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Divergent
Book 1 of Divergent
- 487 pages · about 8 hours
- First published 2011
- 87 editions
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1 About this book
In a future Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each built around one virtue: Abnegation for the selfless, Amity for the peaceful, Candor for the honest, Dauntless for the brave and Erudite for those who seek knowledge. At sixteen, everyone takes an aptitude test and then chooses the faction they will belong to for life. Beatrice Prior's test is inconclusive, a result she is told to keep to herself. She leaves her family's faction for the Dauntless, renames herself Tris, and faces a harsh initiation while tension grows between the factions. Divergent is Veronica Roth's first novel and the first book of a trilogy.
- Courage
- Dystopian fiction
- Science fiction
- Family life
- Romance
- Choice (Psychology)
- Social classes
- Identity (Psychology)
2 What to expect
A fast young adult dystopia set in a future Chicago split into five factions, told by a sixteen-year-old who chooses the faction of the brave. Identity, belonging, fear and the cost of sorting people into types are its themes, with a romance running under the action. The prose is terse, the chapters are short and the initiation scenes are violent; the story continues in two more books.
Good for readers who want: dystopian action, a heroine finding her identity, and the start of a great trilogy.
3 About Veronica Roth
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
4 More by Veronica Roth
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