Divergent (Divergent, #1) in The Reading Challenge Group

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Divergent (Divergent, #1)

Veronica Roth

Start date: July 1, 2014

Finish date: July 31, 2014

Discussion: Group Read Archive 2014-16

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Jun 29, 2011 🥀 Rose 🥀 rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, dystopian-speculative-fiction

For a YA book, this book really takes it to the limit. Alot of people are comparing this to The Hunger Games and rightly so, yet a bit more edgy in my opinion.

The world is divided into five factions:

Amity (peace)
Erudite (knowledge)
Abnegation(selflessness)
Dauntless (brave)
Candor (honesty)

But how long can people live with only one virtue. This is the basis of our story. We also have Divergents, but wouldn't want to spoil, so nuff said about that.

At 16 the children from each faction may choose to ...more

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Jun 15, 2010 Princess Bookie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read2014

My Thoughts: Wow, I can鈥檛 believe I waited this long to read this one! I really enjoyed it!

We are introduced to Beatrice who lives in Chicago. Everyone is divided up into factions. On each person鈥檚 16th birthday, they either stay with their family (choosing their own) or choose a new one and change to that way of living. On Beatrice鈥檚 birthday, her whole life changes. She ends up in a faction known as Dauntless. Basically, the Dauntless protect the city and are the brave ones.

Beatrice aka Tris m ...more

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Nov 30, 2013 Sasha rated it it was ok

Yeah, not great. Mildly okay storyline, but I just couldn't get past the god-awful writing. Absolutely no character development, to the point that I couldn't care less about what happens to the main characters. Maybe this will be one of those rare cases where the movie outshines the book... I guess we'll see. ...more

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May 12, 2011 Justyna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, dystopian, year-2011

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Apr 18, 2013 Jenni rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2013

I was pleasently surprised by this book, and really couldn't put it down! I finished it within 24 hours of starting it and was sad to see it end. I've already picked up book 2 and I'm about 10% in. I highly recommend this one! ...more

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