My mother said people feared the Divergent because we couldn’t be controlled. That may be true, but fear of the uncontrollable is not a concrete enough reason to give Jack Kang for the Erudite wanting us dead. My heart races as I realize that I can’t answer his question.
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So! At some point, we have switched into a very similar sounding alternate Insurgent written in an alternate universe. (more…)
A flash of light catches my eye—lightning.
YA writing, everyone! (more…)
Last time, Tris was captured but still has a knife! Stabbings are imminent. (more…)
Last time, Erudite-siding Dauntless attack with their idiotproofed guns. (more…)
Last time, Tris’ angst and suicidal tendencies seem to be getting endorsed. This chapter, we finally get someone directly saying the angst is bullshit. Lynn the minor character I don’t remember is here to say Tris needs to stop avoiding their group. (more…)
Last time Candor proves they’re surprisingly untrustworthy and going to hammer their faction’s values down everyone else’s throat if they get half a chance, but no one cares and Tris keeps going on about unburdening yourself in an unqualified good. (more…)
Last time, they’re arrested!
No matter how many times I ask why we are under arrest, no one says anything
FUCK THIS FUCKING SHIT BOOK (more…)
Last time, factionless everywhere! (more…)
I walk from tie to tie, Tobias balances on the rail, wobbling only occasionally, and Caleb and Susan shuffle behind us. I twitch at every unidentified noise, tensing until I realize it is just the wind, or the squeak of Tobias’s shoes on the rail. I wish we could keep running, but it’s a feat that my legs are even moving at this point.
Nothing contradictory in this passage, no sir. (more…)
Last time, giggling and ominous chatter. (more…)
Last time, Tris has a nightmare and doesn’t have a sex. (more…)
Last time, they resolve to return to the city soon.
Today, Tris continues stalking Marcus for info. Marcus, proving even evil people can serve the cause of good, heads off to check out the water filtration! (more…)
Last time, while Tris grudgingly recognizes the tactical value of information, she wants to do the minimum learning possible.
Today, blessed Caleb will tell us about biotech. (more…)
Last time, cult of the cheese god. (more…)
Last time, they reached Amity. Come to think of it, Candor was probably the better bet. They’d care a lot about the truth of what happened and they’re capable of defending themselves.
Today we find out that, while it calmed her down and knocked her out, it failed to live up to the no nightmare part and she dreamed of yesterday. (more…)