Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

by Veronica Roth

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Full Review on: my Blog ThePunkTheory

Well, those of you who read my last post know that I was no exactly thrilled. However, as the series was so popular, I decided to give it another shot.
I'll kick off with the novel. Veronica Roth's idea for a dystopian world seemed interesting and I had expected some development, but the world she created is just as shallow as all of the characters. There is not much added in comparison to the first novel and honestly, you could have cut most of Insurgent anyways. In fact, the whole system seems to make less sense with every page you read.
Furthermore, I can't even begin to tell you how much I loath the main character, Tris. She's beyond annoying. There's nothing she doesn't whine about and I honestly don't know what constitutes her as heroine.
Then there's this whole love story thing between her and Four. He's almost as anti as her  - so the two really deserve each other.
Finally the book ends with a plot twist you could see coming for miles (as it is probably the first point in dystopian writing 101).