Review of Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Insurgent is the sequel to the YA novel Divergent. There is no point in reading this one before Divergent. It's largely the same thing, and Divergent is slightly better.

The war between the factions, and the factionless, is in full rage. We have learned what it means to be Divergent. Or have we?

No one seems to care what is outside the fence of the city. I find this hard to believe, but everyone seems conditioned not to care. Still, the story is really fun, which makes up for my confusion and the continuation of the lame teenage romance (that's Young Adult for you). The Erudite faction, in combination with Dauntless faction traitors, is trying to attain full control over the city. Amity tries to keep the peace, but the factionless and the Dauntless who are remaining (not traitors) will not go quietly.

Then Big Reveal at the end is somewhat predictable, though not completely.

I'd really give this 3.5 stars, but I have to give a whole number. The quality of the story wins out and grants it a 4.

I will press on to listen to the audio book of the third and final novel in the series, titled Allegiant. I don't expect disappointment.




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