Divergent (Divergent, #1) in Multifandom fanatics

Nov 04, 2012 Brittany rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Wow, what an incredible, powerful read! I laughed, I cried. I was overjoyed, disgusted, stunned, excited. I smiled, I frowned. It was truly an amazing roller coaster ride for me. The story itself is very well-developed and the concept of this dystopian future comprised of five factions is interesting, creative, and effective for this book and the many sequels I hope will follow. The book starts with its female protagonist, Beatrice, who must make one choice that will transform her forever: at th Wow, what an incredible, powerful read! I laughed, I cried. I was overjoyed, disgusted, stunned, excited. I smiled, I frowned. It was truly an amazing roller coaster ride for me. The story itself is very well-developed and the concept of this dystopian future comprised of five factions is interesting, creative, and effective for this book and the many sequels I hope will follow. The book starts with its female protagonist, Beatrice, who must make one choice that will transform her forever: at the Choosing Ceremony, all sixteen-year-old teenagers must choose the faction that will become their new family for life, their future--either Abnegation, Erudite, Dauntless, Amity, or Candor. Beatrice makes a decision that may surprise even herself, and it is nothing less than an act of bravery that lands her in Dauntless. There, she will make both friends and enemies, show strengths and weaknesses, face her fears, and possibly even find love along the way.

The Dauntless training section of the book is pretty intense and often brutal, and it kind of took me off guard. But I enjoyed seeing Tris--her new Dauntless name to fit her new identity and her new life--grow into a powerful, badass heroine, and I got to be with her every step of the way.

I love the variety of characters, most complicated in their own right. The chemistry between them, especially between Tris and Four ((view spoiler) ...more

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Dec 15, 2012 Brittany rated it it was amazing

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Wow, what an incredible, powerful read! I laughed, I cried. I was overjoyed, disgusted, stunned, excited. I smiled, I frowned. It was truly an amazing roller coaster ride for me. The story itself is very well-developed and the concept of this dystopian future comprised of five factions is interesting, creative, and effective for this book and the many sequels I hope will follow. The book starts with its female protagonist, Beatrice, who must make one choice that will transform her forever: at th Wow, what an incredible, powerful read! I laughed, I cried. I was overjoyed, disgusted, stunned, excited. I smiled, I frowned. It was truly an amazing roller coaster ride for me. The story itself is very well-developed and the concept of this dystopian future comprised of five factions is interesting, creative, and effective for this book and the many sequels I hope will follow. The book starts with its female protagonist, Beatrice, who must make one choice that will transform her forever: at the Choosing Ceremony, all sixteen-year-old teenagers must choose the faction that will become their new family for life, their future--either Abnegation, Erudite, Dauntless, Amity, or Candor. Beatrice makes a decision that may surprise even herself, and it is nothing less than an act of bravery that lands her in Dauntless. There, she will make both friends and enemies, show strengths and weaknesses, face her fears, and possibly even find love along the way.

The Dauntless training section of the book is pretty intense and often brutal, and it kind of took me off guard. But I enjoyed seeing Tris--her new Dauntless name to fit her new identity and her new life--grow into a powerful, badass heroine, and I got to be with her every step of the way.

I love the variety of characters, most complicated in their own right. The chemistry between them, especially between Tris and Four ((view spoiler) ...more

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Jan 07, 2014 Obaid Haroon rated it really liked it

Ok I knew everyone liked it spin have it a try and I see why. It is pretty damn good.

Interesting premise. Good characters. And impressive writing.

It was like being in a car before a car crash. Everything is going along as it should. Oh look a bird- BOOM! Cars spinning. People screaming. And before you know it your head is through the windshield.

Gruesome but accurate. Oh and the bird was the passing of the initiates. Because that's when shit went down.

First off, Tris was not how I imagined sh ...more

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Jan 23, 2013 Makenzie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Tris lives in a futuristic Chicago which has been divided into five factions, Abnegation: home of The Selfless, Amity home of the The Peaceful, Candor home of the The Honest, Erudite home of the The Intelligent and Dauntless home of the The Brave. Most of the buildings are crumbled except for The Hub and the glass buildings they make.

Tris must choose between family or being who she really is. Every year at the choosing ceremony all sixteen-year-old's must choose which faction they want to spend ...more

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May 28, 2013 Gina rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013-read, not-bad-but-not-the-best, series-reads

Edit: So it takes place in Chicago. Lol. Well that's rather... funny. I somehow missed that over and over. Oh well. Still not really explained at all through the narrative.
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Unforunately I can not say I am on the bandwagon for this book. I found it too insistent on itself. Overall it fell flat for me. The characters weren't rounded or deep and I found myself annoyed at the way Tris changed so often to fit into the context of what was happening.

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Aug 17, 2013 Allison Janezic rated it it was amazing

This book came recommended to me by someone. I am a skeptic and a very diehard Mortal Instruments fan. So my bar is set high because I literally devoured everything TMI related. Divergent while not as humorous and diverse as TMI had one thing that kept me wanting more. Solid lead characters. If it did not I would have disregarded it completely. You can not compare the two series because they are so very different so I had to come at this from a neutral state with the hope that it would keep my i ...more

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Jan 15, 2014 BriboSwaggins :) rated it it was amazing

Great. Loved it. No other comment needed.

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Dec 24, 2013 Eri rated it it was amazing

Shelves: boss-books, my-addictions, omg-dont-stop, fudged-up-societies

This book was incredible. I loved how Tris would react to many things in different ways and how she stayed so calm through out all this bull shit life of hers. I love Four ( Spoiler ) / Tobias because he was a very good at hidding all his secrets in the story and he seems like a put together person but really he is broken an characters like this usually catch my attention.

I am Dauntless!!!!

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Nov 05, 2013 Elise rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, veronica-roth

With this book I never wanted to put it down. The main character Beatrice a.k.a Tris h.ad a very tough time when she had to pick which faction she would be in and that was because she is Divergent. I wish I could say more but I would be giving away too many spoilers

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