Published- 8th July 2014
Publisher- Harper Collins
Pages- 285 pages (paperback)
How did Four come to pick Dauntless in the Choosing Ceremony? Why did he choose to leave Abnegation? Will his life be any different once he gets to Dauntless and will he make any friends when he gets there? This novel is all about Four and his life before he met Tris Prior and the events in Divergent.
Four is my favourite character in the Divergent series so it was good to read about his life before he met Tris. I liked finding out why he wanted to leave Dauntless and why he chose not to become a Dauntless leader after Max stepped down. New characters were introduced in this novel such as Amar. We also learnt why Eric dislikes Four so much, which in my opinion is just because Four comes from Abnegation and Eric hates anyway from that faction. The events of this novel end just before the new initiates take their final initiation tests to see who comes top from Tris's group of transfers. However, there are 3 short scenes at the end of this novel which fit into different parts of the short stories. This 3 scenes are all about Tris- the first jumper, tour around the Dauntless living quarters and when Four gets drunk.
This was a really quick read as it's only 285 pages long. The writing flows really well so there aren't any difficult words to pronounce. Tris is only featured within the last short story in this novel and the 3 short scenes at the end of the novel. It also surprised me to find out that Four already knew his mother was still alive and didn't find out in Insurgent like I originally thought he did. Four is a person who likes spending a lot of time by himself rather than with his fellow Dauntless.
Overall, this was a really good novel and I gave it 5/5 stars. I loved reading about my favourite character in the Divergent series. I finished this book really quickly within 3 days. I can't wait to find out what happens in the last book of this series when I eventually read Allegiant. It's just a shame that the last film in the series has been split into 2 with the first being called Allegiant and the 2nd being called Ascendant. Definitely give this novel a read if you love the Divergent series and if you love Four. Or if you just love any books by Veronica Roth.
Rating 5/5
