Team Candor UK Review: Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Insurgent by Veronica Roth (review copy) - WARNING! I cannot review this book without spoiling the others in the series. Read no further if you're planning on reading this series and don't want it spoiled for you.

Fighting for survival in a shattered world… the truth is her only hope.

I have done bad things. I can’t take them back, and they are part of who I am.

Tris has survived a brutal attack on her former home and family. But she has paid a terrible price. Wracked by grief and guilt, she becomes ever more reckless as she struggles to accept her new future.

Yet if Tris wants to uncover the truth about her world, she must be stronger than ever… because more shocking choices and sacrifices lie ahead. From Amazon UK

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Team Candor UK: The Dystopian Society in the Divergent Series

As part of Team Candor UK's attempt to wow you with reviews of Insurgent by Veronica Roth and other cool posts, today I'm going to talk to you about my thoughts on the dystopian society in the series. Don't worry; so as not to spoil things for anyone, I'm going to discuss it without thinking of Insurgent (I'm not far into the book as I write this, only a few chapters, so no problem there), and without talking about the events of Divergent. Just the society in general will be discussed.

When reading Divergent, I thought of it as a dystopia within a dystopia. To explain what I mean,  let's take a closer look at what is meant by the term "dystopia". The following comes from Wikipedia's article on Dystopia.

A dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian... People are alienated and individualism is restricted by the government.

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Insurgent Release Week & Team Candor UK Schedule

Happy Insurgent Release Day! And Happy Insurgent Week! Team Candor UK have been busy getting Insurgent reviewed and writing other exciting posts for your reading pleasure!







Here is a schedule of what you can read when (after the jump):

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