Divergent by Veronica Roth

YA Pick: Divergent by Veronica Roth


Published: 2012
Pages: 576
Setting: Chicago
Time Period: Dystopian Future
Synopsis:
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 (Amazon).

x 10

Forget-Me-Not Review: 

*10: Oh, crap. It's The Diary of Anne Frank all over again. 

Major Female and Male Protagonists:

Beatrice (Tris): I love Tris. I want to BE Tris. Tris is one of the fiercest, most kick-booty heroines that I've read in a long time. I think Tris amazed me so much because she wasn't raised for violence or trained for violence, and yet she handled a completely different environment as if she'd been born into it. 

Tobias (Four): Four is amazing. If I didn't respect Tris so much, I'd try to steal him for myself. Four is amazing because he takes care of Tris and allows her to see his fears. 

Basically, I loved this book. I think this book is BETTER than the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games has a little too much angst. Tris is definitely a more butt-kickin heroine than Katniss! 

Characteristics that fit the genre:

Tone/Mood: suspenseful, fast-paced, full of action

 Frame/Setting: a dystopian future Chicago

Storyline: world building, dystopia

Style/Language: fast-paced, full of action 

Pacing-Break-neck, I could NOT put this book down

	Author Read-a-likes:
	Suzanne Collins (NoveList)
	Jeanne DuPrau (NoveList)

Margaret Peterson Haddix (NoveList)
 Lauren Oliver (NoveList)

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