Title: Divergent
Author: Veronica Roth
Series: Divergent Series
Pages: 487
Genre: Dystopia fiction, Teen fiction
Rating: 5 stars
Beatrice Prior lives
in a dystopia future Chicago in which each citizen is divided in to five fractions
Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity
(the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent) however there is one group that
is feared by other fractions the Divergent. Divergent’s are those who do not
fit into other fractions. Beatrice on choosing
day chooses to become Dauntless. This is
because she doesn’t fill like she fits into the fraction that she was born
into. Once at the Dauntless
compound Beatrice meets Four who has his own secrets and changes her name to
Tris.
I
read Divergent because my co worker
at the library where I work suggested it. She said that if I liked The Hunger
Games I would like Divergent. She was right. However you cannot compare the two.
They are two different types of dystopia,
but each great in their own way. While
Tris might be small in size her strength comes not only from being brave but
more importantly from her selflessness that she does have even it she doesn’t
see it. Four does. Tris cares about her
friends and wants to protect them.
I
enjoyed reading Divergent more that I
thought I would. From the first page I was hooked. I times it felt like I was in dystopia
Chicago. Even though things in the book are different the reader will still recognize
important landmarks from Chicago. For
mainstream teen fiction Divergent is relatively
clean and a great book that I don’t mind suggesting to most teens as long as
their parents approve.
