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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this is the best book that I have read so far

I love it I want to read more too down one to one to go

Surging to the third

As soon as I finished Divergent, I was straight onto Insurgent. It is predictable as others have said and you do get over the romance scenes. However, it is still awesome and I’m counting down to the third. The only thing I didn’t see coming. Even though it was in the back of my mind was the betrayal of one of the characters and the shocking cliff-hanger. If you’re not already a divergent fan, now is the time to start! It’s a book for all ages. It’ll keep you on your toes every moment and keep you awake all night. It’s just go the entire time and just wicked! I’m counting down to the next release to see what happens next! I hope they don’t kill off any more of the good characters and that the pace and story is just as good as these two!

better than I thought

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. thank the gods for audible or I would have never listened to it. enjoy!!

Surprisingly good

I usually don't read teen fiction as I'm way past my teen years, but this was entertaining.
It met my expectations.

Loved it!

Where does Insurgent rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is only the second audio book I have listened to, after listening to Divergent- Book 1 with my daughter I was hooked and signed up for Audible myself to listen to Insurgent-Book 2. The story was fast paced and intriguing with the narrator's voice very much like what I would imagine the main character would sound like.

Ahh!

I loved it! What a great book. Excitement, love, passion, betrayal! Twists turns and such a great plot. Read it!

Pleasant surprise

I really enjoyed this book. Wanted to see what the hype was about! I think I will keep up the series.

Keeps me interested and looking forward.

I resisted Audible's recommendation that I buy Divergent but did not hesitate to get Insurgent right away to continue the series. I'm anxiously awaiting the third chapter in the Tris' Trilogy, promised in fall 2013. Insurgent does a fine job of moving the story and Tris' relationship with 4 forward. Tris never seems to stand on firm ground because many of those around her have shifting alliances or are secretly working for or against her goals. I really enjoy listening to Ms. Galvin as she ably gives Tris' voice the strength and intellect this character possesses.

As Expected

As is the case with most sophomore novels; this is not as good as the original but it's not terrible. I didn't think the first was great. This fell off a little.

There is the obligatory split between the young lovers, a lot of action and teen angst. All of which is the crux of most YA fiction. Roth goes into a little more character development in this book but they all still appear to be pretty straightforward. The action is a little too pat and action movie-esque. People are constantly getting shot and persevering. I've never been shot but I imagine a bullet wound to my leg would completely put me out of commission and almost certainly I wouldn't be able to jump a train with one in my shoulder. But alas, there is that necessity for suspension of disbelief.

One thing that really started to irritate me toward the end of the book is Roth's overuse of, "I/he/she said." to delineate who was speaking. Many times, it would have been obvious who the speaker was without it but and in the cases where it was necessary, it would have been prudent to use other words, eg: exclaimed, shouted, mumbled etc... Here is where Roth's age and inexperience as a writer was most evident. A little variation goes a long way. Even my second grader knows to do this! I think even Emma Galvin got tired of reading it since by the end of the book, it sounded like she was saying, "I said" with a sneer! It was only minimally distracting however.

I will listen to the 3rd book when it comes out, however, unlike The Hunger Games, I am not recommending this series to my husband. He was too irritated by the teenage angst in THG to put up with it in this one.

I hope Roth continues to write and grow as an author. I think she has a lot of promise and some interesting ideas.

pretty good

good but got a little tired of Triss always being shot, punched, and concussed. She really would have been dead long ago. Narrator was not as good, keeping the voices of the different characters distinct.