âNo matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.â
This book picks up immediately after the action packed ending of Divergent. I loved where it stated â right in the thick of things. And to keep those who read the first in the series a year ago when it was first released, Veronica Roth was kind enough to put a fantastic summary on her website. Tris is suffering from an incredible amount of guilt â both from her actions and over her parents. After arriving at the Amity compound with Four, Caleb, Marcus and Peter, she needs to make a decision. What to do next? The whole faction system is in tatters and with the Eurdite leader hunting down the Divergents, Tris has to do all that she can to survive at the risk of her relationships and her life.
I get so nervous reading the second in a series when I adored the first installment. They often seem to suffer from something I like to call âSucky Second Syndromeâ. But this is not the case with Insurgent. This book is just as intense and brilliant as the first. The characters have grown throughout the series so far. Tris has come a long way from the Abnegation community she was born into. Sheâs Dauntless by choice but during this novel you can see that sheâs so much more than that. She embraces her Divergent nature to try to survive the war as best she can.
For me, one of the highlights of this novel is the relationship between Tris and Tobias. They are the perfect example of a couple who donât need big romantic gestures to show that they love each other. I also loved how the author showed their relationship in terms of trust â how essential it is to have on both sides. Some of the best dialogue in the novel was interchanges between these two.
âWeâre all right, you know,â he says quietly. âYou and me. Okay?â My chest aches, and I nod. âNothing else is all right.â His whisper tickles my cheek. âBut we are.â
See? Despite the world crumbling down around them they still manage to be all romantic and sweet but at the same time being entirely appropriate for the circumstances.
As far as action goes â this book has plenty. We get to see all the other factions that we missed in the first book as well as some of the side characters that only got brief mentions. I thought everything was so well thought out. Thereâs nothing from the first novel thatâs forgotten or skipped over â people who died are remembered and those who survived arenât without their own issues.
There are a lot of scenes concerning gunfire, running from enemies and trying to work out just who is the enemy and who is on the side of right. Some scenes did drag a little in terms of the fighting and I was tempted to gloss over a few of them. But they all added to the atmosphere of war and a world in tatters.
I loved this book. I loved the world that Veronica has created and the characters that she lets inhabit it. There are a few surprises in this one and some revelations that may be a little hard to fully grasp. I needed to give the ending a few reads and Iâm still not entirely sure whatâs happening â I think thatâs half the enjoyment right there. I can now spend the next year speculating and coming up with my own theories â all of which will be proved to be entirely incorrect.
The third book in the Divergent series is as of yet still untitled although do love the name of Detergent that I saw Ms. Roth using on her blog. This series has been a pleasure to read so far. I can not recommend it highly enough. I bought copies of the first two novels for both my brother and my sister for their birthdays next month. The sibling seal of approval is as high as it gets for me.
footballchic23 commented:
obviously tobias!
tierah55 commented:
OMG this book is so amazing even though the first is the best it is amazing. Greatly written and it talks about how they try and take down eric and jeaneane. So yup it's great. :) Enjoy if you read!!!
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