Sometimes I say I'm not sure what to expect from a book, or it was very differant to how I thought it would be. I have to say Divergent was amost *exactly* how I expected it to be. Of course I didn't know about every little thing that happened, but I thought it was a little preditable at times.
I quite liked the book, but there were definately a few things I didn't like about it. As I've said before I REALLY do not like the kind of writing style used in this book! It feels blunt and dull and I didn't get a good image of many of the characters or settings in this book. Divergent was quite a long book, which wasn't a problem, but I think if the book had less of Tris trying to fit in/her 'initiation' and more of the kind of thing towards the end of the story, it would have been shorter and a whole lot more realistic.
I would have liked to have found out more about the world Tris lives in. Apart from the 'factions' and some other things, it doesn't seem all that futuristic/dystopian/post apocalyptic and I think it could have actually been set in present day, and was just set in the future because that is the 'thing' at the moment.
Also, I really don't see how this book could turn into a series longer than about two books. I couldn't find much that would lead on to many other books, apart from Tris being Divergent and the 'war'. For this reason, I don't think I'll read the second and any other books in the series, unless I come across them at the library or something.
I didn't love this, but it was still quite good. I actually liked Tris, if I looked past the way she narrated. At times I thought she did some rather stupid things and thought it was fine because she was 'brave' and 'a Dauntless', but apart from that I did think she was a good main character for the book.
Rating: 3.5/5
Nice style
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