Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth

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.

This book is what a dystopian should be. It looks wonderful on the outside, but the further you go the more cracks you see. I love all of the factions they are all so unique in a myriad of ways. It was fun to discover the different aspects of each one. I also loved how problems with all of the factions were revealed throughout the story.  The main ones we see in Divergent are Abnegation and Dauntless. Both factions are wonderful in different ways. Abnegation is full of giving people. Dauntless is full of daredevils. I wanted to join right in on all of the adrenaline inducing things that they did. They are not only brave through physical means but also mentally. This book has one of the best worlds I've ever read.

The world isn't the only awesome thing about this book. The characters are also amazing. I love Tris. I didn't always agree with her thoughts or actions but I knew why she did them. She was very fleshed out, and she wasn't a stagnate character. She is the person you want to be friends with because they are daring and they always have your back. Four is another great character. We slowly get to see the amazing person he is by Tris being able to peal back his emotional layers. We can also tell he has a very real off-screen life. The secondary characters are also fantastic. Most are well rounded, the only ones we don’t get to see more than one side of are her enemies during her initiation process to Dauntless.

The plot is tension riddled. Though this isn't a book that by the end you feel like you’re going to have a heart attack. It had high and low tension moments, but the low ones were kept engaging by character drama or other little things. That way you had a breather and you still felt compelled to go on. In short this book is awesome and you need to pick it up right now.

I give this book an A+ go out and get it now.

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