Veronica Roth
Author of Divergent
About the Author
Veronica Roth was born on August 19, 1988 in New York. She graduated from Northwestern University's creative writing program. She is a full-time author whose books include Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant. Divergent was adapted into a movie in 2014. In 2015 Insurgent made The New York Time Best show more Seller List. She also wrote four short stories from Divergent's character, Tobias Eaton's point of view. That book, entitled Four: A Divergent Collection, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2014. She wrote Carve the Mark which made the bestseller list in February 2017. The Fates Divided, which is the sequel to Carve the Mark, was publised April 2018. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Veronica Roth
Untitled (The Chosen Ones, #2) 9 copies
Ark: Forward collection 8 copies
Untitled (Untitled Duology, #1) 5 copies
Divergent Anniversary 4-Book Box Set: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, Four (Divergent Series) (2021) 5 copies
Hearken 4 copies
By Roth, Veronica ( Author ) [ { Allegiant (Divergent Trilogy) - Street Smart } ]Oct-2013 Hardcover 3 copies
DIVERCENT VERONICA ROTH 3 copies
BESNIKJA V.II 1 copy
KRYENGRITESJA V.I 1 copy
KATRA 1 copy
DIVERGJENTJA V.III 1 copy
Four en Divergent-samling 1 copy
L'Insurrection: Divergente 2 1 copy
Allégeance: Divergente 3 1 copy
Garota-Propaganda. A busca por uma garota desaparecida e os segredos sombrios revelados pelo caminho (Em Portugues do… (2019) 1 copy
Inertia [novelette] — Author — 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Roth, Veronica Anne
- Birthdate
- 1988-08-19
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Barrington, Illinois, USA - Education
- Northwestern University (BA|2010|Creative Writing)
Barrington High School
Carleton College - Occupations
- author
- Relationships
- Fitch, Nelson (husband)
- Agent
- Joanna Stampfel-Volpe of Nancy Coffey Literary
- Short biography
- Veronica Anne Roth (born August 19, 1988) is an American novelist and short story writer, known for her debut New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy, consisting of Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant; and Four: A Divergent Collection.
Veronica Roth was born on August 19, 1988 in New York City, and was raised primarily in Barrington, Illinois. Her mother, Barbara Ross, is a painter who resides in Barrington. She is the youngest of three children. Her parents divorced when she was five years old, and her mother has since remarried to Frank Ross, a financial consultant for landscaping companies. Her brother and sister live in the Chicago area.
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A very interesting retelling of Antigone with Handmaid's Tale vibes.
Set way into the future, the earth is nearly uninhabitable by what I assume was nuclear warfare. Instead of people having kids the good ol' fashioned way, everybody is genetically engineered from the "ichor" (aka genes) of people who have already lived, and then are artificially inseminated. The idea is to keep the best of humanity's genes and keep genetic diversity. But a catch: all women have to carry a child by law.
Everybody gets their "ichor" collected when they die - it's seen as a right, a way of people being reborn. But when Antigone's brother is killed after betraying their uncle, his ichor is forbidden from being collected. And if you've read Antigone you can probably guess what ensues. (Hint: Greek tragedy.)
I love a good reimagining of classic lit, but for the length I felt this book tried to do too much. I was really invested in the world, but everything just happens so fast. It's a book that would've been worth exploring for more pages.
(Side note - I was amazed at how much I could remember about Antigone despite having read it close to 20 years ago now… (more)
Set way into the future, the earth is nearly uninhabitable by what I assume was nuclear warfare. Instead of people having kids the good ol' fashioned way, everybody is genetically engineered from the "ichor" (aka genes) of people who have already lived, and then are artificially inseminated. The idea is to keep the best of humanity's genes and keep genetic diversity. But a catch: all women have to carry a child by law.
Everybody gets their "ichor" collected when they die - it's seen as a right, a way of people being reborn. But when Antigone's brother is killed after betraying their uncle, his ichor is forbidden from being collected. And if you've read Antigone you can probably guess what ensues. (Hint: Greek tragedy.)
