Author: Veronica Roth
Type: Young Adult Novel
Genre: Fantasy
Series: Yes
Pages: 487
Copyright: 2011
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Rating: 4 out of 5
Summary: from Good Reads
In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue--Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is--she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are--and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, Tris also learns that her secret might help her save the ones she loves . . . or it might destroy her.
Feelings:
I really enjoyed the book. It was some what predictable but not all of it was. Tris has doesn't fit into just one of the clearly designed groups in the civilization she lives in but three. She has a choice to make about where she wants to be and how she wants to live. Chicago is largely abandoned and it is surrounded by a fence. I have to admit there seem to be a lot of young adult books that focus on a post-American world and what that might be like when living in America after it's fall. I'm pretty sure that The Hunger Games was at the front of the group of books like that but there are at least four others that I can also think of.
This book focuses mostly on the initiation into Dauntless and less on the political side of things, which are clearly simmering and about ready to take over the city. Tris does seem to have an interest in why her society is the way it is and to try and search for the answers as best she can while trying to fit in.
The story is fast passed and easy to read. Sometimes a good thing when you want to sit back and go along for a ride.
There is a movie coming out in late March of the first book. I have watched the trailer and I'm not sure how I feel about it. To me looks like it might be a disappointment after the book was so good. The trailer is a mish-mash of sense throughout the story so I didn't think it gave a very good feel for what it would be like, except for lots of action.
I would recommend this book to those that enjoyed The Hunger Games series. It isn't the same as but it does have a strong female character who strives to stay true to herself while fitting into the society.
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