Every bit as good as the first volume of Veronica Roth's Divergent series, Insurgent is another entertaining read. 
 My take: 
 One of the things I liked immediately about Insurgent was that the story picks up exactly where Divergent left off and gets on with it. There's no dithering about to remind us what happened in the last book. Instead we are dropped back into the action as the characters have to deal with the fall out from the devastating events at the end of Divergent. 
 Another huge plus point (which I don't think I picked up on in Divergent) is the economy of Roth's prose style when describing locations. With just a few short sentences she captures the feel of a place and gets swiftly back to conversation and action. This concise approach suits the dystopian setting: flowery, lengthy descriptions would be out of place in a story dealing with a society on the brink of collapse, threatened by genocide. 
 I'd heard mixed reviews of Insurgent, but I thought it was just as good as Divergent. The only slight disappointment came at the end when the mysterious "information" was finally revealed. To be honest, after the long build-up, I was expecting something more earth-shattering and was left feeling a bit deflated. But never mind. Insurgent has done its job: I've already picked up Allegiant (Divergent #3) from the library.