I love a good reimagining of classic lit, but for the length I felt this book tried to do too much. I was really invested in the world, but everything just happens so fast. It's a book that would've been worth exploring for more pages.
(Side note - I was amazed at how much I could remember about Antigone despite having read it close to 20 years ago now… (more)
I've been putting off reading this one, though now I kind of wish that I had waited a few more months. This book wasn't the least bit of what I expected it to be.I wasn't hooked like I was with Divergent and I actually started reading another book halfway through this one. I'm waiting till the next book is released, hopefully everything will be wrapped up and I can say that the trilogy was a great one, minus this one book!
The novella, When Among Crows by Veronica Roth, combines Slavic folk tales with a modern day Chicago hiding a war between monsters and monster hunters and in a fairly small space, Roth has created a well realized world, one that grabbed my attention from the beginning and kept it until the end. The characters are mostly likeable and with enough backstory and diverse personalities to make the reader care about them. If I have any criticism of this tale, it would be that I wished there was more so that I could spend more time in this world with these characters but, overall, I can say I enjoyed this novella very much. I listened to the audiobook narrated by Helen Lazur, James Fouhey, and James Campbell who all did an excellent job of bringing the world and its occupants to life.
Thanks to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for the audiobook in exchange for an honest review… (more)
Thanks to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for the audiobook in exchange for an honest review… (more)
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Allegiant picks up pretty much where Insurgent left off. After the revelations at the end of the Insurgent, Evelyn takes over and disbands the factions. In an effort to try and rid their world of control, she instead just creates more. Tris and the others don’t really agree with disbanding the factions or Evelyn’s leadership in general, and they eventually find a way to leave the city. On the way, they make shocking discoveries about how the world came to its current state.
At this point all I can think about is Fallout.
C’mon, Vaults, f*cked up government-funded social experiments?? Anyone? OK maybe I’m just really pumped about Fallout 4… Anyhow…
Here’s what I liked about the book:
Roth included themes of forgiveness. I can appreciate when authors are not cookie-cutter about "good" and "evil." Where characters who are evil are only ever evil, or characters who are good are only good. In real life, there are many shades of gray to “good” and “evil.” And some people deserve forgiveness or redemption.
Another thing she did right was writing about grief, and how people deal with it. In my edition of Insurgent, there were some extras in the back where she admitted she hasn’t dealt with grief herself, so writing about it for her was difficult. But I think she accurately portrayed how it feels and how a person deals with it.
Aaand here’s what I didn’t like:
Tris and Tobias’s relationship. It has honestly driven me crazy since Insurgent. I could not get on board with the idea that they had this perfect relationship; something that many of the characters comment on in several instances.
Little to no character development. The characters hardly change at all from the previous two novels. Because of the lack of character development, I had a hard time keeping track of which person was which during the story. I found that I wasn’t interested or invested in them at all to begin with. Even my interest in Tris and Tobias at this point in series was very minimal. They had begun to get on my nerves.
The story drug on and felt predictable. There are a LOT of slow parts in Allegiant. Much of downtime that occurred between the action in the novel felt… unnecessary. Probably because things like character development were not being used. Additionally, there were lots of attempts throughout the book to try and “surprise” us, but each time it just felt predictable. A lot of the ideas and storyline could be guessed at based on what one usually expects to happen in other young adult/dystopian novels. Moreover, the general idea of the story didn’t really feel believable to me to begin with. The whole idea of the factions always seemed silly to me. There was never really anything to force these people to stay in their factions. Yes there were the serums, propaganda… but honestly, it took them that long to rebel against the factions? There is no roaming, strong police presence like, say, in 1984, so I had a hard time believing so many people would go with that lifestyle for such a long time.
THE ENDING.
To sum things up… I would probably still recommend Divergent to people who really enjoy young adult fiction. But I honestly, don’t really see it being worth it to finish the series. I enjoyed Insurgent slightly more than Allegiant, but I still felt myself feeling annoyed and bored throughout it as well. If you’re one of those people that really needs to finish something you’ve started… yes, read the last two books. Otherwise… find another series to devote your time on.… (more)