Book Review: Insurgent (Divergent Series #2)

Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Published: May 1st 2012, HarperCollins
Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian
Pages: 525

4 STARS

The Plot:

"One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love. 

Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so." - Goodreads

Review:

First things first, Tobias and Tris really needed to sort their crap out in this book, pretty much every scene they were in they were arguing about something or lying to each other. I adore their relationship so I found that to be quite annoying to say the least.

Insurgent gets off to quite a slow start, however, towards the end this book finally did start to give us answers to many of the questions raised in Divergent, including the burning question of what's outside the fence?!

There were plenty of hair pulling incredibly frustrating moments, but I am really looking forward to reading Allegiant, and seeing what happens now they know the truth as to why the factions exist. I just hope that Tris and Tobias resolve things, I don't think I'd be able to handle another book of consistent bickering!

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Book Review: Divergent (Divergent Series #1)

Divergent by Veronica Roth
Published: February 2nd 2012, HarperCollins
Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian
Pages: 489

5 STARS.

The Plot:

"In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself. 

During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her." - Goodreads

Review:

How do I even begin to review this book?!

Firstly, I LOVED Tris, I absolutely adore a good strong female lead and Tris was most certainly just that. She was strong, took absolutely no nonsense and frequently felt like punching people and often did, which was just fabulous.

Another aspect I adored was Tris and Tobias' relationship. He's an incredibly strong guy, not used to showing his emotions, but he allows himself to become so completely vulnerable around Tris and let's her see parts of him that he's never showed to anyone before. I also like the fact that their relationship is not one of those where he's constantly having to save her. He knows Tris is strong and brave and it's one of the many reasons why he falls for her so hard. Okay, I'm going to stop gushing about how much I love them now.

The plot was absolutely awesome and engaging. The idea of the factions and how they're set up to keep the peace and prevent war, and how you have some people who are so much more than just one faction and that they're feared because they cannot be controlled. Was such an interesting concept, one that has never truly been explored before.

This book was the perfect blend of action, thriller and suspense, with even a hint of romance!

Recommended for fans of: 

The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner

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