Divergent (Divergent, #1)

by Veronica Roth

[Stephanie]

I have been trying to write this review for weeks. I feel like I can't write a review that could do this book justice, or add anything new that other reviews hadn't brought up. But I am in absolute love with this book. This book made me nervous, scared, angry, ecstatic, and sad. It was just awesome and this has to be my all time favorite book right now. Love it.

Basically, the book is about Tris being initiated into the faction of her choice. And the initiation is quite action packed. Which I was surprised to find out that it was so full of action. If I actually bit my finger nails, I would have been biting them as I read. I've never had a book make me nervous or scared the way this one did. This is definitely one of those books that remind you why you love reading so much.

I really liked that this book focused a lot on choices. I'm terrible with making choices and take way to long to decide on things. And Tris is so, well, she's not fearless, but she's close enough. I would never have the guts to jump off a train or off the side of a building. Especially since she grew up in Abnegation, where running wasn't even allowed. How she could just jump into the swing of things and barely hesitate is beyond me. The whole time I was reading I was trying to figure out what faction I would be in. It would definitely not be Dauntless.

And I have to mention Four. How can you not love Four, even though he could be scary at times. And he was very difficult to figure out. But that just makes him more awesome.

And I'm really trying not to spoil the book. That was the best part for me, going into the book, not knowing what to expect. So I'll just leave it at this:

Overall this is a fantastic debut and I can't wait to read the next book in the series. And everybody need to go get this book, if you have not gotten it yet, and read it!