/I'm on a Roll. I know It doesn't seem like it because I took two weeks off between blogs posts, but I've actually been going through books so fast that I didn't want to stop and write about them. Up Next, in rapid succession, the Divergent Trilogy. Let's get Started.
Divergent is the first book in a dystopian young adult sci-fi trilogy. It reminds me of a cross between harry potter and the hunger games, but with more shocking violence.
Beatrice Prior lives in the remains of Chicago several hundred years in the future. In an effort to create a peaceful society, people are sorted into one of 5 factions with differing emotional traits. To save you from having to look up the $10 words author Veronica Roth uses, here are the factions: selfless, peaceful, honest, brave, & Intelligent. There is also the factionless, which is a group of homeless people who can't conform.
Beatrice has been raised to be a member of the selfless faction but during her attribute test, she discovers that she is "divergent", meaning that she is fit for multiple factions. Turns out that's bad. Like, the type of thing that can get you executed bad. So she decides to switch factions and join the brave faction where it will be easier to hide. What follows is a pretty horrific initiation process that results in some of the most brutal moments I've read in teen fiction, which include characters being driven to suicide, sneak attack eye stabbings, and a late night sexual assault. Don't worry though, there is a cute guy to lighten the mood. Oh wait, he's pretty messed up too. Ok, he's not that bad, and I do appreciate that we don't have to deal with a love triangle.
The pacing of this book is lightning fast and we go from 0-100 mph faster than any series I've read. The book ends with a series of events normally reserved for the third book in a series. This is Red Wedding type stuff. It's brutal and captivating, and you need to read this book.
9/10
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