Rating: 2/5
I was really iffy about reading Insurgent because I heard that it wasn’t as good as the first, and they were all right. I can’t even give this 3 stars. I am really disappointed because Divergent was so good! I mean it wasn't the most amazing book I’ve ever read but it was enough to keep me interested and not bored, but Insurgent was my own personal definition of BOREDOM.
There was not much of a plot and it got quite messy; it picks up directly from the ending of the last book, where everyone is on the train to Amity after realising that Dauntless are under the stimulation. There was action but I don’t know, even the action was confusing to say the least. There was lots of talking, rather than doing and it felt like no one really done much, apart from talking about their plans, conspiracy theories and eavesdropping. Everyone kept running in circles and ending up back where they started. The pacing wasn’t very good. It dragged on and on and I was really bored.
Tris. Oh. Dear. She went from a strong and brave character, to weak and vulnerable. She cried a lot. I can emphasise with her because she is going through a lot. She just lost her parents and killed one of her friends Will, so I think she was bound to be weaker in this book. She feels really guilty about killing Will and not thinking ‘oh yeah he’s my friend, I better not kill him.’ She did what she had to do because Will was under the stimulation and is going to kill her anyway. I don’t mean to sound unsympathetic or anything, but it was a drag to read her inner thoughts on her guilt and moping.
Tris and Four had quite a few arguments and I was like, please SHUT UP.
By the end of the book, I realised that I didn’t care about Tris and Four anymore. I liked the relationship between them in Divergent because it flowed really well but in Insurgent, they became kind of frustrating. They never told each other anything and didn’t seem like they trust each other. Tris just really needed to stop making promises that she can’t keep and she did it countless of times, promised something to Four and then lie about it later. To sum it up what happened was: they talk, then the fight and then makeup. She should have really told Four about Will, rather than talking about it under the truth serum for everyone to hear. He would have understood because he loves her, but she just thought he wouldn’t and leave her if he knew the truth. Have faith Tris!
Tris became really reckless, to the point where she did not care about her life and she was willing to die, so that she could be with her parents. She didn’t even think about Four and its not fair on him. She kept doing it constantly throughout the book, up until the last quarter when she was about to be executed that she realised she did not want to die.
There are about 100 new characters, who were underdeveloped and I really didn’t really care about them. Roth kept dropping new characters into the story, but they didn’t really had any significance to the plot, they’re just minor character that no one cares about. I forget all their names already. I even forgot who Al was when Tris started to reflect on his death.
The villains of this story are killed WAY too easily. Jeanine for instance has got something on the computer that everyone needs and only Jeanine can access them. I expected more conflict before they are killed. There’s no conflict and now they’re dead and now they’re not a significant part of the story anymore.
Another thing I need to point out: Why is this happening in only Chicago? Why isn’t this happening in another state or country? It seems like they separated from society and from the rest of the world, because if a law is applied to one state, shouldn’t it apply elsewhere too? I thought that it was good it was finally explained how these factions began to happen though and it really had to be told right at the end of the book? I mean really. This is something that should have been explained at the beginning, but then I guess that would spoil everything when you find out who started it.
Here’s the twist: CALEB IS A TRATIOR. I thought that was a bit random. Characters you thought is good aren’t. I didn’t get why Roth made Caleb betray Tris. I suppose that was mean to be a shocking twist? It wasn’t. I was really not amused.
I forced myself to finish this and every page was a drag; it was too long! I know I didn’t have to finish this but it felt like I had to finish this because I enjoyed the first. I mean the story had potential to begin with! The concept is very interesting. The first book caught my attention from the first few chapters and I was really getting into the story, there was action and excitement especially with the fear landscapes, and I couldn’t put it down. I liked Tris because she was strong and brave, and I still think she is but she just annoyed me in Insurgent.
I should have gone with my instincts and stopped reading because Insurgent was really bad. I kept having a debate with myself on whether should I or shouldn’t I stop reading? I reached chapter 7 and was really not impressed with the story. I decided to stop at that point and read something else before going back to it. Insurgent did not live up to the hype. It did leave a cliffhanger, but isn’t drawing me into wanting to read Allegiant, nor do I care what happens. I don’t know...maybe Veronica Roth is saving the best scenes for the last book and maybe that's why the second book isn’t any good. It feels like middle books are always the worst.
I can say AU REVOIR to the Divergent series.
Let me know in the comments on your thoughts about this book.
http://www.amazon.com/Insurgent-Divergent-Veronica-Roth/dp/0062024043/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417280056&sr=8-1&keywords=insurgent
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