Book Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth

Nathan Patrick Brown
3 min readDec 6, 2021

Veronica Roth’s Divergent presents to the reader a dystopian society that requires an unreasonable suspension of disbelief. The entire premise is bonkers.

Each individual is sorted into one of five different factions based on personality types — smart but evil, kind but boring, brave but reckless, selfless but insufferable, and honest but rude.

If you do not fit into one of those categories — then too bad! You are now homeless, and you will have to work as janitors or train drivers for scraps.

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Nathan Patrick Brown

Peace enthusiast, musical theatre junkie, globetrotter, and chihuahua dad from Wollongong, Australia. Host of Breaking Down Bad Books podcast. He/him.