Divergent by Veronica Roth

Summary: 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. Author Veronica Roth bursts onto the YA scene with the first book in the Divergent series—dystopian thrillers filled with electrifying decisions, heartbreaking betrayals, stunning consequences, and unexpected romance.

Favorite Quote from book: “Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.” 

My review: Through out this whole book I was just thinking, " Does it smell like Hunger Games in here to you?". Beatrice Prior is a member of Abnegation, the selfless, but she dreams of another life. One where she can look at her own reflection without being scolded or dress in something other than a gray potato sack (Fine, they don't actually wear potato sacks, but it sounds like they might as well have). So she chooses to join Dauntless, the fearless and brave, and her life, as well as her disappointed family's, is forever altered. Now known as Tris, she gets thrown into a world of speeding trains, speeding bullets, and unusual lead male characters. The book barely explains how any of the lead characters look. Tris described Four as  a man who the corners of his mouth turn down naturally. He has very long thin fingers, a scar on his chin, and eye sockets that are so deep they sound like a deformity when described by Tris, with eyes so dark blue they're almost black and a light blue patch in those eyes. Basically he looks like Gollum from Lord of the rings(below) .

Gollum, You know "My precious"

Okay, okay, I completely understand why people could really like this and also why people could find it a huge disappointment.The thing is if you read Hunger games before this, it just does not live up. Do not get me wrong, I loved this book. It was really nice. Just not Hunger games nice. I think that all the characters were not explained well enough for us to really understand them. At first I really didn't like Tris that much. She and I just didn't .... you know.. click. I really didn't like Tobias either. I mean he was cool and all, but just not enough. Overall it was a nice book. The thing is that the book just didn't seem thought out enough to me. To tell the truth a may and may not have read the second and third book if it wasn't for the fact that I am just a really nosey person. I give this book a 3.5 out of 5.