I wanted to read this series before I watched the movie. The premise is interesting but frankly, I don't connect to any of the characters ... Tris is okay and I admit I shed a few tears at the ending of this book, but I don't know ... No one grabs me. However, I do feel a need to find out what will happen next, so I will be finishing the trilogy (and eventually watch the movies). I guess that's a testament to Veronica Roth's writing (or world-building)? 
 Oh, and yeah, it is a little more "romancy" than the Hunger Games. ;-)