Veronica Roth, Insurgent

The Divergent series is a huge deal with tweens at the moment, and my own tween has required that I jump on the bandwagon. I like that we're reading buddies, so I jump when told. The book's not bad, but I have trouble keeping the various secondary characters straight, which suggests that I'm not paying as close attention as I should. It's very difficult to accept that the society Roth has created could actually exist, but there are hints—maybe something stronger than hints—that it didn't spring up organically. I'll be able to accept the story better if it turns out they're all living in a big social experiment.