Fans of the Divergent trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by Four: A Divergent Collection, a companion volume that includes four pre-Divergent stories plus three additional scenes from Divergent, all told from Tobias’s point of view. This collection also makes a great pick for fans of the blockbuster movies who want to delve deeper into the character … who want to delve deeper into the character played by Theo James.
Readers first encountered Tobias as “Four” in Divergent. His voice is an integral part of Allegiant. Readers will find more of this charismatic character’s backstory told from his own perspective in Four: A Divergent Collection. When read together, these long narrative pieces illuminate the defining moments in Tobias’s life. The first three pieces in this volume—“The Transfer,” “The Initiate,” and “The Son”—follow Tobias’s transfer from Abnegation to Dauntless, his Dauntless initiation, and the first clues that a foul plan is brewing in the leadership of two factions. The fourth story, “The Traitor,” runs parallel with the events of Divergent, giving readers a glimpse into the decisions of loyalty—and love—that Tobias makes in the weeks after he meets Tris Prior.
Also includes three additional scenes from Divergent, told from Tobias’s point of view!
And don’t miss The Fates Divide, Veronica Roth’s powerful sequel to the bestselling Carve the Mark!
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These four novellas are wonderfully told from Four’s POV. I would love to see how he feels going into the rest of the series. The novellas show the changing among the factions and the origin story of Four. I enjoyed reading these novellas and seeing the Divergent series from another POV.
This wonderful novella goes perfectly with the amazing Divergent! Four being my all-time favorite character, this book is even better. Packed with a fateful and unpredictable history, you won’t be able to stop reading!
This collection of stories helped flesh out the complex character, Four, from the Divergent Series.
I started the series with the story about Four. I wanted to dig into who he is and where he came from before jumping into Divergent. Having had seen the movies first, I am set on building my characters from this series without that in mind. So far Roth does not disappoint and getting inside the head of Four has made me understand him so much more. I am looking forward to reading Divergent next.
Could have been better
I lovedto see it from Fours perspective of things
This book is a inspiration.
A collection of short stories from Four’s perspective, starting at his choosing day, and go into Tris’s initiation.
I liked the stories that take place before the beginning of Divergent. I liked getting a little bit of background on Four, and delving a little bit deeper into his character. It was interesting to see how things evolved, or rather devolved, before a full fledged conflict between the factions in Divergent.
I fell in love with the series from Four. And I love that Tobias was originally the hero of the series, until the author realized he wasn’t. His character, his story, his history . . . just grabbed me. Always a fan of that character, probably the most.
A great book for Divergent fans who want more. Four is a collection of four novelettes and some alternate points of view for Divergent. Three of the novelettes are prequels to Divergent and one is concurrent. All our written from Four’s point of view. The material gives additional insight into Four and the storyline.
Good one for fans of Veronica Roth’s Divergent series, as it gives you a deeper look into Four.
It was sooo great to be able to see things through Four’s eyes!
Original review: https://myshelfbooks.wordpress.com/2019/02/09/four-a-divergent-collection-veronica-roth/
I think I have made it pretty clear with my previous reviews of the last two books of the Divergent saga that those books are not among my favourite. Not by a really long shot. Like so long you can’t see the end of it. I bought a book box with the four books of the saga, so I kind of trapped myself there. Once bought, my obligation as a reader (and as a guy who doesn’t like to waste money) was to read them. Even the last one, which is actually a prequel from the point of view of Tobias, a.k.a Four. I’m going to keep this review short and simple, because I have little to say about the book.
This book is a collection of short stories following the character Tobias. From his final days in the Abnegation faction to a retelling of the book Divergent. Followed by some delete scenes of the first book to delight the faithful readers and to remind the ones like me why this saga is not for us.
The best part of the book is that most of it is free of that horrendous character called Tris. Yes, it’s no secret that I don’t like her at all. My dislike towards Four is not so strong (even though by the end of Allegiant I was ready to set him on fire…), so I knew I was going to be able to stomach the first short stories: The Trannsfer, The Initiate and The Son. My standars for this book were so low, that those first stories came as a surpise. I liked them. I liked to get to witness from the point of view of Tobias the action that we were merely told in previous books.
They are intesresting, fast paced, linking beautifully with the plot of the saga and with characters more enjoyable than I was expecting. Were was that Zeke or Shauna when we needed them the most? I can’t actually remember. I know they are present in the other books at some point, but I can’t remember their role in the story. Possibly, interpolating the fate of good characters in the hands of this author, their role was just to be killed leaving them totally underdeveloped. But the past is the past, I will focus on this book which is actually the past of the characters… Man, prequels… They always mess my internal timeline!
Before getting totally derailed, what I wanted to say is that the first three stories are good. Really good. No buts. But the fourth (The Traitor) and those deleted scenes… Someone wants to make an educated guess who is in those stories? Yeah, Tris. I’m not going to be too cruel with that character, because she is not the only reason why I didn’t like them. I didn’t like those stories because they were mostly a retelling of the Divergent book. I’m not fan of reading a book more than once and it would be out of the question for a book I didn’t enjoy. So, being “forced” to re-read some parts of it was hard. And I can only say that I’m glad it is over.
So, the book as a whole is just ok. Although, if I’m being honest, I think is the book of the saga I have enjoyed the most.
I loved we were getting to see fours perspective of the story.
How could I not love anything that tells me what FOUR was thinking throughout this whole story??? The different perspective, and learning what his transfer was like was very enlightening and I devoured it! I think I would read an entire rewritten version of the series told exclusively from Four’s point of view. Well done and thank you Ms. Roth!
Really good series! Loved it!!!
Loved to see things from a different prespective.
This was a great read after the Divergent series. It lets you see a few scenes through Four’s eyes instead of Tris.