Divergent - a review

(I had to write this for school, so I wrote a review on Divergent because f m lovely best friend I couldn't write about The Fault in Our Stars)

                Divergent is a book written by the American debut author, Veronica Roth, published in the year of 2011. The story is set in the dystopian future, which is the bad side of the future, characterized by mass poverty, squalor, suffering or oppression.

                This book starts with the story of one Beatrice “Tris” Prior, that lives in one of the five factions, Abnegation. When she turns 16, she has to take an aptitude test which will determine in  which faction she belongs in. After that, she needs to choose from one of the five factions: Candor – the honest, Dauntless – the fearless, Abnegation – the selfless, Erudite – the intelligent and Amity – the peaceful. To her surprise, she finds out she’s a divergent, which is a dangerous thing and she is warned not to tell anybody, because it might cost her life. After she chooses the faction, she meets a boy named Four, which is also her mentor in her initiation.

The way Veronica Roth wrote the book is compelling and thought-provoking. Every time things calm down, usually that’s the calm before the storm. The dialogue doesn’t outcast the mass of information. It’s easy to imagine the characters or scenaries and it’s easy to get in the mood to read it because there are a lot of books that get you bored after two pages *cough*twilight*cough*.

I read this book a month ago and I don’t have much to say about this book except that this is one of the best books I’ve ever read in my life. It’s so compelling! It’s like you bathe in a lake and a Divergent-leech stuck on you! Every time I tried to put it down, I couldn’t. It made me gasp, and cry and laugh and want to hug the characters when something sad happened.

I would recommend this to anyone that wants another type of reading, if you like the Hunger Games or if you like breathtaking dystopian literature. It’s definitely worth buying and reading. There also is a second book called Insurgent which is even more exciting than the first and the third book is due to be released in the fall of 2013.