In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.
Review:
I read this book a couple of years ago and here is my review from Goodreads in 2013.
I don't know why it took me so long to pick this book up. I guess I was just tired of the same old YA formula and I thought.."oh no not another Hunger Games type book." (I loved the HG series). And it's also like Matched by Ally Condie, which no offense, but I hated. Instill haven't read the last one.
But let me say I was pleasantly surprised with Divergent! I would have finished it sooner only the kids kept on interrupting me (how dare they, don't they know that when mommy has a book in her hand that means "do not disturb"!! Haha jk).
So let me say that I absolutely "LOVE this book thank you very much!"
So I now need to get the next one.
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