If you haven't
read Divergent i strongly
recommend you going and reading it and wouldn't advise you to read this review before you do so!!
Synopsis: Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.
I was so excited for this book i swear i could have died. Although I was slightly nervous, as i thought it could have a case of the second book Syndrome. I read the whole book that night and i can confidently say that this book wasn't cursed with the second book curse, but was insanely amazing and i absolutely loved it, my expectations were highly exceeded!
Synopsis: Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.
I was so excited for this book i swear i could have died. Although I was slightly nervous, as i thought it could have a case of the second book Syndrome. I read the whole book that night and i can confidently say that this book wasn't cursed with the second book curse, but was insanely amazing and i absolutely loved it, my expectations were highly exceeded!
Insurgent picks up straight were Divergent left off and we know exactly what is going on. This book jumps right into the action. Right from the beginning of the book to the end of the book i was in such suspense i was gripping the book so hard with the millions of nervous vibes running through me. The book is fast paced but not to the point where you have no idea what is going on and you aren't just reading the book thinking that the characters are just moving from one place to another with absolute no intentions of completing anything useful.
Reading this book, i felt like it was real. You rarely find an author who can really make you feel apart of the book and Veronica Roth has done such an amazing job of that. The way the factions are divided, by different emotions (which is explained in Divergent), already gives you so much information about all the characters. Just by knowing which faction a character belongs to you already know a little bit more about who they are. Even if this character just passes by and says one word and you never see them again, but we are told which faction they are from, we already know what kind of personality they have and have a small mind set of what kind of person they are. I feel that is why we feel so involved in the novel, because we are almost introduced to everybody without having to actually be properly introduced to them. So we get the sense that we know a lot of people within the novel.
Now the juicy stuff. TOBIAS AND TRIS. OMG. I love these two! I loved them in Divergent and i loved them even more in Insurgent. Although they did fight, i feel that every fight they had, there was good reason to it. They weren't just fighting for ridiculous reasons that make you want to scream at the book, they were fighting for real reasons. So as much as i hated them fighting, i liked that they were fighting about something real and they had good reasons for their arguments. I love them as a couple. I think they really complement each other, which i don't entirely understand as i think they are quite similar, but it just works.
Reading this book, i felt like it was real. You rarely find an author who can really make you feel apart of the book and Veronica Roth has done such an amazing job of that. The way the factions are divided, by different emotions (which is explained in Divergent), already gives you so much information about all the characters. Just by knowing which faction a character belongs to you already know a little bit more about who they are. Even if this character just passes by and says one word and you never see them again, but we are told which faction they are from, we already know what kind of personality they have and have a small mind set of what kind of person they are. I feel that is why we feel so involved in the novel, because we are almost introduced to everybody without having to actually be properly introduced to them. So we get the sense that we know a lot of people within the novel.
Now the juicy stuff. TOBIAS AND TRIS. OMG. I love these two! I loved them in Divergent and i loved them even more in Insurgent. Although they did fight, i feel that every fight they had, there was good reason to it. They weren't just fighting for ridiculous reasons that make you want to scream at the book, they were fighting for real reasons. So as much as i hated them fighting, i liked that they were fighting about something real and they had good reasons for their arguments. I love them as a couple. I think they really complement each other, which i don't entirely understand as i think they are quite similar, but it just works.
I loved Tris in this book. I thought her character development was great. Tris had to face many obstacles and she went through some pretty tough times. I think her divergence really showed through whilst she was overcoming these obstacles and she really grew as a character and become a very strong, independent person. I honestly don't understand why some of the other characters in the book see Tris as cruel and harsh though. The whole book i just wanted to give her a hug and a tub of ice-cream. I'm not sure whether this is because we as readers get to see everything from her point of view and the characters don't. But i also think this is because everybody else that isn't Divergent see her feelings and emotions as completely different things. See i believe that the people who are divergent, are the people that survived and fought the corruption of humanity, emotions and feelings that most of that society were overcome by. And i think that Divergent people, are like us. They are what our world is now. We are all different people that express different emotions and feelings. But in this dystopian time, you are meant to feel the same emotions and have a one dimensional personality which is why you are divided into the 5 factions. So i feel that everyone see's Tris as an outcast and a cruel person but to us she is just showing some different emotions, which is her divergence shining through. I don't know whether that was Roth's intentions, but i really love this aspect to the book. I also loved Tobias. I really felt for him. He went through
SOOO much, i just feel maybe we didn't see it all. When he
The secondary characters were just as amazing. Their words and the parts they played got me just as excited and interested as any other characters. I was pretty torn up to see most of the secondary characters die though.. I'm starting to think authors love killing off all my favorite secondary characters... Anyhow, the cliff hanger at the ending had me asking a billion and 8 questions! I just don't know what to think about Evelyn and Caleb! I cannot believe i have to wait so long for answers! I loved this book so much and i really couldn't point out any major flaws. I cannot wait for the next book and i am sure that Veronica Roth will deliver another sensational book!
Ok, i have one small point, and please don't hate me. But i actually kinda liked Peter in this book! Ok, ok, i know. He was a jerk and in the beginning of this book i still hated him. But then we got further into the book and i was like 'aw Peter'. Don't get me wrong, i mean he is no Tobias, but I'm kinda warming up to him. Is it just me??
The secondary characters were just as amazing. Their words and the parts they played got me just as excited and interested as any other characters. I was pretty torn up to see most of the secondary characters die though.. I'm starting to think authors love killing off all my favorite secondary characters... Anyhow, the cliff hanger at the ending had me asking a billion and 8 questions! I just don't know what to think about Evelyn and Caleb! I cannot believe i have to wait so long for answers! I loved this book so much and i really couldn't point out any major flaws. I cannot wait for the next book and i am sure that Veronica Roth will deliver another sensational book!
Ok, i have one small point, and please don't hate me. But i actually kinda liked Peter in this book! Ok, ok, i know. He was a jerk and in the beginning of this book i still hated him. But then we got further into the book and i was like 'aw Peter'. Don't get me wrong, i mean he is no Tobias, but I'm kinda warming up to him. Is it just me??
