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5.0
emotional reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I read this book before reading the Divergent trilogy (I had watched the movies several times before), and I didn't expect much of it exept a quick, easy read. I was wrong. So wrong.
Some of the quotes really hit me and were (too) relatable (had to close the book and stare at a wall to process).

𝗙𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 (not really spoilery) :

“𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬; 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.”

“𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. [...] 𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘯.”

“𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭. [...] 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦, 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐’𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵.”

“𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 "𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳"; 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯.”