Divergent

This was a slow one to start and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to get into it. Then Tris's character began her path of development and I was hooked. At first it seemed childish and wrong, reading about a defenseless girl being beat on to strengthen herself, but then her personality began to shift and she became an entirely different person. Someone strong, brave and willing to sacrifice herself for the greater good. I favor quality character development over plot any day and I was impressed with Tris. The concept of separate factions was interesting, but I think the book took too long to really explain why being divergent was frowned on, this is one of the reasons I labeled it a 4 instead of 5 stars. Another reason was the slow progression in plot until I hit around page 150. I do like my character development, but the plot can't be entirely stagnant. Once Tris entered the Dauntless compound it picked up the pace. The ending conflict was, I think, overly traumatic and could have been handled in a more tactful way, but I am willing to move on to the next book because I really do want to know what happens next.