Should I, umm really should I...?

You know when you hear 'This was a great book' or 'Read this book and be amazed' and then you have a long hard think about whether you should really read the book, that was how I felt when picking up Divergent.

So I picked Divergent up because it was on offer, after being bombarded with praise of how amazing the book was. I found the that I was eased into the world and mind set of Beatrice, which made me apprehensive of  what would be in store for me. Now after reading the book I'm happy that Roth spends so much time easing you into the story and explaining her world, in a way that is easy to understand as well as fits in with the plot line. Some authors go off on random tangents that explain the world but take you away from the actual plot line. Yes, a new world needs a good explanation that allows you to understand it. The reader doesn't want to read a fact file on it though.

Divergent is set in the future were world splits people into five factions, people may choose a faction at 16 based on a test that tells them which faction suits them best and on the faction they feel most fits their personality. In this futuristic society's they have a saying 'faction before family', they are brought up to believe that the factions will stop the more extreme negative aspects of human nature.

We follow the story of Beatrice  in the first person as she chooses her faction and what it is like for her to train to pass the initiation test to join the faction she chooses.Beatrice is to me a well written character thinking about both herself and what it means to be true to herself and were that will take her in life. Like all teenagers she's trying to get by in life and find her place in society. This is emphasised by her choosing a faction and her transition to become not just an initiate but a member. I enjoy and respect Roth's writing because she has balance; Beatrice does not spend ten pages whining, or dreaming about Four's eyes, or even bigging herself up. Instead we get someone who is getting to grips with the adult world the way all teens have to, which helps you relate to the character.

Of course I need my action and whether that's learning to fire a gun or jumping on and off of trains, Divergent has it. I think that's why this is a very diverse book even though it is told from a girls perspective it is more about the dare devil stunts. Which leads me into the descriptions that leave your heart racing and your brain begging for more.

But for all you romantics out there Roth writes a good love story, not to much mush (that you're reaching for a bucket) and not so awkward (that you are wondering why it's even there); just the right amount. I love Four he an actual guy, not the dream boy with no imperfections, a believable, complex, annoying, loveable human being. Beatrice and Four have a complex and evolving relationship that helps give substance to their character it goes some where but it forms gradually and naturally.

This leads to other characters, without giving to much away I'll add this; Roth writes strong well balanced and understandable characters. They act true to there nature making you both think and realise that everyone has more than one side to there personality. All the character show multiple sides of their give personality through out the book allowing them to become more tan 1 dimensional bores.

I would say that they're all pros; cons? Cons, cons, cons (thinks very hard). Really there are non other than having to wait for the next book.