Book Review: Insurgent by Veronica Roth (collector's edition)

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.

Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.

I rate this book...

3 out of 5

What I thought...

*Non Spoilers Section*
I was really excited to read this book after reading Divergent. However, this book was definitely not as exciting as the first book. In fact, I was quite bored during some parts. A lot of it was repetitive and not a lot of exciting things happened until the end. It took me a lot longer to read this one than it took me to read the first book. It felt very dragged out. I honestly don't remember everything that happened because it really didn't leave that much of an impression. I was just expecting so much more from it.

*Spoilers Section*
I don't have too much to say about this book. It was quite disappointing.

I hated Caleb for agreeing with "faction over blood". Caleb is the only family Tris has left.

It sort of annoyed me that Tris and Tobias had so many issues and that Tris couldn't pick up a gun. I thought she would get over it and pick up a gun, but she never really did. I thought it was annoying that Christina could forgive Tris, but Tris couldn't forgive herself or at least move on from the fact that she killed Will.

I liked that we got to see more of Amity and learn more about them and some of the other factions.

The end was definitely the best part. Tris is related to the women in the video explaining everything about why the factions were started and is one of the first people to live in this society with factions. This makes me want to read the last one just because it ends at a cliffhanger.