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Book #43: Insurgent, by Veronica Roth
May. 31st, 2012 12:25 pmWhen I read DIVERGENT last year, I was impressed, but I was not blown away. I think it might have been oversold to me by my coworkers. I do remember getting to the end and thinking "Well, that was really solid. And I am REALLY KIND OF SUPER PUMPED for book two." And then book two came out.
There's a thing with Middle Books. Sometimes you get THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. Sometimes you get Back to the Future II (not that there's anything wrong with a creative re-telling of the first story...I just like to mix it up). INSURGENT is firmly, FIRMLY, in the EMPIRE STRIKES BACK category: all action, no filler, not quite enough kissing, RIDICULOUS ENDING.
( Spoilers refuse to pick a faction! )
9.5/10 for surpassing book one, for Tris being BEYOND AMAZING, for Christina and Cara and Johanna and Evelyn and Edith, for being action packed and driven, for great voice and for that scene at the end of chapter thirty-three. :)
*begins countdown to Book III*
There's a thing with Middle Books. Sometimes you get THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. Sometimes you get Back to the Future II (not that there's anything wrong with a creative re-telling of the first story...I just like to mix it up). INSURGENT is firmly, FIRMLY, in the EMPIRE STRIKES BACK category: all action, no filler, not quite enough kissing, RIDICULOUS ENDING.
( Spoilers refuse to pick a faction! )
9.5/10 for surpassing book one, for Tris being BEYOND AMAZING, for Christina and Cara and Johanna and Evelyn and Edith, for being action packed and driven, for great voice and for that scene at the end of chapter thirty-three. :)
*begins countdown to Book III*
