Divergent: Veronica Roth

             Divergent, by Veronica Roth is a Dystopian book, set in the future in what is now Chicago, where the world is divided into 5 different groups, or factions as they are called in the book. The five different factions in the book are, Abnegation, Amity, Dauntless, Erudite, and Candor. Abnegation, is a faction that is completely selfless, and sometimes overly too selfless, and some of their rules on what you can and cannot do, are pretty crazy. The Political leaders that rule the government are all Abnegation. Amity is a faction where life is peaceful and they farm, and they try to find as much happiness as they can. Dauntless are brave and have a lot of courage, and are also very strong. They are the ones that run the military and army. Erudite value knowledge above all other things, they are very smart and intelligent. All the teachers at the schools are Erudite. Candor is a faction that is completely honest, and all they are is honest and they never tell a lie. So, there is some background knowledge on the different factions.

             

           Beatrice (later called Tris) is a 16 year old girl who lives in the Abnegation faction and is approaching the point where she will have to choose which faction she will live and work. But before she does this she goes through a series of tests. These tests are suppose to help to decide which faction you should choose. But when she goes through these tests the results she gets back aren't great. Beatrice found out that she is divergent, meaning that she doesn't fit into anyone faction, and being divergent, might get you killed. So, which faction will she choose? Will she leave her family or stay will them? Remember Faction is before blood. So, to find out what happens, just read the book.

          Some of the issues the book brings up is facing your fears. Many times in the book Tris goes through tests in which she has to face her fears. In the tests that she goes though, she cannot continue on until she has faced that fear. Somethings that I would have liked better is that I think that there should have been a bigger conflict. Really, the big conflict doesn't really start till the end of the book, and I won't tell you what that is. Pretty much during the whole book it is just Beatrice going through initiation.(read the book to find out what that is)

         Overall I like the book, and I would recommend anybody reading it, even though it may take a long time to get to the big conflict, the book still kept me up at night and still is a well written book, and I would give it a grade of an A.