Review: Divergent

       This will be an entirely spoiler-free post, because I mainly just want everyone to read my gushing about the amazing-ness that is this novel, & then go out and read it ASAP.
       Okay, so, Veronica Roth's Divergent was absolutely amazing. Amazing might even be an understatement. On a scale of One to Hunger Games, I'd say this was pretty damn close to the very, very top.
       Here is the synopsis from Goodreads:
       In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
       During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.
       Debut author Veronica Roth bursts onto the literary scene with the first book in the Divergent series—dystopian thrillers filled with electrifying decisions, heartbreaking betrayals, stunning consequences, and unexpected romance. 
       Sounds amazing, right? I wish I could really tell you all more about this book, but I'm afraid of saying something that might be a spoiler, and I don't want to ruin a single thing for any of you because I want everyone to experience this book the same way I did. It was just amazing. Everything was perfect, the characters, the world, the plot.. literally everything. I read it for the first time on Sunday, and since then I have actually read it twice more. I know I've read an exceptionally great novel when I'm left with the urge to go back and reread my favorite scenes once I'm done with the book, and at the end of Divergent I set out to do just this. I ended up rereading the entire thing, because every scene was my favorite scene.
       I want to gush on about all of my favoritefavorite scenes here, but I promised I wouldn't ruin anything, so I'm just going to insist that you all go out and read the book right now, and then come back here to discuss it with me.. Ha! :)
       500 stars to Divergent. :D


Happy reading,



       P.S. Did I mention that there is actually a character named Shauna in it too? She even spells it the same way! AND she's a totally kick-ass character, whom I loved. It was very cool.