Saturday, July 21, 2012

Insurgent Review

I'm a  nerdy nerd. I don't play Dungeons and Dragons -- I barely understand what goes on during the game. I don't watch documentaries just for the heck of it...
well, that's not entirely true. I used to.
DON'T JUDGE ME!

But those are not the reasons I'm a nerdy nerd.
I'm a nerd of the bookworld, and as a self-proclaimed nerd, I feel I should give reviews of books and such.
Well, you can trust me about as much as any other random perosn you see on the internet or read about on the back of the books.

So I'll start out with a basic review of the book Insurgent.

Let's start with a basic summary/review...
I had been waiting for Insurgent for years, knowing it would come out eventually.
The moment I saw it, I snatched it up and jumped up and down.
Insurgent starts, literally, right where the other book left off.
Tris, Four, and the others are running away from Dauntless towards Amity. Now, if you read the first book, Divergent, then you understand what I'm talking about. If you haven't read it...
well, I'll explain quick.
A single city is split up into five districts/sectors/whatever you want to call them. Each one has a major attribute associated with it:
Amity - Peace
Abnegation - Selfless
Erudite - Intelligence/Knowledge
Candor - Honesty
Dauntless - Badass (JK) Brave.

Okay, rapidfire summary of the first book:
-Tris is Abnegation.
-She chooses Dauntless. Her brother chooses Erudite.
-She falls in love with a guy named "Four"
-CRAZY RANDOM MIDDLE THAT IS AWESOME!
-Tris finds out she is Divergent (she has traits of multiple districts)
-Dauntless people all get an injection for simulations.
-IT WAS ERUDITE!
-FOUR AND TRIS ARE IN LOVE!
-Dauntless people all go under a simulation and start shooting Abnegation for reason revealed in Insurgent.
-Tris stops simulation.
-Insurgent starts.

Okay, now for Insurgent again...
Okay, so I won't give away any more of the plot because that would be very, very rude, and I'm not rude so there.

Instead, I'll say what I did and did not like about it.

DID LIKE
-THE PLOT END
-The Mild Plot Twist involving her brother, Caleb. I kind of saw it coming, but it was still good.
-The Idea of Factions AGAIN.
-The idea of the Divergent being... (wait I said no giving away plot!)

DID NOT LIKE
-Tris, what happend to you? You've turned into... gah... KATNISS! You became all suicidal and weird and stuff...
-...PLUS your relationship was used as a crutch to continue the book.

OVERALL RATING: B+
It was a very fast-paced, action-packed book that made me laugh, smile, and well... yeah.
I loved the plot end, although I did predict it a bit, not the video or anything, but the general idea of it.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT IS FORSEEABLE!
I just read lots of books and THAT is one of the things I was imagining happening.

I HIGHLY SUGGEST THIS BOOK IF YOU LOVED DIVERGENT!
I hightly suggest the series in general too.

Well, this was my first book review. If you feel Insurgent  got a bad rating, tell me about it in the comments below. Also feel free to post what you thought of the series, but DON'T RUIN IT FOR OTHERS!

Thanks!

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