I really enjoy dystopic fiction and this book didn’t disappoint. The people of this world are shunted into five different factions that revolve around five different virtues- Dauntless, Candor, Erudite, Abnegation, and Amity- based on how their ancestors regarded war and how it should be negated.
While this might have started out as a somewhat noble ideal, by the time we join the story, it has morphed into something rather ignoble…. Inculcating behaviours associated with one virtue over any others seems a recipe for disaster and discrimination, and that is exactly what has happened.
I do find it really hard to believe, given the givens of human behaviour and personality, that there are not more people out there who would be considered ‘Divergent’, that is, displaying traits and beliefs of more than one of the five virtues (and a whole host of other virtues too…).
However, all in all, this was a wonderful read. The story is engaging and I am looking forward to reading the next in the series.
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