A review by ravensandlace
Divergent by Veronica Roth

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

3.5

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I recently reread Divergent with the goal in mind to actually start reading books that I own in an effort to cull the every growing pile of books I have. It’s been a bit slow going, if I am being honest but I’m making every effort to do so. 

That being said, I am going to post my old review but if I have new thoughts to add to my old review, I will add them via parentheses and italicizing the statement. I don’t have much to add to my old review as it pretty much sums up what I felt while rereading this book.

I understand all the fuss surrounding this series now. I get it. It was a pretty good book but it wasn't great. I didn't fall in love with it like I expected too. I had heard so many things about this book and the series as a whole that I truly expected to love it. Instead, I'm just left feeling eh about it.

I think maybe it was Tris as a narrator. She is just so damn dull. (This is still incredibly accurate. I felt like Tris was even more boring the second time around. She did things and said things that just drove me wild. She had the personality of flour, to quote Louise from Bob’s Burgers. A lot of her decisions just didn’t make any sense to me.)  I understand that she comes from a very....bland faction (for lack of better words) but still. I felt no real emotion emitting from her. She described everything and just told us what was going on. I couldn't only handle so much of that. I hope she gets a bit of a personality boost in the next book.

What I did like about this book was the unique aspects of factions. Where factions are based on personality traits, similar to Hogwarts houses. I really liked that. I hope that we get to learn more about the different factions like Amity. I would also like to learn more about how these factions came to be. I didn't get much of the history of the world Tris lives in. 

Overall, I liked this book but I wasn't in love with it.(While rereading this book a second time a thought occurred me. It felt like I was reading a brand new book. I only remembered bits and pieces of the book. That is certainly not a good thing) I want to continue it, though, because the concept intrigues me. I hope there are more of the other factions along with how Divergences came to be. Plus, I have heard that the ending of the series is infuriating (I don’t remember what the big ending was supposed to be so I suppose that is a good thing) and I'm curious to know what could even happen to make people get so mad. (Probably something relating to her and Four. They are such a mismatched pair, if I’m being honest.) 
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