You need to read this one! :Divergent by Veronica Roth

I know many people in the US have already heard about this one but I still NEED to tell you about my experience with Divergent. This must be one of my favourite books of all times. I heard about Divergent already in 2011 but somehow ended up picking it up as late as August last year. It took me less than two days to finish, hence the plot’s greatness and some wonderful charactersJ Personally I think Tobias, Uriah and Eric are simply the best characters in the book. They are so very different from each other but they all have something in common; Roth makes them remembable. Tris on the other hand, who is the main character, makes my blood boil every once in a while. You simply don't put cute guys on the floor!

 16-year-old Beatrice Prior lives in futuristic Chicago. She belongs to Abnegation and she has to decide if she will stay in her old faction or move to a new one. Either way, she has to choose. There are five factions and the factionless. The factions represent all different qualities of mind; Abnegation the selfless, Dauntless the brave, Candor the honest, Erudite the intelligent and Amity the peaceful. I can see some similarities with those and Harry Potter but it really doesn’t bother me at all. The books are so different in so many other ways, you really cannot compare them.

When Beatrice becomes Tris and chooses her faction, things start to happen. The cruel and clever leader of her faction, Eric, seems to like torturing the new initiates. He loves the power. The initiates have teachers to teach them how to cope and behave in their new factions. One of them is called Four, and right from the start when Tris sees him, she thinks he hates her. She couldn’t be more wrong.

Tris becomes friends with some of the new initiates. Christina and Uriah are always in the middle of the action. The initiates need to face some challenges to become a part of their new society. I guess Roth could have told more about the history of forming those factions and how some of the people don’t question the factions’ actions that much. There is the second book though, Insurgent (which is also great!!!), and the still-to-be-named third book. I think she will go into more detail in those two.

Four and Tris are trying to keep their secret because it would kind of make Four look bad. While trying to keep their relationship on a down mode, there are some speculations about the Divergent. You really need to read this book if you don’t know what I mean. I’d recommend this to everyone, not only the YA-lovers. Enjoy!(You will, I promise.)

-M