Divergent

This is like a high 3.5 stars. 4 just feels like too much.

(As few spoilers as possible contained below)

I honestly don't care for the major ship in the book. I found it vaguely horrifying at times. The dude says it tenderly and admiringly that he forgets Tris is not invincible, as if it's so romantic that he puts her on a pedestal of strength. But I read it and thought, WHAT? He hurts her because he doesn't look closely enough at her to realize that she's capable of pain??? How much can you say you love someone if you aren't even a little concerned about their NEEDS? Tris has weakness and feels pain and I'm not sure it's such a nice thing that he forgets that.

I did laugh in several places.

The suicide made me very sad, even though he had screwed up royally, it still grieved me.

I liked the big issues at stake in the book though, what is the best way to deal with fear, and when is killing another person justified? Most of the time there's no way to determine a right answer, and you just have to choose something and accept the consequences. Tris lost two friends to stay alive. If she had chosen to die her two friends probably would have stopped being friends. She was on a mission and she made her choice.

I'm quite dizzy and shaky because I stayed up way too late reading this and then was so absorbed by the rest of it in the morning that I didn't eat anything. bites banana tentatively