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Divergent by Veronica Roth

9 reviews

oceanbluetay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Alcohol

azileotulp's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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

4.25

This book is a very strange one for me. I really feel like I shouldn't have enjoyed it as much as I did. It completely fails as a dystopian for me. I find it very hard to believe that so many people actually fit into exactly one faction and only a few people are Divergent. I'm hoping that will be discussed in the other books, because I can't accept the premise that almost everyone in this world has one personality trait. I also feel like I don't know anything about why the world is the way it is, and that's so important in dystopians.

Even with those issues though, I actually really loved this book. It truly baffles me. I found the plot really engaging, as nonsensical as it was at times.

I feel like the ending with the sleepwalking was a little strange, but I'll let it slide.

The book does struggle a bit in the characters department. Throughout the book, the only characters I found myself loving were Four,

Al, and Will. Of course, Will (my actual favorite character) and Al (the traitor) are dead, so less to look forward to now. I will say, that betrayal absolutely wrecked me. I haven't felt this betrayed by a book since a certain popular fantasy that I won't name in order to avoid spoilers for it.

I did like some other characters like Uriah and Tris' mom, but they weren't present often enough in this book.

I feel like one of the characters really holding this book back is Tris herself. She's just so... mean?? Not outwardly, but so many of her thoughts are unpleasant. It was realistic, I suppose, but so hard to read. I'm also not a fan of Christina, but I feel like she's going to be a main character throughout the series, so I'll just put up with her. Maybe she'll get more interesting.

Overall, I really liked this book even though everything was working against it. The story was just wild enough to make it interesting and fun to read. I've heard that the common opinion is that the books in this series only get worse after this one. I'll try to keep an open mind, but based on the ending of this book, I have a feeling I'll end up agreeing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, and War

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

r0ry_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Cry count: 3 (1 cry, 2 teary eyed) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

cara_nm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Vomit, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

tmrlover's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense 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

5.0

I somehow loved this book. It was easy to get through and i literally couldn’t stop reading it. Wasn’t always so happy with the writing style but still enjoyed it. I found the plot interesting but sometimes a bit confusing. Still an amazing book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, and Sexism

dxmy_png's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Sexism, Suicide, and Blood

Minor: Vomit

joan_salder's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

It has been a long time since I read a book I would love so much. Fantasy, dystopian, it's all so welcoming. The world created might be dangerous, but the way the author writes, makes me feel like I would have given up everything to be in that place. Not only the world created is stupendous, but the characters are so lovable that I'd do anything to replace someone from the book (not people like Peter though).  The aura, the longing for something romantic, the ecstatic feeling when something goes in Tris's or Four's favor and the emotional hurt when someone good dies out of bravery or because of that Jeanine is just so overwhelming that I could not just keep it down and read for hours not thinking about anything, but the book. This book was just PERFECT!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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