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Aug 07, 2018PimaLib_ChristineR rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Divergent is a bad book written by a good writer. If you look up "derivative" in the dictionary, the cover of this book is there. At some point Roth read The Hunger Games and maybe a few of the knock offs, and thought "hey, there's money to be made here!" Dystopian future: check. Segmented society: check. Overly centralized government: check. One girl that's not going to take it anymore: check. Each of the five segments of Chicago is known for having one outstanding quality. If they test you and you have more than one, you're Divergent, and that's bad. Why? We don't know. Why would nearly everyone fit easily into one of five categories? We don't know. That's like asking why the train around Chicago never stops. So, if I disliked this book so much, why the two stars? As I said, this is a bad book, by a good author. Roth writes interesting and fun scenes, even if the world she has created doesn't make a lot, or any, sense. It's worth reading this book just to get to the next two books in the series where she tries to make up for this book and save the series; which, other than the flaws inherited from this book that can't be changed, she manages to do.