Four was very cringeworthy (and again, the explanations of the scenes didn't make sense, he was standing by the wall, suddenly he was in the center of the room with his hand on her) and from the fact that they barely spoke for almost the entire book and kissed twice, suddenly they love each other. He admits to her that she's not pretty, which would increase my anxiety in reality, but not in the book, he's just corky. 

    It was a real struggle to get through this book and again, the movie explained all the factions well, but in the book I had to look up a lot of it on the internet.

    I don't know if I'll be able to finish the whole series, but the first book is a big disappointment.

Andrada Nane

Spoiler Ahead ⚠️

     More than disappointment. 

   I've seen all the movies many times, but I've never read the books. As they say, the book is better than the movie, but in this case it's the other way around. Many scenes didn't make sense, the descriptions didn't help me understand anything and luckily with the movie I was able to understand certain locations or tests.

   Her friends are horrible, I don't understand why she forgives them when they do nothing but be jealous of her when she excels at something and they are only friends again when she fails a test or gets beaten up by someone. 

   The interaction between her and Four was very cringeworthy (and again, the explanations of the scenes didn't make sense, he was standing by the wall, suddenly he was in the center of the room with his hand on her) and from the fact that they barely spoke for almost the entire book and kissed twice, suddenly they love each other. He admits to her that she's not pretty, which would increase my anxiety in reality, but not in the book, he's just corky. 

    It was a real struggle to get through this book and again, the movie explained all the factions well, but in the book I had to look up a lot of it on the internet.

    I don't know if I'll be able to finish the whole series, but the first book is a big disappointment.

The explosive debut by No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth. DIVERGENT – a major motion picture series.

Divergent (Divergent Trilogy, Book 1)

This book was so good! The writing was extremely detailed and immersive. I felt like it had the perfect amount of tension, romance, and back story to keep me invested and wanting more. I enjoyed!

Camron Swartzendruber

Alexandra S

I received this book as a gift from a friend, I was expecting a Hunger Games rip-off, it wasn't that bad at all, I had a pretty great time with it. 

Sometime in the distant future, Chicago is divided into 5 factions : Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless and Erudite. Of course, there are also people who aren't part of any of those factions, but they're not important in this book, so, moving on... Each faction has its role : abnegation - politics/leaders, amity - keep the peace/ agriculture, candor - law, dauntless - protectors, erudite - scientists. 
At 16, everyone takes a test and they get sorted into one faction based on their results, but, if they are inconclusive, you get to pick between them and get to be called "divergent", hence the title.

Beatrice Prior is the protagonist. She was born into the abnegation faction, but, after finding out she's divergent, she chooses to separate herself from her family and from the abnegation faction's lifestyle and goes with the dauntless faction. The book follows her initiation, introduces key - characters of the tetralogy and it's mainly action-driven, but it still has some romantic plot points.

dystopia i LOVE YOU!! plot was so good, four i love you, tris’ mum i love you, literally couldnt put it down.

Luke Harkness

Actually one of my favourite YAs

I'm not a fan of YA stories usually because they sacrifice the element of a good story to slide in a cringey love story. However Veronica Roth has managed to balance a really great story with a genuinely intriguing love story.

The actual premise and world is different enough to those other big dystopian novels that I'm a huge fan!

Divergent

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