Veronica Roth's debut novel is fluid and engaging. The plot moved swiftly and effortlessly through each climactic moment. I read this book because I heard that it was better than Hunger Games, and although I can praise Roth for her story-telling abilities, I did not find its themes as personally relevant as the themes in Hunger Games. I was also slightly annoyed at the use of commas before subordinating conjunctions in the middle of sentences (maybe grammar is changing again?); however, as I entered the storyline, I no longer read them as disjointed parts of the sentence and simply enjoyed the plot.
By the way, Veronica Roth is only 23 years old! I'm hoping that some of my promising creative writing students are published by that age!
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