Divergent

Beatrice Prior lives in a future version of Chicago where there are five distinct factions. Each faction molds the lifestyle of its community surrounding the ideals of one particular virtue. The faction system exists because people were corrupt in the past and by following a faction lifestyle people are bettering themselves. Each faction believes that the virtue they devote themselves to, is the most vital. Dauntless believe in bravery and courage, the Erudite obsess over knowledge, Abnegation promotes selfless acts, Amity focuses on friendship, and Candor believes in the truth. Beatrice grew up in an Abnegation family and on her sixteenth birthday she took a test to discover what faction she should join for the rest of her life. Her results came back inconclusive and her proctor told her she was “divergent” because she could be an erudite, a dauntless, or abnegation. She was told that being divergent was a bad thing and that she would be putting herself in danger if she told anyone, including her family, what she was.  She made the drastic decision to change factions and at the choosing ceremony she became the second abnegation member to ever become a dauntless initiate.

I like how the author writes and uses imagery in her writing style to depict each scene with enough detail that you can picture everything happening. I am excited for the movie that is coming out soon because I want to compare how I expected the scenes to look to how they actually turn out. She makes the main character’s life so dramatic and it definitely appeals to the reader’s senses and makes them feel the same emotions that Beatrice is going through. Also the book was great in general and I would highly recommend it for all readers. It is the first book of an addicting trilogy and I had a hard time putting it down.