Book Review of Insurgent

 

Dauntless- The Brave

Abnegation- The Selfless 

Erudite- The Intelligent 

Amity- The Peaceful 

Candor- The Honest 

     Insurgent is the second book in the Divergent series. The book's main characters are Tris and Four. The beginning of this story starts where Divergent left off. Tris and Four are traveling to the faction Amity to seek refuge from the Erudite forces after them. They are both members of the Dauntless faction. They are being hunted because they were able to stop the simulation Erudite leader Jeanine had put in place to control all of the factions. Tris and Four are Divergent, meaning they could belong to more than one faction, and that is why they were and to stop the simulation and are considered dangerous. Jeanine wants to kill all of the Divergent's, because they will not fall under her control and will ruin her plan of having ultimate power. Tris is specifically dangerous to Jeanine because she could belong to three factions, where most Divergent's only have two they could be part of. Jeanine wants to study Tris and create a simulation that could control all people, Divergent or not.

     Tris and Four have to flee the Amity complex because of Erudite forces that eventually find them. They then run into Four's mother, Evelyn, who is the leader of the Factionless. The Factionless are people who failed to get into their factions and now don't have one. They then head to the Candor headquarters to form an alliance and seek refuge. The sides are now clear. Half of the Dauntless are siding with the Erudite and the other half are siding with the Candor, what's left of Abnegation and the Factionless. Amity is remaining neutral. Through out the book, both sides clash, trying to overthrow the other one and gain control. One side wants complete power and the other wants to restore things to the way they were. The book ends with a surprising finish that leads you into the third book, Allegiant. You will have to read the book to find out what happens!

     If you are a fan of The Hunger Games or any kind of futuristic story, you will enjoy this book. I strongly suggest you follow the order and read the first book first, because if not you will be very confused. I would give this book 4 out of 5 stars because it was very action packed and the characters went through a lot of changes, but I had a big amount of time in between reading the first book and the second book, so there were parts I didn't really remember. The writing style was very creative and detailed. There were parts of the story where I thought one thing would happen, and then the opposite did. There was a lot of description and detail and it was very appropriate in a story as complicated as this one. There is a lot of irony in this book, making fun of the futuristic world. One example is when Uriah throws Zeke a "'Hey, you're not a dirty traitor!' celebration"(Roth 228). This is ironic because they are throwing him a party- a happy thing, in the middle of a war for such a small, unusual thing, like not being a traitor. Normally you wouldn't throw a party like this. This line in the book was one of my favorites, because it is an extremely smart detail to add in, and as I was reading this line, I started laughing at its humor. This book was a very fulfilling sequel to the first one and I am excited to read the third book. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did!

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