Insurgent (Divergent, Bk 2)
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Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Shawna P. (shawna-pinsky) reviewed on
Helpful Score: 4
So book 2 was just as good as book 1. Veronica Roth seems to create a new drama but with the same premise. New dilemmas set in the same world. We find ourselves rooting once again for both Beatrice/Tris and Four/Tobias to conquer all the problems set before them while hoping that their love for one another will be enough.
In a world where you are at war at the young age of 16 how can love truly be what's important. In this book once again Tris must learn to cope with the reality of what war brings and the losses that occur. Not just close friends but even enemies. She has to learn to cope with her own actions from book, Killing one of her best friends in order to save herself. How does she cope with betrayle and learning that some of the people closest to her are hiding things from her and are not who they appear to be.
She struggles with learning to cope and realizing that giving up is not the answer. Learning that living is the way to honor those that have passed away and stuggling to maintain your humanity and do what's right even if it's at risk of losing the ones you love the most.
Tris once again does not disappoint. She is probably one of the strongest YA heroine's I have read about. Even though at times she does stuff you don't agree with and takes unneccesary risks. In the end she always does what she feels is right, even if she is the only that believes in it. She loves Four but is willing to risk her relationship with him to make sure the right thing is done for all people. Even if it means risking her life. She takes the path less traveled. That is what makes her such a strong heroine.
In book 2 we feel the tension between Tris and Four. Her trying to cope with the things she has done and knowing Fours isn't telling her everything. Four struggles with knowing she is also keeping things from him and trying to stand by her even though she seems hell bent on ending her own life at times. These are not simple things that they can overcome. These are issues that can break any relationship. The question are they strong enough to withstand it.
From the minute I started I couldn't stop. Well except for work and sleep :-( I even read while I ate dinner, breakfast, and lunch. The 2nd enstallment was full of action, drama, heartache, and hope. There was not one point in this 2nd book that I thought of stopping. It lived up to my expectations and am now anxiously awaiting the final book next year, fall of 2013. What is on the other side of the fence and what kind of future is there to look forward too?
In a world where you are at war at the young age of 16 how can love truly be what's important. In this book once again Tris must learn to cope with the reality of what war brings and the losses that occur. Not just close friends but even enemies. She has to learn to cope with her own actions from book, Killing one of her best friends in order to save herself. How does she cope with betrayle and learning that some of the people closest to her are hiding things from her and are not who they appear to be.
She struggles with learning to cope and realizing that giving up is not the answer. Learning that living is the way to honor those that have passed away and stuggling to maintain your humanity and do what's right even if it's at risk of losing the ones you love the most.
Tris once again does not disappoint. She is probably one of the strongest YA heroine's I have read about. Even though at times she does stuff you don't agree with and takes unneccesary risks. In the end she always does what she feels is right, even if she is the only that believes in it. She loves Four but is willing to risk her relationship with him to make sure the right thing is done for all people. Even if it means risking her life. She takes the path less traveled. That is what makes her such a strong heroine.
In book 2 we feel the tension between Tris and Four. Her trying to cope with the things she has done and knowing Fours isn't telling her everything. Four struggles with knowing she is also keeping things from him and trying to stand by her even though she seems hell bent on ending her own life at times. These are not simple things that they can overcome. These are issues that can break any relationship. The question are they strong enough to withstand it.
From the minute I started I couldn't stop. Well except for work and sleep :-( I even read while I ate dinner, breakfast, and lunch. The 2nd enstallment was full of action, drama, heartache, and hope. There was not one point in this 2nd book that I thought of stopping. It lived up to my expectations and am now anxiously awaiting the final book next year, fall of 2013. What is on the other side of the fence and what kind of future is there to look forward too?
