For the fourth film in the. Highly recommend noteworthy is that Four was originally the main character, but Veronica Roth decided to change that and make Tris the lead. A lonely gamer. Four from his perspective (Can Be Read After Divergent), Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 22, 2014. Readers will find more of this charismatic character’s backstory told from his own perspective in Four: A Divergent Collection. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Something we hope you'll especially enjoy: FBA items qualify for FREE Shipping and Amazon Prime. A single spell may separate them forever. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel). I enjoyed hearing about Four's pre-Divergent story; as well as reading some of the passages in the Divergent book from Four's perspective. Throughout the story, Four begins to get closer with Tris, helped by his admiration of her bravery and selflessness. His voice is an integral part of Allegiant. The dystopia you fear. Can they survive the fight of their lives? The rest of the stories were released in e-book format too. I FIRST STARTED writing Divergent from the perspective of Tobias Eaton, a boy from Abnegation with peculiar tension with his father who longed for freedom from his faction. [7] The third story titled The Initiate,[8][9] the fourth story The Son[10][11] and the fifth and final story The Traitor were released on July 8, 2014. "[16], Talking about her decision to write from the perspective of Four, Roth said, "In my mind, he has a distinct history and a complex psychology, so there’s always a lot to draw from when he’s on the page, and it’s an opportunity for me to break from Tris’s sparse, straightforward voice and try to introduce just a little bit more poetic language. I didn't expect much when I first came across it, but I THOROUGHLY enjoyed it. You know the boy who lived. A quirky dragon-parrot. Needless to say, I was a little disappointed. I was skeptical when I saw this collection, but this totally satisfied my craving for more on the Divergent characters. My readers have given me so much enthusiasm and honesty and wisdom. 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. Four threatens Eric for his supposed part in causing Amar's death before the test announcement, in which Four ranks first. Please try again. They are short and I read them all in one evening. Four: A Divergent Collection is a collection of five short stories from the Divergent trilogy, told from Tobias Eaton's (Four) perspective, and written by Veronica Roth. It made reading the book somewht frustrating. Loved (House of Night Other World Series, Book 1). I own all Divergent, Insurgent, and Allegiant books so this is the only one I was missing! Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 19, 2020. Part #4 of Divergent series by Veronica Roth. There are four short main stories; The Transfer, The Initiate, The Son and The Traitor in this book which run just before Divergent and alongside Divergent told from Four's point of view so if you are wondering when you can read these stories without ruining the main trilogy of books for yourself then you will be fine to read this book once you have finished reading Divergent. Quite gutted that Veronica Roth couldn't do Four justice, as he was a great character. Tobias is introduced to his instructor, Amar, and his fellow initiates, including Erudite transfer Eric. He approaches Tris, who is with her friends, and begins flirting with her.