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Title: Insurgent
Author: Veronica Roth
Published: May 1, 2012 by Katherine Tegen Books
Genre: Young Adult, Dystopia
*This is the second book of the series (Divergent is the first), but this review is spoiler free for both books.
I read a lot. I read very fast. Therefore unless it is an exceptional book, the character’s names and the plots don’t always stick with me or they sometimes take a while to come back to mind. I read the first book in this series, Divergent, back in January. It took me less than two days and I rated it a four. (Thank you goodreads.com for being an awesome website and letting me track my books so I don’t reread them, lol.) I’ve also read a few dystopian books this year and wasn’t sure which series this belonged to until a few pages in.
So this is what I thought of the book; I thought it was a bit boring for the first eighty pages. Then, it definitely picked up and I got into the story, but near the end I just wanted the book to end already. I found myself getting annoyed with Tris and Tobias. Tris kept making the same mistakes over and over again; her character just frustrated me. I really didn’t feel like there was any personal growth or even growth within their relationship.
Although the story itself is good and well written, I just didn’t feel that emotional connection with the characters. Because of that, I’m going to stop reading the series with this book. It is a decent book, and if you read it I hope you enjoy it more than I did.
My Rating: 3 ½ out of 5 stars
Happy reading!
~Pam
I was afraid of this. The first book I thought was good, but could have used more work. But you put my suspicions out on the table… we shall see if it’ll put me into a rage like my more recent books that I have read.
Maybe you’ll like it better than me. 🙂 And I agree that the first book was good, but could have used an extra something or other.
That the first 80 pages are boring does worry me, I am horrid at giving up sometimes. But then again I have not even read book 1 so I can’t say anything 😉
lol, book one was pretty good, but out of all the dystopian books I have read, The Hunger Games is the best so far.
Insurgent is sitting on my bookshelf waiting to be read. But for some reason I’m reluctant to start reading it. I guess it might be because sequels often don’t live up to the first installment, or that I’m just over reading series. I’ll still give it a go, eventually. Also I need to start using goodreads to track my reading, I’m hopeless at remember books I’ve read too.
I hear you on the sequels not always being as good as the first books. Sometimes I think authors should leave certain books as stand-alones. You should definitely try goodreads; before I used it I would reread certain books thinking that they seemed familiar. lol.
I liked it but not as much as Divergent; it took me a while to remember how the first book ended. By the end though, I was back on board – I’m looking forward to the next book, but that’s because I love the trope that this one ended on.
Yeah, I just wasn’t feeling this book as much as Divergent. Tris was totally getting on my nerves too, lol.