The Initiate

by Veronica Roth

Series: Divergent (short story)

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Romance. Science Fiction & Fantasy. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML: Complete your Divergent library with the Four stories! Fans of the Divergent series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be delighted by "Four: The Initiate," the second of four stories, each between fifty and seventy-five pages long, set in the world of Divergent and told from Tobias's point of view. "The Initiate" provides readers with a glimpse into Tobias's Dauntless initiation experience, including an epic game of late-night Dare; his first tattoo; the beginning of his passion for training new initiates; and his nascent understanding of the danger of being Divergent. And don't miss The Fates Divide, Veronica Roth's powerful sequel to the bestselling Carve the Mark! .… (more)

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Four's story continues past his decision to transfer factions and we, the readers, get a chance to see what his own initiation was like. The challenges he faces and the way things unfold test Four in new ways and help explain how the circumstances of Divergent came to be.

The second of four prequel shorts, I feel like this one is the most telling about the Dauntless and many of the secondary characters (like Eric) and where they're coming from by the time Tris arrives. An intriguing and engaging follow up to the end of the series. I'm definitely planning to continue with the remaining two stories... (

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crtsjffrsn | Aug 27, 2021 |

This takes place during Four's initiation to Dauntless. Insights between Eric and Four as well as the leader of the Erudite meeting Four.
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wyldheartreads | Jun 20, 2019 |

This was the best of the novellas so far. It really gave me a better understanding of Eic & Four's issues with each other...which I kind of figured a lot of it already...I really wasn't sure about these books when i started them...but I'm enjoying them tremendously...I'm hoping I continue to enjoy them. (

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Divergent Series: Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, Four by Veronica Roth (indirect)

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The training room smells like effort, like sweat and dust and shoes.

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My skin is blank, healed, whole. But it doesn't match who I am--I should be scarred, marked, the way they are, but marked with memories of pain, scarred with the things I have survived.

It's always seemed stupid to me that none of the pain I've experienced has left a visible mark; sometimes, without a way to prove it to myself, I began to doubt that I had lived through it all, with the memories becoming hazy over time. I want to have some kind of reminder that while wounds heal, they don't disappear forever--I carry them everywhere, always, and that is the way of things, the way of scars.

I know why it doesn't feel like a game--because for so long, it was my reality. It was my waking and my sleeping. Here, I've learned to defend myself, I've learned to be stronger, but one thing I haven't learned, won't let myself learn, is how to enjoy causing someone else pain. If I'm going to become Dauntless, I'm going to do it on my terms, even if that means that a part of me will always be a Stiff.

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Romance. Science Fiction & Fantasy. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:

Complete your Divergent library with the Four stories!

Fans of the Divergent series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be delighted by "Four: The Initiate," the second of four stories, each between fifty and seventy-five pages long, set in the world of Divergent and told from Tobias's point of view.

"The Initiate" provides readers with a glimpse into Tobias's Dauntless initiation experience, including an epic game of late-night Dare; his first tattoo; the beginning of his passion for training new initiates; and his nascent understanding of the danger of being Divergent.

And don't miss The Fates Divide, Veronica Roth's powerful sequel to the bestselling Carve the Mark!

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