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It is a very rare thing to witness the beginning of a writer’s career and know without a doubt that the first little book is going to launch a worldwide craze, a la J.K. Rowling or Stephenie Meyer. Such is the terrifying yet enviable position of Veronica Roth, who sold this debut novel to a HarperCollins imprint before she even finished college. She also sold the film rights to Summit Entertainment, owner of the Twilight film saga, on the strength of pre-publication buzz alone. The first in a planned series, Divergent is beyond question the best thing to happen to young adult literature in a very long time. More realistic than Harry Potter and less moony-eyed than Twilight, Roth has crafted a world and a protagonist that are easily engrossing and definitely worthy of our long-term attention.
Part of the credit for such charm belongs to narrator Emma Galvin, herself somewhat a newcomer. The young upstart has already garnered praise for her interpretations of Winter’s Bone, the first book spin-off from the Glee television series, and Stephenie Meyer’s recent novella. Galvin is genuinely edgy and emotive, not a trace of sugar to be found in the dialogue or her rendering of it. She captures the bold but conflicted spirit of the main character, Tris, with convincing personality and a real sensibility for the fast-pacing learning curve into which Tris launches the year she turns 16. After being raised in a clan whose primary characteristic is its devotion to selflessness, Tris defects, choosing a life of bravery from among the five factions that comprise her dystopic Chicago. She must pledge the faction, and go through several rounds of training eliminations before becoming a true Dauntless.
Tris is a complex, down-to-earth character with a lot of soul searching to do in a clan where hobbies include jumping from moving trains and tossing knives at small objects resting on the heads of friends, and there are no second chances. Veronica Roth has built a remarkable situation with strong potential for a longevity that will remain fresher than the sum of its parts, and Emma Galvin has this bull of a new series firmly by the horns. This book is confidently going places far beyond the fanatical mindlessness of young adult marketing, and in a hot minute, grownups will not have to feel one iota of shame for having fallen in love with it alongside their less discerning teenagers. Megan Volpert
Publisher's summary
In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue - Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is - she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are - and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves.... or it might destroy her.
Debut author Veronica Roth bursts onto the literary scene with the first book in the Divergent series - dystopian thrillers filled with electrifying decisions, heartbreaking betrayals, stunning consequences, and unexpected romance.
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Tatum hasn’t seen her daughter, Adrienne, in years, not since Tatum’s husband—the pastor in their small California town—all but disowned her. When she finally gathers the courage to secretly reconnect with Adrienne, Tatum’s thrilled she’s even willing to talk to her. But then—Adrienne disappears. When Adrienne doesn’t show up for her shift at the bar where Tatum’s been visiting her, she knows something is wrong. Adrienne may have been a bit of a wild child, but she hasn’t missed a day of work without calling in for years.
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casts a spell from the very first page
- By Carla Moody on 09-21-23
By: Amber Garza
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Oscar Wars
- A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
- By: Michael Schulman
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 21 hrs
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In Oscar Wars, Michael Schulman chronicles the remarkable, sprawling history of the Academy Awards and the personal dramas—some iconic, others never-before-revealed—that have played out on the stage and off camera. Unlike other books on the subject, each chapter takes a deep dive into a particular year, conflict, or even category that tells a larger story of cultural change, from Louis B. Mayer to Moonlight. Schulman examines how the red carpet runs through contested turf, and the victors aren't always as clear as the names drawn from envelopes.
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Fascinating and FUN
- By Peter Riley on 06-11-23
By: Michael Schulman
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Induction
- Welcome to the Multiverse, Book 1
- By: Sean Oswald
- Narrated by: Travis Baldree
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
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Silas is inducted into the System, becoming the last in a long line of Earth's "forerunners." The rewards are great, but the danger is greater. We are not alone in the universe. The fate of five worlds hangs on how their forerunners perform. Will Silas have what it takes to win Earth a place in the multiverse? Or will Earth become another mining world stripped of all resources and left a barren husk floating in the cosmos?
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great start to a new series
- By JB on 11-09-23
By: Sean Oswald
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Four
- A Divergent Collection
- By: Veronica Roth
- Narrated by: Aaron Stanford
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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Fans of the Divergent series by number-one New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by Four: A Divergent Collection, a companion volume that includes four pre-Divergent stories told from Tobias' point of view. Listeners first encountered Tobias as "Four" in Divergent. His voice is an integral part of Allegiant. Listeners will find more of this charismatic character's backstory told from his own perspective in Four: A Divergent Collection.
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Surprise!!!! THREE EXTRA stories on the audiobook!
- By Leah on 07-11-14
By: Veronica Roth
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Divergente
- Divergente 1
- By: Veronica Roth
- Narrated by: Marine Royer
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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Cinq destins, un seul choix. Tris vit dans un monde post-apocalyptique où la société est divisée en cinq factions. À 16 ans, elle doit choisir son appartenance pour le reste de sa vie. Cas rarissime, son test d'aptitudes n'est pas concluant. Elle est divergente. Ce secret peut la sauver... Ou la tuer.
