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Insurgent

Book 2 of Divergent

  • 525 pages · about 9 hours
  • First published 2012
  • 64 editions

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1 About this book

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.

  • Science fiction
  • Dystopian fiction
  • Grief
  • Practical Politics
  • Romance
  • Future
  • Identity (Psychology)
  • Family life

2 What to expect

The second Divergent novel: after the violence that closed the first book, Tris and Tobias move among the factions looking for refuge and allies as open conflict begins. Grief and guilt weigh on Tris and make her reckless, and much of the book is about trust, between the two of them and between the factions. It is fast and heavy on action, it needs the first book, and it leaves a great deal for the third.

Good for readers who want: dystopian action, the next chapter of Divergent, and a heroine dealing with grief.

3 About Veronica Roth

Born 1988

Veronica Anne Roth (born August 19, 1988) is an American novelist and short story writer, known for her bestselling Divergent trilogy which has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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