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Divergent by Veronica Roth

31 reviews

beeherondale21's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Vomit, and Alcohol

gracemacdonald94's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.5

Bleugh. While I thought I might like the plot and dystopian setting, I found the teen romance really gross and drawn out and I also found the amount of violence (including sexual violence, abuse, and self-inflicted violence) toooo much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and War

jess310's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Honestly the writing was pretty bad at some points. Plot was somewhat entertaining but also didn’t really make sense. Tris annoyed and confused me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual violence, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Minor: Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Vomit

planetshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Divergent series was built on such an interesting concept and was written well. Veronica Roth is a talented author and has published some of my favorite stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

hazydazywaffles's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

romance was ok, a little fast if you ask me.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Grief

matthewmcc's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and War

rayne_1906's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

At an immediate, surface level, this is an enjoyable read. The plot is just engaging enough, the characters just likeable enough. However, it contains a lot of inconsistencies and things that just don't make sense. So much time is spent on the very first stage of training, that the fear stages, which would be infinitely more interesting to read about, seem rushed, and when the climax of the book happens, the attack, it seems to have sprung out of nowhere, and therefore feels a bit forced. Speaking of forced, the relationship between between Tris and Four is at best rushed and convenient, and at worst predatory. On the other hand, without delving too deep into the problems of this book, it really isn't too bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, and Alcohol

bexi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The plot was weak and most of the characters were unlikeable, but I enjoyed this despite myself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Blood

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, and Alcohol

stupidforcupid's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Idk it wasn't that good & I struggled to get into it. And I'm not interested in the sequels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Blood

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Vomit

theespressoedition's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Well, well, well, look who picked up Divergent for the first time in nearly ten years. This gal! I just loved this story with all my heart when I read it back in high school, so it was fun to reread it and see what stood out to me this time around.

I gave the book 4 stars originally but bumped it up to 5 after this reread. I was blown away by Veronica Roth's writing and the true emotional rollercoaster I went on while I was reading! I'm glad I did a buddy-read, because I kept having to set the book down and just express all my feelings - of which there were many.

There were a couple of little things that I found odd as I read this time:
- if Tris and Caleb are both participating in the choosing, which you must do at 16, but Caleb is technically older (mentioned in the first chapter) then... how are they both 16? I mean, did Mrs. Prior just have almost-twins somehow? I wish this had been touched on a little more because that's confusing. I'm thinking they should've just been twins.
- why, oh why is the "age difference" between Tris and Four talked about so many times? He's 2 years older. That's not an age gap. That's literally normal. If he was like 15 years older, then it would be a reason to talk. But it's literally brought up multiple times and I think it's super bizarre - especially because there's nothing mentioned about how it's normal for people to marry at the same age or anything like that throughout the rest of the book. Nothing that gives us a reason to think 2 years is unusual.

Okay, so that's really it as far as "that's weird" things that I noticed. Everything else was just incredible. I forgot how easy this book was to read and how much it keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire time. One thing that was crazy to me was how you don't even know the reason for the story itself until the last few chapters, and then it's like "BAM! EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING BUT YOU GOTTA READ THE SEQUEL TO FIND OUT WHAT THAT EVERYTHING IS!" It actually left me genuinely excited to pick up the next book again, even though I already know what's going to happen!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit and Injury/Injury detail