By: Veronica Roth
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Hot White Heist 2
- By: Adam Goldman
- Narrated by: Bowen Yang, Jane Lynch, Cynthia Nixon, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
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Two years after successfully melting down the top secret sperm bank under the Space Needle, the CLITO collective (Community of Lesbians Inclusive To Others) is thriving on their newly acquired private island, Lesbos 2. All is well in their queer utopia. Or is it? Investigative reporter Sarah Keebler (Sarah Steele) is piecing together the crew's previous heist for her bombshell true-crime podcast–and getting dangerously close to the truth.
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AS FUN AS SEASON1
- By Robert on 03-07-24
By: Adam Goldman
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Cuatro [Four]
- Un libro de la saga Divergente [A Book in the Divergent Series]
- By: Veronica Roth
- Narrated by: Íñigo Montero, Carolina Rubio
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
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Vuelve a experimentar el amor, el sacrificio y el peligro de la trilogía Divergente, ahora desde la perspectiva del carismático Tobias. En este esperado spin-off podrás encontrar cuatro historias: La transferencia, El iniciado, El hijo, El traidor y tres escenas más que darán a los lectores de Divergente la mirada popular de Tobias sobre distintos momentos únicos en la épica trilogía.
By: Veronica Roth
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The Maze Runner
- Maze Runner, Book 1
- By: James Dashner
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
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When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He's surrounded by strangers - boys whose memories are also gone. Outside the towering stone walls that surround them is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It's the only way out - and no one's ever made it through alive. Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying: Remember. Survive. Run.
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30 hours before the end...
- By Jan on 06-03-12
By: James Dashner
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Chosen Ones
- By: Veronica Roth
- Narrated by: Dakota Fanning
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
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Fifteen years ago, five ordinary teenagers were singled out by a prophecy to take down an impossibly powerful entity wreaking havoc across North America. He was known as the Dark One, and his weapon of choice - catastrophic events known as Drains - leveled cities and claimed thousands of lives. Chosen Ones, as the teens were known, gave everything they had to defeat him. After the Dark One fell, the world went back to normal...for everyone but them. Of the five, Sloane has had the hardest time adjusting.
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Same dull and depressed tone throughout
- By Thien-Nga Vo on 04-09-20
By: Veronica Roth
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
- A Hunger Games Novel
- By: Suzanne Collins
- Narrated by: Santino Fontana
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
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It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the 10th annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to out charm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low.
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Bad part
- By Edgars Dumins on 05-19-20
By: Suzanne Collins
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Toshikazu Kawaguchi Book Set
- By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi
- Narrated by: Arina Ii, Kevin Shen
- Length: 18 hrs and 54 mins
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What would you do if you could travel back in time? Discover the internationally bestselling novels of Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, now a worldwide phenomenon and BookTok sensation, in this special new book set. Step inside Tokyo’s whimsical Café Funiculi Funicula and travel back in time with a cast of unforgettable characters.
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very profound, lost in translation?
- By Ashlyn C. on 10-06-23
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There's No Place Like Home
- Warmer collection
- By: Edan Lepucki
- Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
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Thirteen-year-old Vic is of the Youngest Generation, fixed in prepubescence after a catastrophic environmental degradation. She’s also her father’s favorite student. But when he takes his own life, the perennially ingenuous Vic wants to understand why. As she sets out on her quest, Vic begins to learn that family isn’t something you’re born with - it’s something you build.
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Almost
- By Thyssen Erikssen on 03-02-21
By: Edan Lepucki
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In Love & Struggle, Vol. 3: The Future Is Around Us
- By: The Meteor
- Narrated by: Cree Summer, Zainab Johnson, Amanda Seales, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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Created by The Meteor, In Love and Struggle, Vol. 3 brings together a group of visionary Black women and nonbinary people for a series of unforgettable evenings filled with storytelling, music, comedy, and monologues. This year’s theme is inspired by science-fiction writer Octavia Butler and other futurists, featuring an outstanding, eclectic, wildly creative cast.
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People in Hell Want Ice Water
- By: Edan Lepucki
- Narrated by: Dan Bittner
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
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In "People in Hell Want Ice Water" - an eerie and suspenseful short story about connection, trust, and self-preservation - a random hookup amidst the COVID-19 pandemic brings two lonely people together when they need it most. Colin is an immunocompromised software engineer living alone in Los Angeles when he meets Martha on an early morning walk. She’s irreverent and mysterious, and although Colin knows better than to invite a stranger into his house, it’s been over 40 days since he’s been touched, and he can’t resist the temptation.
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Beyond weird
- By HollyShort on 12-18-20
By: Edan Lepucki
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Her Again
- Becoming Meryl Streep
- By: Michael Schulman
- Narrated by: Eliza Foss
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
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A portrait of a woman, an era, and a profession: the first thoroughly researched biography of Meryl Streep - the "Iron Lady" of acting, nominated for 19 Oscars and winner of three - that explores her beginnings as a young woman of the 1970s grappling with love, feminism, and her astonishing talent.
