Review: A Little Insight
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 6, 2014
I thought this was a decent telling of Four’s back-story from his point-of-view.  There were no big revelations or anything as most of what was in this book was already told in the series or at least alluded to.  Had there been just a bit more insight to his story I would have rated it higher.  It gave a clearer understanding of how he was treated in his home and why he chose Dauntless as his faction.  I especially liked reading what was going through his mind at the very moment of his “choosing” during the ceremony.  Even though I already knew what the outcome would be there was still a hint of anticipation the way it was written.  Reading about his first time facing his fears in the simulation was interesting; consequently earning him the name of “Four.”Some quotes I liked:Four had an internal struggle deducting which faction he should join: “In Amity I would find the kind of acceptance I’ve craved my entire life…I see only whole, healed people, capable of cheering one another, capable of supporting one another.  They are too perfect, too kind, for someone like to to be driven into their arms by rage and fear.”“I am not the perfect Abnegation child, doomed to be swallowed whole by the system and dissolved into obscurity.  Instead, I am the first Abnegation-Dauntless transfer in more than a decade.”“I am afraid of what I will be asked to do in Dauntless, of what I will want to do.  Afraid of some kind of hidden violence inside of me, wrought by my father and by the years of silence my faction forced on me.”“You’re the one who has to live with your choice.  Everyone else will get over it, move on, no matter what you decide.  But you never will.”  (I don’t know why I felt cheesy but I like how applicable this is to anyone and their choices in life.)