Review of Divergent (2014) by Ty Burr for Boston Globe — 20 Mar 2014
Divergent is almost good enough to make you forget what a cynical exercise it is on every possible level. The original 2011 young adult novel by Veronica Roth — reasonably engrossing, thoroughly disposable — reads exactly like what it is: an ambitious young author’s attempt to re-write “The Hunger Games” without bringing the lawyers down on her head.
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This review of Divergent (2014) was written by Ty Burr and published by Boston Globe on 20 Mar 2014.
Divergent has generally received positive reviews.
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