Divergent

Name: Divergent
ISBN: 9780063482128

First published 2011
512 pages
English
Classic
Adapted for screen

At sixteen, Beatrice Prior must give her life to a single virtue and cut off the rest forever. In her walled Chicago, everyone belongs to one of five factions, and she was raised in Abnegation, where she learned to erase herself for others. At the Choosing Ceremony she shocks her family by leaping toward Dauntless, the brave, tattooed daredevils who jump from trains and rooftops. Renamed Tris, she craves belonging in their brutal initiation of fights, heights and fear simulations. But her test result did not fit any faction, and that mismatch is punishable. To survive Dauntless, she must hide the mind that refuses to be contained.

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4.13

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Addictive fast-paced YA dystopia with beloved leads, but shaky worldbuilding divides readers.

Praised: Characters Plot Pacing Romance Writing
Mixed: Worldbuilding
Best for: Fans of fast YA dystopiaReaders who love Tris and FourHunger Games fans