Veronica Roth

REVIEW 2:  Insurgent by Veronica Roth

REVIEW 2: Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Note to readers: The following review of Insurgent contains major spoilers for Divergent, the prequel to the book, and more minor spoilers for Insurgent itself. Dear Ms. Roth, Many readers have fallen in love with your Divergent series. This YA series is set in a dystopian society divided into five factions by personality: Abnegation, Amity,(…)

What Janine is Reading: June 2012

What Janine is Reading: June 2012

My June reading was a mixture of the good and the disappointing. Here’s what I read: A Gentleman Undone by Cecilia Grant I loved Grant’s debut, A Lady Awakened. This is the follow up, about the brother of the heroine from the earlier book, an officer in the Napoleonic Wars who sold his commission and(…)

REVIEW:  Insurgent by Veronica Roth

REVIEW: Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Dear Ms. Roth, I read and enjoyed your debut novel, Divergent, when it first came out. In a post-Hunger Games literary landscape where there are many followers but few contenders, I found that I enjoyed it a great deal. It was one of the better dystopian YAs to come out in recent years, and I’ve(…)

REVIEW: Divergent by Veronica Roth

REVIEW: Divergent by Veronica Roth

Dear Ms. Roth, There’s been a lot of buzz about your debut novel. My interest was piqued when I heard the premise — a future where people are sorted into factions based on personal ideology — but could it live up to the hype? After all, it’s a dystopian YA and there are a lot(…)