Divergent - Book Review - Travis Time

Title ~ Divergent
Series ~ Divergent #1
Author ~ Veronica Roth
Release Date ~ May 3, 2011
Publisher ~ HarperTeen
Source ~ HarperTeen

*This is a Travis Time Review by my 9-year-old brother*

GOODREADS SUMMARY

Beatrice "Tris" Prior has reached the fateful age of sixteen, the stage at which teenagers in Veronica Roth's dystopian Chicago must select which of five factions to join for life. Each faction represents a virtue: Candor, Abnegation, Dauntless, Amity, and Erudite. To the surprise of herself and her selfless Abnegation family, she chooses Dauntless, the path of courage. Her choice exposes her to the demanding, violent initiation rites of this group, but it also threatens to expose a personal secret that could place her in mortal danger. Veronica Roth's young adult Divergent trilogy launches with a captivating adventure about love and loyalty playing out under most extreme circumstances.

REVIEW

Divergent is a really cool book because it has ACTION. I’m not talking about a little bit of action here and there. I am talking about lots and lots of it! There are fights and battles, but there are also characters doing crazy and dangerous stunts. Someone even climbs up to the top of a Ferris wheel. I love this kind of book!  It's something boys like to read about.  Wild stunts and epic battles!

The book is told from Tris’ point of view. I know, it's a girl main character, but she is so awesome that it didn't matter what she was.  Tris is supposed to be part of the Abnegation faction, but she decides to switch over to the Dauntless faction. It is very rare to switch factions and everyone is questioning Tris about her decision. She is switching from a faction that spends most of their time helping others and being kind to a faction that is all about bravery and making rash decisions. Whoa! Everyone thinks Tris has lost her mind!  I think she's lost her mind...but, then again, the Dauntless faction is majorly awesome.

Tris meets lots of cool people. Some of them did what she did. They switched to over-the-top Dauntless from other factions. They must not have been a good match for the faction they started out in. I can see how that would happen.  They just didn't quite fit into the faction they were born into for whatever reason.  They are searching for something different.  Something more.  By choosing Dauntless, they must want to take things to the edge! And there's someone named Four who is Tris' trainer.  He is mysterious and he challenges Tris to do things. 

Do you like romance in your books? If you do, then you are going to love Divergent.  I don’t really get into all the kissing scenes and the "kiss me now," "I want to feel his tender touch,"  and "he gazed into my eyes" stuff . I read those parts pretty fast because I don't care about all the kissing details. But, I still get the idea of which characters are in love with which other characters and WHY they kiss each other.  They feel passion.  It matters because they are the ones who will do anything for each other. They are expressing their love.  I guess they have some sort of special kissing bond between them. That's how it works!  Special Kissing Bond!

Divergent is filled with action (YAY!) and romance and a really awesome main character!