Divergent

By: Veronica Roth

Narrated by: Emma Galvin

Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins

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.

©2011 Veronica Roth (P)2011 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

"Though Galvin’s narration is concentrated on giving Tris the perfect voice, she never neglects the secondary characters. Poignant moments with Tris’s mother and Four, her leader and love, are subtly nuanced to let listeners hear the terror Tris often hides.... listeners will hold their breath waiting to see if she can survive the day." ( AudioFile)

Angsty

Any additional comments?

If you liked Twilights angsty chick book feel, this book is what you need. Though there are no supernaturals, there are some science fictiony ideas that hold true to the genre. Personally I found the main character to be a little too lost, not catching on to her surroundings quite as quickly as I thought she would have needed to survive. That said, I only wanted to slap her once or twice so in all it wasn't bad.

Good book for teenagers

The story was pretty simple, had a lot of topics related to a typical highschooler like making friends, what other people think of you, bullies, first kiss, giggly talks about sex, etc. As a well read guy in his 30s, this book was lame

detergent

Love it easy to follow. The narrative was great looked forward to more of her book .throughly enjoyed the end

Great book if a little bit like Hunger Games

This book was a good fast paced book that, while very similar in many ways to the Hunger Games, delivers given you don't have ultra high expectations.

Great Book for any age.

The narrator was good. the book seems slow at times and picked up towards the end. I look forward to the rest of the books in the series. Had some things that reminded me of Hunger Games at times.

Engrossing story

I found this book to be entertaining and engrossing, with good character development. The author's descriptions of places was very good and I kept picturing the locations and how the landscape would appear in a movie.

Manufactured YA trilogy starter

You can just see the execs at Harper Collins who gathered in search of the next Hunger Games crafting this one. Kids in peril, broken into sects (ala Harry Potter's Sorting Hat), pitted against each other (Hunger Games). This is very derived, by the book and predictable. Don't bother

10 yr old recommended this, & I LOVED IT!

I read *(and listened via Whispersync) to this book on the recommendation of a 10 year old relative who was so excited as she explained the plot I couldn't help but be intrigued. I found myself mesmerized by the story line, delighted at the great narration (that felt to me as "perfectly matched" with the book), and quickly became hooked on the series. Sixteen year old Beatrice "Tris" lives in a world where different types of people live together in factions. "Faction before Blood" is where loyalties must lie. Some children chose the same faction as their parents, some become 'transfers" into other factions. They must chose at age 16, and that choice is forever. They are given a serum and placed into into a simulation that seems as realistic as life. The simulation creates scenarios that require them to act, make choices and react to situations. It is designed to identify in which of the factions their personality fits. These factions are very rigid, everyone in the faction is expected to act and react the same. Amity, Abnegation, Candor, Erudite, Dauntless.... and they are to fit into only one of these......
But what happens when the test is inconclusive... What happens when a subject has more than one faction match?
Hang on to your seats! Enjoy the ride! Be Sixteen again!~

cool

why do you do this to me you get hucked then end the book. it was so good😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

This book although nicely written is inconsistent

The best word for this book is forced. It's well written but style if only part of a book. It is not internally consistent and the societies are too unbelievable and the populations described in the acceptance trials are not consistent with the overall population numbers of each clan. I liked the book enough to finish it but I'm not wasting my money buying the next in the series.