I finished listening to "Insurgent" last week. For a few days, for a few hours at a time, you could find me hunkered down on my couch with ear buds in my head while working on a crocheting project, occasionally interrupted by children and housework. It was a very happy time, though, when I could live in this semi-hypnotic state, engulfed by fabulous story-telling and "double crochet, double crochet, double crochet, chain chain, repeat." Bliss, indeed.
The saga continues for Tris and Four, along with Marcus, Peter, and Caleb, as they arrive in the peaceful headquarters of the Amity faction following the Dauntless attack on Abnegation, courtesy of an Erudite simulation. But you know a couple of Dauntless won't last long in the peaceful banjo-strummin', hand-holding atmosphere of the Amity farm life. Especially after Tris learns Marcus knows the secret behind the Erudite attack on Abnegation. She'll risk almost anything, even her relationship with Four, to find out the truth behind her parents' deaths, .
Throughout "Insurgent," Tris is tortured by memories of some of her actions during the Erudite attack on Abnegation. She can't forgive herself for the act of self-defense, and she's ashamed to confess to those closest to her, especially Four. When he does find out, he is injured by the fact she wouldn't trust him enough to tell him herself. In fact, the majority of this story is Tris being reckless and bristly because of the conflicting emotions she's bottling up inside. She feels her life is only worth something if she sacrifices herself for the greater good, like those who sacrificed their lives for her survival.
I loved this follow-up to "Divergent," but I hated how Tris treated Four throughout the book. But that's a Dauntless romance for you, I guess. I kept wishing they'd just kiss and make-up and she'd stop picking fights. By the end she got all her ducks in a row.
(I listened to this one on audio book, and I have to say, the narrator did a FANTASTIC job when Tris is given the Amity peace serum. It was probably funny in print, but it was over-the-top hilarious hearing the narrator's ditzy voice inflections when Tris is under the influence. The. Best.)
The set-up for "Allegiant" has left me WAY too excited for its release. I know I should have waited to start this series, but what can you do?! Oh, re-read the books, I guess!
oh man, now I might have to listen to it!
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