Nadine (23dollars) - reviewed on 10/25/2012 + 432 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

I didn't enjoy INSURGENT as much as the first book in the series, DIVERGENT. At 525 hardcover pages, I'd say a good 200 pages could've been edited out without losing anything.

The pacing was slow, with the reader having to go step-by-step with Tris as she woke up everyday, went to the bathroom, got dressed, walked down a hallway....I mean, can we get on with the plot please?? And when something did finally happen it followed a tiresome formula: 1) Tris is in a bind 2) she's rescued or gets away 3) repeat.

There wasn't enough substance to fill the pages, IMO, and the novelty of the faction-based society wore off. Now it's just revolution and factions attacking each other, and I just didn't find it to be all that interesting, especially since we're limited to Tris' point-of-view of everything. I think this is the biggest disservice to the plot. It would be nice to get some other perspectives on things.

I give this one a C. I really don't think I'm interested to read the final book of the trilogy, but I am looking forward to the upcoming Divergent movie.

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