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  • Divergent, Book 1
  • By: Veronica Roth
  • Narrated by: Emma Galvin
  • Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (587 ratings)

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Divergent

By: Veronica Roth
Narrated by: Emma Galvin
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Publisher's Summary

She turns to the future in a world that’s falling apart.

The No. 1 New York Times bestseller DIVERGENT – a major motion picture in 2014.

For sixteen-year-old Tris, the world changes in a heartbeat when she is forced to make a terrible choice. Turning her back on her family, Tris ventures out, alone, determined to find out where she truly belongs.

Shocked by the brutality of her new life, Tris can trust no one. And yet she is drawn to a boy who seems to both threaten and protect her. The hardest choices may yet lie ahead….

The first book in the DIVERGENT series that has swept the globe – selling millions of copies world-wide.

©2012 Veronica Roth (P)2012 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Critic Reviews

"Though Galvin’s narration is concentrated on giving Tris the perfect voice, she never neglects the secondary characters. Poignant moments with Tris’s mother and Four, her leader and love, are subtly nuanced to let listeners hear the terror Tris often hides.... listeners will hold their breath waiting to see if she can survive the day." (AudioFile)

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Completely Addicted

What made the experience of listening to Divergent the most enjoyable?

The story line is interesting and despite comparisons to The Hunger Games, I think that it is different and something I haven't heard before. You get to know the characters layer by layer so it's keeping me intrigued.

What other book might you compare Divergent to, and why?

It would have to be The Hunger Games as it's aimed at the same audience level so easy to listen to and captures my interest even though I'm in my late 30's. It also has a similar theme being that there are young people making choices because of the system of how the world works...

What about Emma Galvin’s performance did you like?

Love Emma's narration. Her voice sounds the right age of the main character who is narrating the book, but she also has subtle changes in her voice for other characters so you hear the change but it's not ridiculous.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

More intriguing than the hunger games!!

Any additional comments?

I only bought this book on Monday and it's now Thursday and I've only got an hour to go. I find myself driving around and around to hear more. It did help I had a 7 hour work trip through the week but I have just purchased the second book before even finishing this one. This is the first audiobook I've ever had and I love it.

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Slow starting, but Great Character Development

What made the experience of listening to Divergent the most enjoyable?

This book takes a while to get started, but its all about character development. Only in the last quarter of the book does anything really happen. But its worth the wait and I'm thinking that the next book in the series will benefit from this prolonged character development.

What other book might you compare Divergent to, and why?

The hunger games, but the hunger games is better :).

Which scene did you most enjoy?

I have to admit that the scene where Tris admits that Four/Tobias was in her Fearscape was refreshingly innocent and kind of funny.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Not the way that the Hunger Games did but i still found this book kept my curiosity intrigued

Any additional comments?

This is a pretty good read. Its enjoyable, fairly original and I found it difficult to predict what was going to happen next, which is a good thing. I hate it when you can predict everything that is going to happen... I'm looking forward to reading "Insurgent" and "Allegiant".

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Beautifully read - riveting

I had already seen the film and bought the third book to see how it all ended, but I enjoyed Emma's reading so much, I bought this one to enjoy her rendition. The film actually constructs a more exciting ending than the book, but it otherwise sticks pretty close. A very enjoyable listening experience. Emma *is* Tris.

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Loved it

Divergent kept me on the edge of my seat & makes me think about my characteristics & those of others... I loved the Heroine of the story.

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pleasantly surprised

I didn’t really want to read this book because I’d already seen the movie but I had to for my book club and I’m so so please don’t answer. It’s phenomenal read - I loved it!

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Amazingggg

I loved it! There are murder and kissing scenes but it doesn’t go into too much detail for the gory bits and it mentions “you know what” but also does go into detail.

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Interesting and intelligent

This book and movie got such bad reviews but I love it. Love that the movie brought faces to the characters for me and love the detail in the book that the movie just can’t do. I love audible and that I can listen to get story telling while I’m folding the laundry 😂

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On to the second book!

the book entales much more of the butterfly like romance between Triss and 4, loved the book and the reader really took the role of Triss nicely!

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Great narrator

Emma does an excellent job with the narration, so enjoyable to listen to. The writing is descriptive and entertaining, and the story was pretty good. Gives a hunger games vibe, but not quite as good.

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amazing

it was wonderful i enjoyed the reader and the story line what a good book

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