Divergent

About this book

‘Divergent’ is the first in a trilogy of dystopian, YA novels by Veronica Roth. The book is written from Beatrice Prior’s (Tris), point of view and is written in short chapters making it easy to put down and pick up again.

The story is fast paced with full on action throughout. It contains elements of humour and romance, alongside some seriously brutal scenes, especially during Tris’s initiation. There is also quite a few though provoking moments.

This was one of the first YA novels that I read and I found myself hooked right through to the very last word.

The scenes are described in detail giving you a clear picture and making it easy to visualise the on goings in your head.

Tris can be a little moody at times and doubts herself too much, but this only adds to her good nature, fun, determined and strong personality which we see blossom throughout

The ending wasn’t what I expected, thus my need to get the second book, ‘Insurgent’, straight away. I Needed to know what happened next.

I surprisingly found myself enjoying Divergent much more than I first thought I would, and thus my love of YA novels began.

Divergent was made into a movie back in 2014. If you have seen the film but not read the book then you are missing out on vital aspects of the plot and characters, that didn’t appear in the film. I enjoyed the film, just not as much as the book.

1. 1 Divergent 2011 This book
2. 2 Insurgent 2012
3. 3 Allegiant 2013
4. Four: A Divergent Story Collection 2014

Subjects

• bestseller
• child and youth non-fiction
• children's fiction
• cinema
• clases sociales
• courage
• courage, fiction
• divergent (motion picture)
• dystopian
• dystopian fiction
• dystopian ya
• dystopias
• familia
• families
• family
• family, fiction
• family life
• ficción
• fiction
• film adaptations
• future
• identidad (psicología)
• identity
• identity, fiction
• identity (philosophical concept)
• identity (psychology)
• individuality
• juvenile fiction
• juvenile literature
• large type books
• new york times bestseller
• nyt:paperback_books=2012-02-25
• reading level-grade 10
• reading level-grade 11
• reading level-grade 12
• reading level-grade 7
• reading level-grade 8
• reading level-grade 9
• romance
• science fiction
• science fiction films
• sci-fi
• social classes
• social themes
• spanish language materials
• valentía
• values & virtues
• ya
• young adult
• young adult fiction