I finally finished the 2nd book in the Divergent series. I was a little disappointed that I didn't feel that this book was as good as the first one. Although I'm sure the things that might make this book good to some people, almost made me not want to read the third one!
The title character, Tris (Beatrice Prior), is very wreckless in this book and sometimes I felt like she was truly showing her age of being 16. I didn't feel that way in the first book, Divergent. She pushes away her love, Tobias, away and makes wreckless mistakes that I didn't see her character doing. I liked her being a strong character who is taking the lead and instead I got a weak and wreckless character who could not shoot a gun and made careless mistakes. Towards the end of the book, I finally started seeing the strong character again, which of course compelled me to pick up the third one in the series.
I like how the author, Veronica Roth, is not afraid to kill off characters. She doesn't drag out the bad characters and instead brings out new twists and turns and shows characters who are evil in one chapter and someone's saving grace in the next. I like how each character seems to have two sides, even the main characters.
It will be interesting to see what is revealed in the third book now that what they were fighting for is gone. I would like to know how the world they live in ties into a world "beyond the fence". I also am also interested to see how they face this new challenge against the factionless since they are the ones who created it. I love the romance between Tris and Tobias and I want that to continue as well.
I tried to type up this review without to many spoilers. If you haven't read the series it is one I would definitely recommend!
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