This weekend I finished reading Insurgent. This was the second book in Veronica Roth's dystopian Divergent series. For those of you who have not read the first book yet, I will try not to give too much away.
After the events of the first book, Beatrice and her friends are on the run from the Erudite. They go to other factions who were neutral in the conflict seeking refuge. Beatrice also deals with lots of guilt and depression. People have lost their lives because of her, people have died that she cares about so needless to say she is having a difficult time.
If I have any complaints about Insurgent, it is the same complaint I had about Divergent. It's that it takes awhile for the book to get really exciting. I think back to the Hunger Games series where it was exciting from the first chapter and it held that for the most part until the series was over. In my opinion, these books don't get really exciting until the second half. I was hoping that Insurgent would be a little darker than Divergent, kind of like how Catching Fire was darker than the Hunger Games, but I would say Divergent and Insurgent are equally dark. There is one scene in the book I don't want to give it away, but it was really dark and when it happened I thought to myself, "I don't see this ending well." I read that part last week and it was at that point when I couldn't put the book down. I read almost 100 pages in one night. For me that's a lot.
Overall, I thought this was a very good entry in the Divergent series. I can't decide which one I like more, they're very close. so I'm going to rate Insurgent 4.5 out of 5 stars. Despite what some critics said about Allegiant, I'm still looking forward to reading it. After I finish that I will be reading more Sherlock Holmes novels, and I will finally read the Harry Potter series.
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