Actual Rating: 4.5 
 Fun fact: I've read two books that take place in Chicago this month. The Boy Who Lost Fairyland and this one. 
 And both of them were fabulous. 
 Oh, and look. There's a story behind this book. A story that should make me hate and despise the book, just like I did Thin Wood Walls. 
 But I still love this book either way. 
 I was in China for a week for vacation, with my parents, visiting relatives. I read this book in China -- or, well, I started reading it. Then we went to my mom's university. And guess what? 
 I lost the book. 
 We couldn't find it. The people who worked for the university didn't even know that it existed, let alone its location. For all I know, it's now the proud possession of a student there. 
 So poor Divergent was gone, and my father had to pay the fee to the library. Yet I still wanted to read that book, no matter how much it pained me. My classmate had read the entire trilogy, and said it was great. I was hyped. 
 And I was not disappointed. 
 Really, my only issue I ever had with this book was the romance. While some people love romance (ha, ha) I am not a huge fan about it in books, unless it's nice, subtle, and not an entire subplot all by itself. And besides, I felt like the romance was extremely sudden. While we knew for a long time that the character liked the main character, we have never seen the main character return that love until the other character confesses. I felt like it was pretty sloppy on Roth's part and that she could have done a much better job on it. 
 But other than that, though... 
 This book was absolutely wonderful. The action was well-placed and the last part of the book just drove me insane. At first I felt that the plot was too slow, because I was halfway through the book and the full thing hadn't been revealed yet. But I was proven wrong right quick. This sort of plot is the kind that takes a while to emerge. And it's good that it took so long, because boy oh boy was I surprised. 
 The characters were good too. I liked Christina and Will the most (and yes, I nearly cried at the end ;-;) but Tris was a good character in herself. She was resourceful, she was brave and selfless. I really liked Four too. He wasn't just there as a cheesy love interest, but he was a very dynamic character with good backstory. I felt like most of them were well-developed. Although I do wish we wouldn't get so many faction-born stereotypes. 
 The writing is great. The worldbuilding is solid and, since I'm from Chicago myself, I found it rather easy to picture the five factions, although I can see where other people might find it hard. There's also some really good laugh-out-loud moments, such as right before the knife throwing scene, and when Tris discovers hamburgers for the first time. Overall, it was a really good book and I think it lived up to the hype quite well. 
 And now I'm demanding Insurgent.