This is my second time reading this book. It still as good as i remember it. All the characters are interesting. The main character is smart. Ever time she gets into danger her first action is to think of what she already knows that can get her out of danger.

Tris dating her instructor is wrong but for some reason i don’t mind it. There are a few flaws that the story has and some how don’t mind. Like the faction and how much of a trait you have to express in order to be divergent. Many characters that are transfers are shown to have traits of the faction that they are born in and the faction that they transferred to. Yet they are not divergent.

This book was fast pace and so addicting. It was hard to put it down. This is one of my favorite dystopian. ( )

Slow start with lots of world building and character development. Once the story gets going it's non-stop and quite good. ( )

I love this book getting ready to read insurgent. ( )

In a dystopian Chicago (where the Sears Tower is now known as The Hub) society has divided itself into five factions. Each faction values and lives by a specific quality or virtue. Beatrice, the 16-year-old main character, is a member of Abnegation - the selfless faction where they don't celebrate birthdays or even look at their own reflections in mirrors. Once a year, all the 16-year-olds take a test, in a virtual reality sort of way, to determine to which faction they are most suited: Abnegation - selflessness, Candor - honesty, Dauntless - bravery, Amity - peacefulness, and Erudite - intelligence. Then there is a Choosing Ceremony during witch the 16-year-olds choose a faction - with which they will spend the rest of their lives - they can take into account their aptitude test results, they can simply choose to stay with their parents in the faction they were born into, or they can choose another faction altogether. The worst thing they can do is become factionless - living alone, outside of society, and without community. Being Divergent - the title of the novel - is showing an aptitude for several factions at once. And it is something that must be kept secret. It is something this society sees as dangerous. Beatrice is faced with a difficult decision - will she choose to remain with her family in Abnegation or choose to leave them to live in another faction? The difficulty of her decision is compounded by the fact that her aptitude test results are inconclusive. She is Divergent.

I really enjoyed this novel. If you liked The Hunger Games, I think you'll probably like this novel as well. I don't want to give too much away, but I will say that the setting and characters are richly drawn, the storyline is intriguing and engaging, and the ending will make you want to run out and get the next installment, Insurgent. ( )

Not the best, not the worst. I don’t know what else to say about it to be honest. The films made Four seem less caring to me than how he is in the book but I’m putting that down to the fact I saw the film first. But glad I’ve finished a book on my tbr since 2019 ( )