BOOK REVIEW

Rating: 6/10

The buzz around “Divergent” began a long time before the shooting for the movie did. Following the footsteps of Ray Bradbury and George Orwell, the massively popular “The Hunger Games” trilogy has reopened the doors to exploiting the dystopian theme in novels; books like “Divergent” came out of this trend.
The novel follows a 16-year-old girl named Beatrice Prior and according to the rules of the society she is growing up in, she must choose the “faction” in which she chooses to live for the rest of her life. These “factions” are divided based on the virtues of humanity. That is: the honest go to Candor, the selfless to Abnegation, the intelligent to Erudite and the brave to Dauntless. No further information on how the factions came to be or how they function is provided in this book. The book chiefly follows Beatrice and her struggle, initially to choose between what she wants and what her family wants and then the rest deals with her struggle to go through with the decision she's made.
Now a completely personal review: The plotline was pretty generic and there was nothing in the story that particularly roused my interest. The narrative also wasn't anything remarkable and neither was it able to grab my attention; in fact, there were several points where I was flat out bored. Although to be completely fair, I have only read the first book of what happens to be a trilogy. But nonetheless, the book has a massive following with a movie coming out this year.
I don't have a lot of great things to say about the book, but if you're in need of a simple read and an escape from reality, “Divergent” works just fine.