Divergent

I completed Divergent for a YA challenge, and it was a fairly entertaining read, more than I expected. No wonder teenage girls resonated with this highschool drama, teenage angst, etc transposed to a world where everyone has to choose at sixteen a "Faction" for life, since the author was barely out of highschool herself, around 21 when she was writing it. Also explains all the very dodgy premises of this very simplistic and improbable dystopic novel, which stretched suspension of disbelief to the limits. But it did have a very appealing heroine, a great role model for teens. The book was smoothly written and very fast pace and helped to gloss over the improbabillities. I wont be reading more though. Once the tight focus of the first book is dissipated in an on-the-run scenario I doubt I could stand all the gaping holes in the story.The end scenes reminded me of a Dr Who episode, everyone running down endless corridors having narrow escapes, and someone stays behind, sacrificing themselves for the sake of the rest But I do see why teens loved it so much. And I certainly liked the heroine a lot more than the famous Katniss!