I don't think I'm having the emotional reaction to this book that I'm meant to. For one, this is the first of the three Divergent novels where I've found myself liking Tris. I didn't dislike her before; I was merely indifferent. That being said, I didn't actually like her enough to care about what happened to her. Zero emotional response there, although I do admire the writing decision behind it.

The one thing that did really get my attention was the world-building, and - as with the previous two volumes - not actually in a good way. For a society with such a focus on genetics, the total lack of development in genetic science compared to, say, that required for the manufacture of an unending number and variety of serums... it's just not credible. Granted, my own background makes me pickier here than most readers, but when my biggest emotional response to a sweeping novel that includes the death of a number of characters is irritation at the science world-building, then yeah. As much as I appreciate the final message of hope coming from choosing to go on, and even move on, I can't get over the futuristic understanding of the serums when compared to the historic understanding of genetics. It makes no damn sense!!!