Ever thought of a world without your parents? World where the guilt of killing your own friends claws you from beneath the surface and the remanence of the war only creates a brutal world for you to live in? Well, that is how the story begins, full of problems with no answers. I was truly fascinated by how realistic the feeling of wanting death could be. Even though I have never thought of it, when I read through the book, I understood that everyone has a reason for living. When a person loses all of those reasons, they have to look within themselves and people around to find new reasons. This book assembles humans in a completely different way and gives you a bone-chilling ride through the way of humanity. The title itself “Insurgent”" means ‘a person who acts in opposition to the established authority, who is not necessarily regarded as belligerent’, and with that title, you know that the books gonna be awesome!

The thing about this books is that since it is written in first person, all the characters are from her perspective. It also hides the full picture of what all the characters are thinking, or what their actions represent. The first thing everyone should know about this books is that all the characters are defined by the faction they are placed in. Dauntless: Fearless. Abnegation: to refuse or deny oneself. Erudite: characterized by great knowledge. Condor: state or quality of being open. Amity: friendship, peaceful harmony. Some of the characters in the book who possess multiple faction qualities are known as “Divergent”. (Which is also the name of the first book by Roth). Beatrice Prior, is an amazing character. Her personality deviates drastically but her struggles and bravery makes her truly worthy of being a divergent. Tobias also being divergent, (who btw is is Tris’s bf) tries to keep Tris in place during the time of her depression but Tris always breaks all the rules he makes, which results in a good ending. The rest of the minor/ major characters have a definite personality that feels like it’s built upon someone that everyone can connect to.

In all honestly, the lying, the betrayal, the backstabbing was very annoying, and yet absolutely necessary in this novel. As irritating as Tris was in many points in this book with her layers of lies, I found myself agreeing with her on many aspects. Especially about truths, as well as Tobias’ view of her. Even though she lied, they were fairly calculated lies by the end, and, though irritating, they did make the plot move, in some ways, lying was the only way.

In this book, Tris is faced with guilt, grief, betrayal, as well as a number of choices that could go any which way. But will she face them with the same selflessness as her parents? She always did say Abnegation just wasn’t for her…

I love this series and I am waiting for the next book to come out. It says it’s to come out in fall of 2013, which seems like a long time to wait, but being the last book of a trilogy, I would expect it to be nothing less that AMAZING.

Plot: 4.5/5
Characters: 4.5/5
World Building: 5/5
Cover: 5/5
Overall: 5/5
GoodReads Rating: 4.31/5

-review by Between Printed Pages