Bookreview: "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

Hi guys! Today I’m reviewing “Insurgent” by Veronica Roth, which is the second book of the trilogy.
Click here for the review on the first book, Divergent.  In the first book Erudite and Dauntless (who were under influence of a serum) tried to overthrow everyone else, which means that all of this didn’t succeed because the reason why they “invented” the factions was to stop war.

So the attacks have stopped and the Dauntless people aren’t under influence anymore. They think Erudite won’t just give up and they have to find people who want to fight with them. First they go to Amity, the ‘friendly’ people, who decide they don’t want to take any side and just stay neutral, then they go to Candor, who don’t seem to be looking forward to fighting either.

While they’re there, they get attacked again, only now the serum is suppost to influence everyone exept the Divergent people, so the Erudite will know who the Divergent people are (because they aren’t influenced by the serum). The Divergent people are brought together and the floor they’re on turns into a battlefield.
After this happens the Dauntless decide they should go back to their building, they should go make it safe again and then live there.
Until then everything goes well, until one night, one of Tris’ closest friends seems to behave like someone else and without any sign she jumps off the building. Turns out the Erudite are going to keep doing this until Tris goes to the Erudite building so they now have a Divergent person to test their ‘Divergent proof’ serums on.

Tris decides to go and brings not only herself in danger. And what do the factionless have to do with all this? What is going on with her brother Caleb? What is going on with her friend Christina?
They get unexpected support, but also unexpected setback.
In the end, everything becomes clear and the Divergent people are for once happy to be who they are.
I thought this book was written really well, the end also surprised me, I couldn’t have guessed certain parts of it myself (although I was speculating a bit). I can’t wait to read the third book!

If you're looking for a book that'll entertain you, let's say, as much as the Hunger Games, you really should read these series. I'm not quite sure which series I like best, they're both very fascinating! I'm loving it! 

Bookreview: Divergent by Veronica Roth

Happy Monday you guys! I know I'm a bit late with my update today but I got back from school really late. More about that tomorrow in a lifestyle post!

I have been loving dystopian books for a while now. Dystopian? If you don't know what I'm talking about, I'll explain really quickly: a dystopian story is a story in which the government has all the power and controls the people - think of the hunger games, where the people from the districts are used for the Capitol's entertainment.
"Divergent" by Veronica Roth is a book just like that.

After war, people split into factions, each one meant to uphold a particular virtue of humanity: Abnegation (the selfless), Amity (the peaceful), Candor (the honest), Dauntless (the brave) and Erudite (the intelligent).
When you turn 16, there's a ceremony. People who are 16 get to choose if they want to stay in the faction they were born into, OR if they want to switch factions, but if you do this, you'll lose your family because they say "faction before family". It's like a rule, to always love your faction more.

The main character, Beatrice Prior, was born in Abnegation. Before the ceremony they all do a test to see which factions would suit you the best, but Beatrice doesn't get a clear result. She doubting. Should she stay in Abnegation, even though she struggles? Or should she switch factions and leave, disappoint everyone?
Beatrice ends up switching factions and she becomes "Tris". Her older brother Caleb switches factions too, he goes to Erudite (which is unbelievable because Erudite has been insulting Abnegation - where he was born in and where his family still is - for a really long time).

After they have chosen their new faction, they have a couple of weeks of training. They have to prove that they're worthy enough.
What the others don't know is that Tris has some kind of advantage, and what she doesn't know is that everyone would try to kill her if they knew.
And what is going on between her new faction - Dauntless - and her brother's new faction - Erudite?

I absolutely loved the book, I was so sucked into it. I think the author explains everything really well and that way you understand why everything is happening and why people in the book do the things they do. I also really wished some of the characters were real people (for those of you who have read the book: TOBIAS! - spoiler alert!). I really really enjoyed reading this book.

Oh and I just realised that the cover art (the fire) stands for Dauntless. Now, the next book has a tree on it so it's probably the sign of another faction.

Even my cat enjoyed the book!

I have now started reading the sequal called "Insurgent" and I can't wait to see what's going to happen in that book!

Thanks for reading! Let me know if you read it too and what your opinion was!