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A fascinating biography of someone we thought we knew
- By Willie on 07-04-20
By: Michael Schulman
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- audiophile
- 05-30-12
Favorite book of 2011! Great for Hunger Games fans
Fantastic sorry. Great characters. Fascinating world. Gripping plot. Get this!
If you liked Hunger Games, Trudi Caravan books, Fire by Kristin Cashore, or Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, and/or Ready Player One, we may share tastes in audiobooks. And if we do, you will LOVE this book more than many of those!!!
Flat out my favorite book I downloaded in 2011. An excellent entry in this genre!
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- Christina
- 02-27-12
Better at the end
Is there anything you would change about this book?
Pick up the pace. The book was so slow! But the end got interesting.
Has Divergent turned you off from other books in this genre?
Almost
Any additional comments?
This book is NOT like The Hunger Games!!!
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- K. parkinson
- 08-31-11
Awesome!
I downloaded Divergent after a friend said it was as good as The Hunger Games (which I loved). I have to say, I like it better! Get it, you'll have a hard time turning it off.
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- Fee
- 05-25-11
You Won't Regret It. I Promise.
I have literally read hundreds of YA novels but very few of them is as good as Divergent. This book kept me awake the whole night and is the reason for my unfinished work. If you have a hard time believing, just go to amazon and check out the ratings for yourself. Almost anyone that read it, Loved it.
I personally thought this book is absolutely Fantastic! Though it is undoubtedly a science fiction novel, there is some romance involved as well. Which just adds up to the book. Cause unlike most silly, cheesy and unrealistic romance novels I read so often, romance, I feel, is a necessity in order to better emphasizes the characters and flaws of Tris.
The author uses a lot of metaphor to reflect lives in the real world. This book is about priorities, choices and beliefs. It also reminds us what human beings are capable of doing when thrown in tough situations. And of course this book is not Hunger Games. If it were, then there would not be anything special about it. They are both Excellent in their own unique ways. This book is an Origin that's worth reading. It's definitely a 2011 must-read.
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- Mary
- 06-07-11
Strong characters, Intense, fantastic
If you're looking for a story with an admirable, complicated, and fascinating young heroine, this book has it. It reminded me of the first time I listened to book one of Hunger Games, though this is certainly unique on its own. Also, the narrator is one of the best I've encountered in the YA section of audible. Wonderful pacing. Easy to listen to. As far as audiobooks go, Emma Galvin and Veronica Roth have made a masterpiece.
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- Grace
- 07-14-11
Fantastic
This story is one of my favorites. I could not stop listening.Veronica Roth has created a captivating adventure laced with convincingly realistic characters. Beatrice, the character who's viewpoint this story is written from, is what I would consider the perfect portrayal of all the conflicting angles clashing and welding inside a young woman. The mental and physical frustrations Beatrice faces are nothing short of real.
The only downfall I could find to this story is that many of the gun references were actually inaccurate. As a firearms instructor and competitor who puts about 4,000 rounds down range per year, it was a mild irritation. However, I did not let it get in the way of my enjoyment of "Divergent". Emma Galvin narrates this book beautifully.
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- Arwen
- 05-24-11
Excellent!
This is a well-written (young-adult) dystopian action-adventure that I feel is compelling for readers of all ages. Any "romantic" scenes between the main characters are sweet and age-appropriate (as far as the "target" audience). The narrator does a great job at the same time as she conveys the heart-racing scenes without a lot of extreme emotion..she is rather stoic but as you go through the story you realize that that is the girl's nature. The main characters are compelling and will win you over during the course of the story. I also like a story that leaves enough loose ends that it could certainly be continued as a saga or series but does not leave you with an extreme cliff-hanger, (while you wait How long? for the next installment) and that is the case with this adventure.
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- HAROLD WELCH
- 02-18-12
Not The Hunger Games
This is a weak story. The story line is fascinating, but the book never delivers. The characters are not well developed, way too one dimensional. The action is not plausible. Granted this is SF, but even then the reader must feel that this could really happen. Trish takes a bullet in the shoulder, and about the only problem it causes her is some pain as she continues to perform amazingly. Doesn't work that way.
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- Inkish Kingdoms . com
- 09-16-16
Mythical approach it all the way!
I did a full analysis of the book with a mythological approach :3 at least I see it haha
check it out at "Perks of being a Scarlet Reader"
Google the blog! I beat you can find interesting the archetypal hero and journey that the main character of the book undergoes! about the narration is just great! the voice is just the correct one and the narration in general makes this audio book worth buying!
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-03-13
Couldnt do it. what a rip.
Would you try another book from Veronica Roth and/or Emma Galvin?
I wouldn't read another one of them or even finish this one. Hope the movie is better
Would you ever listen to anything by Veronica Roth again?
Maybe with a different performer
How did the narrator detract from the book?
She sounded like a snotty know it all 14 year old. I couldn't liste
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappointment. It's so much like Hunger Games, but far less creative. I trusted the hunddreds of great reviews, but even the premise was immature and not thought through.
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