Divergent

Content Ratings

Moderate Romance

Tris and her instructor Four develop a romantic relationship involving kissing, emotional vulnerability, and physical closeness; the romance is prominent and sustained throughout the second half of the novel.

Moderate Themes

The novel explores identity crisis within a coercive social system, fear of failure, violence as a cultural value, betrayal, and the moral cost of conformity versus individuality.

Moderate Violence

Dauntless initiation involves brutal physical combat, simulated fear scenarios, and characters being seriously injured or killed; a climactic violent sequence involves characters being shot and killed.

Synopsis

In a future Chicago divided into five factions based on virtues, sixteen-year-old Tris Prior must choose a new faction and discover where she truly belongs, while uncovering a terrifying conspiracy that threatens to destroy her world. As she trains with the courageous Dauntless and navigates a growing attraction to her enigmatic instructor, she learns the cost of courage and identity. A high-energy dystopian novel with strong action sequences and romantic tension.