Insurgent (Divergent, #2)

English language

Published March 24, 2012

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978-0-00-744291-1
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Insurgent is a 2012 science fiction young adult novel by American novelist Veronica Roth and the second book in the Divergent trilogy. As the sequel to the 2011 bestseller Divergent, it continues the story of Tris Prior and the dystopian post-apocalyptic version of Chicago. Following the events of the previous novel, a war now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. While trying to save the people that she loves, Tris faces questions of grief, forgiveness, identity, loyalty, politics, and love. The book was first published on May 1, 2012, by the HarperCollins imprints Katherine Tegen Books in the U.S. and HarperCollins Children's Books in the UK, and a "Collector's Edition" was published on October 30 in the United States. Insurgent received mostly positive reviews from critics, with reviewers praising Roth's writing.A film adaptation of the novel was released on March 20, 2015.

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3.5 stars, really. I had been looking forward to continuing Tris' story in this dystopian fiction world for young adults. Unfortunately I thought it was a much weaker title than Divergent. It's not the fault of the story, I liked the direction of the plot and the solution to how this strange system of factions and Divergent came about. What I didn't like was that Tris was pretty much emo from the first to the last page in the book, in a way that felt over the top to me. Not once is she trying an honest approach, it's all about her keeping silent, lying and then being wrecked with guilt forevermore. That was tiresome.

I will read the next one anyhow, but I hope Tris will be back to strength again.

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