Insurgent (Divergent, #2) in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Jan 11, 2013 Christina rated it liked it

Shelves: sci-fi

My impression of the plot of Insurgent:
Run run run...pause to scowl, make out a bit, fight some more...run run run...pause somewhere else to scowl, make out a bit, fight some more...run run run...someone gets shot, scowl, make out a bit, fight some more, make up again...run run run...WASH, RINSE AND REPEAT.
So in other words, "plot" is a loose term. The whole book felt like a bunch of episodes designed to kill time while they circled around the big (and really predictable) reveal. Tris was much l ...more

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Feb 08, 2012 Christina, Join Me on Storygraph! rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2012

It took me awhile to get into this one; since I started the trilogy early on (unlike other series I've read when all the books have been available), it's been awhile since I read Divergent. Many times in a series, I feel there's TOO much catch up and here I felt there just wasn't enough.

Once I got caught up, though, I loved the book. I loved the intrigue, I loved the heroism, I love the challenging of the status quo. I love the exploration of what and who is Divergent in this book, and what tha ...more

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Nov 13, 2012 stephanie rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, dystopian, series, 2012

review to come. i think i want to reread it again first.

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Aug 09, 2011 Melanie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ya, read-in-2012, favorites, dystopian

LOVED this book! Even better than the first! Do I REALLY have to wait for another year for the final book to come out?!? I can't wait! I will definitely be rereading this one! ...more

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