The goodreads.com description says: In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue--Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is--she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are--and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, Tris also learns that her secret might help her save the ones she loves . . . or it might destroy her.
I had a love/hate relationship with this book. I found parts a bit of a yawn and I didn't feel the excitement others had. I liked the ideas of factions but it got boring to me. It was like I could predict what would happen in the book, it wasn't explained well, the simulation test parts were a bit weird to me and I didn't get to know all the characters in the book. I thought the plot twist at the end wasn't as amazing as I thought it would be. To be honest I just didn't feel surprised. The plot is brilliant and clever but if only it was written by a better author. I'm not trying to offend the Veronica Roth fans but I find her writing boring and she doesn't have a certain 'flair' to her books. On the other hand it was quite a good book and was not one of the worst ones I have read. If only there was another author with the concept but they bought character to the book. To me it seemed like something I would find on Wattpad! I would give this book a 3/5 mainly because of the storyline but other than that it would've received a lower mark.
Keep on Reading,
Naomi...xxx
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