Title: Insurgent
Author: Veronica Roth
Pages: 525
Goodreads Synopsis: 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.
Rating: **** (4 stars)
Review: Insurgent had many pros and cons. Shall we start with the cons? Firstly, Tris (Beatrice), the main character often (not all the time, but most of the time) fell into the stereotypical female character, not using her brain (so much for Erudite), and constantly thinking about how much she loves Four and then automatically getting him in serious trouble or needing him to rescue her. I really enjoyed Divergent because Tris was a bad-ass female character who always got herself out of problems, I want her back.
Let’s talk pros. I really enjoyed the way the story kept twisting and turning. The plot was great. I also am so thankful that there is not a love triangle, it is a nice break from every single other young adult book (not true but I often feel this way)! Thank you Veronica Roth! I also really liked that we learned more about some of the factions we did not hear much about in the first book and it also built on the factions we already knew about (i.e. Amity and Candor). I hope that the next book is absolutely amazing because I don’t like when the sequels are nothing compared to the first book in the series.