I ate this book up, but then kind of wanted to vomit it back up again. 
 Another edition in the young-adult dystopian genre, Divergent's society is divided into 5 factions. Society's youth have to decide which faction to join after taking a sort of sorting test. But for Beatrice, that proves to be a little difficult after her results come up inconclusive because she is ... DIVERGENT!!!!!!! That's dangerous, and she doesn't know why, so she has to lay low and continue her life under the radar. 
 This whole book feels like I am reading something else. At parts it's Harry Potter, then Hunger Games, then Percy Jackson, then Twilight. But it just doesn't pull any of them off. Beatrice in particular feels like a whinier version of Katniss. What really stops this book from feeling like its own story is the fact that there is so little development. There is almost no world-building. The drama feels so forced. And it has so much potential to muster up its own ideas on society, but Veronica Roth spends time making a side romance instead which really comes out of nowhere. It tries so hard to be deep, but it really has nothing to say. It is like a bad action movie. You don't care about the characters, the story doesn't really go to far, and you leave feeling a little too unsatisfied. 
 Sounds pretty bad, right? Well, not entirely. Despite the many developmental flaws I listed above, this book is very entertaining. I spent every free minute reading this because it was exciting and had some very well executed scenes. While I am not exactly jumping at the opportunity, I certainly plan on reading the rest of the series. 
 If you want to read it, you will most likely enjoy it. If you don't, no need to bother. It is nothing original or special, but an entertaining read nonetheless.