Review- Divergent

 

The city is falling apart, it has divided it's self into five factions, each with their own views on how to achieve peace. Abnegation, our main character's birth faction, believed that you can only achieve peace through selflessness. Amity believed peace is achieved through fun and love, Candor believe that the truth will set you free, Erudite follow the thought that knowledge is power, and Dauntless believe in bravery wholeheartedly. 

At 16 every member of the community goes through a simulation test that points them in the direction of the faction that's the best fit for them. Beatrice defies the odds during her simulation test achieving things that no one should be able to. The instructor tells her not to tell anyone about the test, otherwise her life could be in danger. The test reveals that she might be Divergent meaning that she can control simulations, it means that she can achieve a type of free will that others in simulations can not, it also means that there are those in the world who wish to eliminate her.

At the choosing ceremony which is where each teen chooses the faction that they will reside in for the rest of their lives, Beatrice chooses Dauntless and is forced to turn away from her parents and brother. During Dauntless initiation Beatrice, now called Tris experiments with new foods, makes friends, experiences romance with a boy who may in fact be Divergent as well, all while attempting to discover what it means to be Divergent and why those who are, tend to die. She's works through all of this while fighting to survive the grueling Dauntless initiation.

Along the way Tris discovers a plot to force all of the Dauntless into a simulation allowing the Erudite faction to control all of their actions. Because Tris is Divergent the simulation wont work on her. What's a girl to do.