Divergent

OK so obv this is on a lot of Hunger Games readalikes lists, and upon finishing this I had the same kind of feelings as I did after finishing Hunger Games: “Wait, did I just finish that book? Was it even good? I have no idea, I just had to consume it as fast as possible.”

Definitely a page-turner–super compelling. I didn't love it as much as I loved Hunger Games. Perhaps HG felt more radical to me, in the political sense, which I like. (But not everyone read HG the same way as me.) Uh, what now? It was very exciting, very intense, but now that I'm sitting back and breathing and thinking about it I think perhaps the characters didn't grab me as much as the plot did? And I like character-driven books. Oh I don't know. I'll definitely still read Insurgent. As soon as my hold on it comes in.

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re-read 2019; was interesting to revisit after knowing all the twists revealed throughout the trilogy. I am very curious about how much plotting Roth did for the trilogy as a whole? Maybe not much?

http://www.frowl.org/worstbestsellers/episode-132-divergent/