Wednesday, May 19, 2021

#tbt: Divergent by Veronica Roth

Divergent by Veronica Roth. 496 p. HarperCollins Publisher, May, 2011. 9780062024027. (Own.)

#tbt celebrates the tenth anniversary of Divergent by Veronica Roth. In a post-apocalyptic Chicago, survivors live in factions that most align with their personality. When children reach the age of sixteen, they take a test in preparation for the ceremony where they will choose their faction - Candor, Abnegation, Amity or Dauntless. Tris, is a member of Abnegation by birth, but when she tests, her results label her as "Divergent." This disturbs her, especially when she's told to keep this result a secret. Readers follow Tris through her choice to join Dauntless. This dystopian trilogy beginner has a quick pace and is filled with quite a bit of violence. 

Divergent was Ms. Roth's debut. She wrote it in her senior year of college where she majored in creative writing. The book was immediately optioned for film, which starred Shailene Woodley. 

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