Insurgent

Divergent, Book 2

By: Veronica Roth

Narrated by: Emma Galvin

Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins

Publisher's summary

One choice can transform you - or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves - and herself - while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.

Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable - and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.

New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth's much-anticipated second book of the dystopian Divergent series is another intoxicating thrill ride of a story, rich with hallmark twists, heartbreaks, romance, and powerful insights about human nature.

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©2012 Veronica Roth (P)2012 HarperCollinsPublishers

AWESOME BOOK!

I 1st fell in Love with the movies. Now on Audible, the books are so much better!

pretty good

I enjoyed the story line of this book. It was much better than the movie and I hope the 3rd book will bring a great conclusion to the story. Or at least a good continuation for other authors to build upon.

It was amazing

I enjoy listening to books and this one was perfect for my age and type of book I like. I am a person who love romance even though I am kind of young. I recommend this book for ages 11-13 a small gap. If you enjoyed this book I think you would like hunger games. The only reason the voice was not the best in my opinion was because it was not how I imagined her to sound. Otherwise I hope you enjoy this book.

A bit Too Emotional

I would say this book is a bit too emotional of a sequel to the first. I was a HUGE fan of the first book. But in this one our main character spends waaaaaaay more time talking about her shell-shock and love. I also found some of the overarching plot between the two books a bit hard to believe. I think it recovers at the end, but certainly not as good.

great story, even better narrator :)

i cannot recommend this audiobook enough. a childhood favorite with a great narration makes it great for adults too!

10/10

I thought it had a really great storyline and some great cliffhangers I am so excited to read the next book!!!

Great book

Great book
Suggestive reading for young woman.
Don’t skip! You will love it! Enjoy have fun!

An Exceptional Roller Coaster Ride!

Wow! I literally have no words to describe how great a book Insurgent truly is. I just finished listening to it a few minutes ago and I'm still reeling from the amazing storyline. I didn't want to write this review because Insurgent is too emotional and personal for me, but I'm writing it anyway because I feel like I have to, and even though I'm a total book fanatic, I have never been so obsessed with anything before!

I love everything about Insurgent. I love its brutal honesty and its lack of sugarcoating. I love the dystopian world Veronica Roth has created. She gave us a peek at how all the other factions operate along with the personalities behind the people. I love the depth of this book, which seems to be absent in most YA novels nowadays. I love Tris. I love Four. I love their relationship. The characters are very flawed, very human, yet this is exactly what makes them so perfect. I also love the fact that Veronica knows more about the true meaning of love, loyalty and sacrifice than probably any author I've ever known.

Insurgent is just as good as Divergent. Seriously, they are both so excellent it's impossible to say which is better. In this book however, the twists came as huge surprises. I never saw them coming. There are a lot of heart breaks in this story. Having to deal with the grief and guilt of losing her close friend and her parents, Insurgent is about Tris trying to regain her inner strength and how she embraces her Divergence.

I have very mixed and raw emotions after listening to Insurgent. There are some books which you just devour like a candy and forget about it in a few short hours. However, there are some books which you simply cannot get over no matter how hard you tried, and as time passes, that book eventually becomes part of who you are. Insurgent is one of them. It celebrates humanity under the most difficult of circumstances. It is powerful stuff.

Sometimes a bad narrator can ruin a good book, but Emma Galvin did a fantastic job! She is exactly how I picture Tris would sound like, fierce, determined and direct. I can't imagine anyone else doing the narration.

My only complaint about this series is that I'll have to wait about a year before the third book comes out. This is sheer torture and it's going to drive me insane! I am positive that I'm not the only person feeling this way. Just buy it! You wouldn't want to miss the book of the year.

An okay sequel

While I found Insurgent to be an overall enjoyable experience, I think it ultimately suffers from Middle Book Syndrome – the trap a lot of #2-in-a-series books fall into. There’s a lot of moving pieces around the board without much consequence, which allows the author to save the fireworks for the finale. Our heroine, Tris, sheds a lot of what made her such a unique and compelling character in the first book (her independence, her decisiveness, her straightforward approach to problem solving) and spends most of the time wondering what her on-again, off-again, brainwashed-again boyfriend is thinking about her and their relationship. There are some pretty decent main-story-arc reveals throughout, which keep the plot twisting and turning satisfactorily, and narrator Emma Galvin again does a fine job, but apart from a rather surprising and intriguing final chapter, the book didn’t hit the high notes of its predecessor. I do feel invested enough to see how it all pans out in the final book.

Solid Book 2 -- Must read for powerful book 3

Insurgent is the second youth fiction book in the trilogy. In order to understand this novel, you must read book one, don't even attempt it without doing so. Roth goes on to tell a story of how five different factions of society make war on each other over a secret. In this novel, the secret is revealed. Because this is the second book, and in such works, its job is to setup a thrilling conclusion to the trilogy -- like a volleyball player sets a spike for another player; book 2 succeeds in this role.

Still told in first person through the eyes of Trice Pryor, this books focuses less on the relationship between her and her boyfriend and more on her external relationships and internal demons. Roth still paints her as a strong central figure. There are numerous twists and turns; but they all work.

It is hard to put down and you'll be staring at your player saying, 'I should work now, but..." This is a must read. I particularity like the way Roth avoids grandstanding the gore and focuses on story and character development. This is a big yes!