Divergent by Veronica Roth

There are so many dystopian novels out there and I truly think that this is one of my favorites. (And now it's a movie!) Like many YA novels, Divergent is written from the point of view of a teenage girl at an existential crisis in her life, which she then overcomes and saves the world. Veronica Roth brings that boring old plot line to life with her vivid characters and dramatic details. Despite the redundancy of many YA fictions, Roth's future, though plagued with death and destruction, is unique in its own way.



Divergent portrays a whole new future for us, in which the world is divided into 5 factions: Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless, and Erudite. Characters are forced to choose their future in one of these factions at the age of 16. The twist is, that the test that determine what faction you belong to, don't work on everybody. Beatrice Prior and the rare others who cannot be sorted are divergent and in trouble. As trouble brews between the factions, the divergent are in imminent danger. As Tris prepares to fight, she finds that there's a lot more to people than it appears.

Veronica Roth portrays a lot of hidden issues in this book. When the Erudite starts a war, she seems to be implying that many a times the learned pose a threat to the entire system and that they often don't like change as portrayed by the divergent in her book. This seems to replicate today's issues concerning the behavior of teens. She also emphasizes the importance of unity. When one faction becomes a problem, the others have to join forces to get rid of the problem. But, there is danger in getting rid of an entire faction.

This book seems to get a variety of different reviews on it. While this is my take on the book, I want to here your opinions as well. Comment below what you thought about this book.