How long does it take to read Divergent?
Divergent by Veronica Roth takes about 8 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Divergent
Next: Insurgent
About 8 hours 56 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2010. 487 pages, about 133,925 words. Written for children.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 87 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
‘Divergent’ is the first in a trilogy of dystopian, YA novels by Veronica Roth. The book is written from Beatrice Prior’s (Tris), point of view and is written in short chapters making it easy to put down and pick up again. The story is fast paced with full on action throughout. It contains elements of humour and romance, alongside some seriously brutal scenes, especially during Tris’s initiation. There is also quite a few though provoking moments. This was one of the first YA novels that I read and I found myself hooked right through to the very last word. The scenes are described in detail giving you a clear picture and making it easy to visualise the on goings in your head. Tris can be a little moody at times and doubts herself too much, but this only adds to her good nature, fun, determined and strong personality which we see blossom throughout The ending wasn’t what I expected, thus my need to get the second book, ‘Insurgent’, straight away. I Needed to know what happened next. I surprisingly found myself enjoying Divergent much more than I first thought I would, and thus my love of YA novels began. Divergent was made into a movie back in 2014. If you have seen the film but not read the book then you are missing out on vital aspects of the plot and characters, that didn’t appear in the film. I enjoyed the film, just not as much as the book.
Subjects: Families, Family, Juvenile fiction, Social classes, Courage, Fiction
