"Divergent Series" - Veronica Roth

Choose Your Faction

     I have to be honest. I have mixed feelings about this series but more weighing on the better side. Our world has discovered that people are the problem in society and to rectify it they have chosen to split people into different factions and those factions exhibit certain values that are ingrained into their character. If you grow up in a certain faction and want to leave you are allowed at the age of sixteen to choose where you will go for the rest of your life. And it will always be "Faction before Family"mind you.

They will be listed at seen above in the picture with a little explanation.

Dauntless: Fire for the brave and young. They jump from trains for transportation and do the dangerous jobs no one else wants to do. They are raucous, pierced, thrill seeking people who yearn for nothing but to be brave.

Eurdite: The eye is a window to the soul and they seek to fill themselves with knowledge. They educate and make technological advancements for the society.

Candor: Those who seek to be honest at all times and in all places. They seek to find the truth and make the right decisions continually. They only dress in black and white as a reminder of their commitment.

Abnegation: The holding hands means being selfless and helping others continually. They are required to forget themselves and serve others by running the government and helping the poor.

Amity: The tree represents prosperity and peace. Those in amity are in charge of growing and supplying food to the other factions but only act in ways to create peace among society.

Divergent

     Tris is sixteen grew up in the Abnegation faction and loves her family but her personality does not fit well with forgetting who she is and making the sacrifices for others that Abnegation requires. Her brother Caleb is only a little older and they both get to choose together. However she doesn't know until she stands in front of every one that she desires to be brave.

     Initiation into the factions is required. Just because you choose a faction does not guarantee you a spot; you have to earn it. Dauntless has the hardest initiation process filled with jumps, boxing, shooting, facing your worst fears in a computerized landscape, and fighting with friends to make the cut after each phase in the process. This who fail the phase are kicked out and must live on the outskirts with the Factionless.

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      Can Tris handle it? HECK YES! Tris is realistic with her thinking and gets the snot beaten out of her while trying to adjust from Abnegation to Dauntless. I stayed up until 2 a.m. reading this because I just HAD to know what happened because its one thing after another. Veronica Roth doesn't give you a chance to breath, sleep, or talk to anyone because there is so much going on.

Insurgent

     A storm has been brewing between factions during the initiation process and with only a few friends left they discover that the factions are falling apart. Relieved that her and Four can finally be open with their relationship they feel a bit of happiness until the night of the attack. All the Dauntless arrive at Abnegation and she is puzzled at this until they start shooting.

     Horrified by whats going on she struggles to figure out whats going on to save the lives of those she knows and loves. Four finds her and they race to the control room to rectify it. However, the enemy interluded by capturing them both and subjecting Tobias to the new serum. When she makes it to the control room Tobias holds a gun to her head believing she is an enemy.

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     I greatly dislike this book. It wasn't that there wasn't much going on but there seemed to be more philosophical teachings that became too apparent. Also, Tris turned into a freaking wimp! Argh, I was screaming at her in my head to suck it up. Maybe I am heartless, but I almost didn't finish the series because I was so upset by her behavior and thinking.

Allegiant

     Tris is trying to save lives in this war but she knows that the truth is what they need to hear and not the word vomit from their manipulative leaders. She betrays Tobias and works with his father to gain access to the video. The truth is so shocking that Tris is tried as a Traitor under Candor's truth serum. The Candor leader see's a way to keep his faction safe from Jeanine's rule if he trades Tris and other Abnegation & Dauntless members. 

     From Candor they seek Amity hoping to stir the peaceful people into an active crowd that  will protect them and the truth. But the people decide to sanctify their place as neutral ground until Tris brawls with Peter. Tris is in serious pain because she shot her best friends boyfriend and there hasn't been much forgiveness in that department. She continually breaks promises to Tobias and allies with the bureau when he tries to lead another uprising. 

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     I loved this one as much as the first. I also really like how Tris and Tobias change a lot in the series perspective and personality wise. What I don't like is all the life lesson's talked about in the book. I understand they are important to learn and probably her way of teaching teenagers but I felt there was way too much at times.

     Also, putting numbers on the front of the books would be helpful to know which book to start. Its a pet peeve. I ADORE the ending. Finally, someone did something right. I can't give it away. I cried because I was so happy and sad at the same time. I am so grateful for a perfect ending. It has been rumored that people are comparing it to Hunger Games and I like this series more. Its an opinion and you can disagree but I am just saying . . . its stressful, sad, exhilarating, and hilariou all throughout.

                                                      By: J Feistner


P.S. Below is the trailer. I can't bear to watch the movie. I don't like who they cast as the characters and my imagination enjoyed the story way too much.