Reviews with content warning for Death - Insurgent

I loved this book and its predecessor when I was in my early teens, and while I didn’t love it as much as I did back then, I have enjoyed rereading these books.

Now, I loved these books when I was younger, but I think some books just fit better with a younger audience and this series is definitely one of them.

While rereading this book, I found myself picking up on aspects that I didn’t notice when I originally read this book, including two aspects in particular.

Firstly, the characters, especially Tris and Tobias. Honestly, they were kind of insufferable at times. They both acted childish, Tobias spent pretty much the entire book being patronising, dismissive, and yelling at her while Tris spent the time swooning over Tobias and making stupid decisions.

The side characters are very two dimensional, and I can honestly say that I don’t feel invested into any of them, or the main characters.

The plot is fine, however that’s all it really is. It’s very basic, very overdone and everything about the plot in the first book that made this series different kind of just went downhill in this one for me.

Overall, I didn’t hate this book but I definitely don’t love it the way I did as a teenager.

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melist6's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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arce's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

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zrstevens33's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging 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

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lilsisbooklist's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed divergent so was hoping to enjoy insurgent just as much. I felt less connected to the characters this go around, lost all connection with Tobias and their relationship. I didn’t feel connected to any of the characters outside Tris.

There was one part I got teary eyed when talking about guilt and never being the same person before that. I felt I could relate to that kind of sadness.

She spent a majority of the book traveling from one faction to another without any real impactful events taking place.

The buildup of this secret was a little anti climatic for me. Will read the next one though!

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stindex's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

2.25

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soapy22's review against another edition

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adventurous sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

I don’t love this series at all it’s not my cup of tea I find Tris to be Quite annoying and her and Fours relationship to be very unhealthy. But this is just my opinion I know quite a few people who loved it I just didn’t enjoy it. If your interested I would say take a look because it could lead to something you enjoy.

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