Divergent

This is one of our favourite books, so we'll start talking about it.

This book tells the story of Beatrice Prior, who lives in a society distorted by the various factions: the Abnegation ( the selfless ones), the Erudite (the intelligent ones), the Amity (the peaceful ones), the Dauntless (those who are brave), and the Candor (who value honesty). In the Ceremony of Choice, which all sixteen year's old have to choose the faction they want to belong for the rest of their lives, Beatrice has three options: the Erudite, the Dauntless, or her actual faction, Abnegation. She ends up renouncing to her family, by selecting the Dauntless, unlike her brother, Caleb, who chose the Erudite, the enemy faction of Abnegation.
Beatrice changes her name to Tris, 'cause she wants to start a whole new life. During her initiation, she meets Christina, Will and Al, who will become her best friends, in fact, the only friends she's ever had. Peter, another initiate, soon starts to hate Tris.

Four, her instructor, a tall, blue-eyed, eighteen boy begins to pay special attention to Tris.

However, Peter, Al and others who dislike Tris start attacking her, trying to throw her from a huge height. When she was about to fall, Four helps her, and Al, who is deeply sorry about what he has done, asks Tris to forgive him. She didn't. He couldn't live with the guilt, so he killed himself.

Four and Tris end up falling in love, while a deep change in the society they live is happening.

The Erudite created a serum that can control the population, except the Divergent (those who have an aptitude for more than one faction, as Tris and Four)

Against his will, and in self-defence, Tris kills Will, while he was under the influence of the simulation, and she started to feel very bad about herself.

A novel not to be missed, highly recommended!

 

C.R.