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Divergent

Divergent

Young AdultYA Dystopian
Pages
394
Published
2011
Language
Korean

Synopsis

In a future Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each devoted to a single virtue — Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless, and Erudite. At sixteen, every citizen must choose the faction to which they will belong for the rest of their lives. Beatrice Prior, raised in selfless Abnegation, hides a secret revealed by her aptitude test: she is Divergent, someone who fits no single faction — and in this rigid world, that difference is dangerous.

Renaming herself Tris, she leaves her family to join the fearless Dauntless and throws herself into a brutal, competitive initiation of fights, tests, and dares. As she struggles to prove herself and grows close to a guarded instructor known only as Four, Tris begins to uncover a growing conflict between the factions — one that will force her to confront who she really is and what she is willing to risk.

Veronica Roth's debut is a fast-paced young-adult dystopia about identity, fear, and choice, and the opening of a trilogy that became a global phenomenon.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

TenseAdventurousDarkRomantic
Chosen OneComing of Age

Genres

Young Adult YA Dystopian Dystopian Post-Apocalyptic YA Romance Science Fiction

About the author

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Veronica Roth

Veronica Roth is an American novelist who was born in New York City and grew up primarily in Barrington, Illinois. She graduated from Northwestern University and now lives in Chicago. She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Divergent series (Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, and Four: A Divergent Collection), which was adapted into three feature films, as well as the Carve the Mark duology, and the more recent Poster Girl, Chosen Ones, Arch-Conspirator, When Among Crows, To Clutch...

Characters

Beatrice "Tris" PriorProtagonist

An Abnegation-born teenager who discovers she is Divergent.

Jeanine MatthewsAntagonist

The Erudite leader orchestrating a bid for power.

PeterAntagonist

A ruthless fellow Dauntless initiate.

Tobias "Four" EatonSupporting

A Dauntless instructor and Tris's love interest.

ChristinaSupporting

A Candor transfer who becomes Tris's friend.

All characters in Divergent

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Anne Delcourt a co-author of this book?

    Anne Delcourt is not a co-author but the translator responsible for the French-language editions of the series.

  • Does this book stand alone or is it part of a series?

    This is the first installment in a multi-book series that has continued to expand with new entries years after the original trilogy concluded.

  • Are there film adaptations of this story?

    The series was adapted into a sequence of feature films that were released between 2014 and 2016.

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