I decided I should probably read this book before the movie came out. I will definitely be reading the rest of the series and watching the movies. It was pretty good all around and I enjoyed it, but it does not earn a spot on the top shelf of my home library. That being said, I will start with what I liked. The story is very interesting and moves quickly, especially toward the end. I kept reading, wanting to know what was going to happen. Still do actually, as I have yet to get Insurgent and am still very intrigued by the story. I also liked the characters I was supposed to and hated the ones I was supposed to and I felt like they all were believable for their situations. I also have to praise Roth for the writing. First-person present is extremely hard to write, for me at least, but when it is done well, it really adds to the story as it does here.

On that note I will jump to what I wasn’t impressed with. I guess not impressed may not be the right statement for this first comment, or any of them really. They are more preferences. First up: The writing style was different. I’m not exactly sure what about it was different, but I felt like it was very far from most books I read. That alone isn’t bad, but I didn’t feel as engrossed by the story because of how it was written. There were times when I wasn’t exactly sure what was going on or had to think about something because of the way it was written before continuing. There were parts, however, that I was really impressed with the writing. Next up. As I said before, the story moved especially fast toward the end. Almost too fast I feel like. Again, this is more of a personal preference than a real critique. The action at the end moved so fast I almost couldn’t keep up with everything that was happening. And last up. The detail. I’m a fan of detail, in my current big project I make it a priority, but I’m picky about where the detail is. In this book I feel like it got too detailed in the wrong places and there wasn’t enough detail where I would really have liked to see some. Again, this is a personal preference and it by no means makes the book bad.

I recommend the book to readers, mainly young adults. Not recommended for the youngsters. I enjoyed the book. It may not have reached top ten for me, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. So please, read it. Support my future competition…I mean colleagues.