Four: The Initiate audiobook

"I may have chosen Dauntless as a haven, but I’m not just surviving here, I’m excelling. I stare at Eric’s blood on my knuckles and smile." We get to know the full story behind the Four - Eric feud, and it goes far deeper than I had imagined. Where Tris never really felt or acted like someone from abnegation, Four truly struggles with the changes and how to simply interact with others. “It’s okay to not be okay, you know.” The Initiate follows Four through a series of events, like his first time drinking, getting his first tattoo, making friends, training and fighting. You also get more insight in some of the characters that appear in the Divergent series, like Amar, Zeke and Shauna. I liked this short-story a lot, mostly because of Fours internal struggle and character building! "I am not Tobias Eaton, not anymore, never again. I am Dauntless."

Q: “Guess you were born Dauntless.” (c)Q: It never even occurred to me that I could be one of them, or that I should try to be. ...It’s camaraderie and friendship and flirtation, and none of it is familiar to me. (с)Running wild. Jumping free. Getting 'train legs'.Some social-mingling with the 'Dauntless-born' (in soul only) Four.Q:“Joining a faction is about more than getting through initiation, you know... For most of the Dauntless, they meet their best friends during initiation, their girlfriends, boyfriends, whatever. Enemies, too. But you seem determined not to have any of those things.” (c)Q:In her free hand is a silver flask. It explains a lot. (c)Q:Abnegation-born, Abnegation result, in a Dauntless haven. (c)Q:“So we have a masochist in the chair tonight. Lovely.” (c)Q:I know that for every good thing that comes along, there is always a cost. What is the cost of being Dauntless? (c)Q: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. (c)

I really enjoyed this part of the book, Four by Veronica Roth. I do wish there was more development in the extra characters in the story. I wish I knew their histories and backgrounds more, but I understand that Four was an introvert and didn't interact with them much, so it makes since that he wouldn't know this information about them. Also, in Divergent some people did not make the cut, some were hurt outside of the designed fights, some left to become factionless, etc. and in this book none of that happened. I wish a little bit of this would have happened just to keep it even more interesting.

4 I am Dauntless ★'s “While wounds heal, they don't disappear forever—I carry them everywhere, always, and that is the way of things, the way of scars.” “Abnegation-born, Abnegation result, in a Dauntless haven” OH, THIS WAS SOOO GOOD!!! It's even a bit longer than The Transfer which is always a good thing am I right? I can't get enough of Four's POV and I love all this back story. It shows a whole other side to him which makes me love him all the more. Like his initiation and how he trained hard every day and every night he'd go into the fear simulation. I loved glimpsing the struggles he had connecting with others and watching him learn how to interact. It's actually pretty heartbreaking to see. But when your only real interaction is with an abusive father...you have to adjust, and learn how to navigate in this new life (alcohol helps lol). I really love that we got some insight into some other characters that only make an appearance in the Divergent series such as Amar😭, Zeke, and Shauna♡. I really liked Amar's character, he was such a great guy and he generally cares about Four. Such a tragic end. Zeke and Shauna are adorable, I love them! Shauna was cool and I love the whole dynamic with Four teaching her to fight. We also finally get the whole story behind Four and Eric's hostility toward each other. It runs darker than I ever dreamed. Ugh, what a bastard!! I hate Eric so much more now if that were even possible. Anyone up for a little game of DARE? Four gets his first tattoo!On to #0.3 The Son Woohoo! “I may have chosen Dauntless as a haven, but I’m not just surviving here, I’m excelling.”

The Initiate is even better than The Transfer. Four and Eric's initial story is told and how their feud started. Four's struggles and Four's emotions and Four's development and Four's first tattoo and Four's first drink and Four Four Four.I also liked the insight into other characters. Honestly, I liked everything about it. Not Four but Five Stars.

Can't get enough of Four, especially when I picture him as Theo James.

APRIL 16, 2014 REVIEW: I have mixed feelings about this. Mainly because of the author. Yeah, she completely ruined me. The ending of Allegiant

I love reading from Four's POV so much. I loved this read because I am getting more insight of what is going on in his mind. It was very different seeing Four go through his Initiation process is so amazing. It is so different than Tris's which is cool to see from a different perspective. I love learning more about Four! I love Zeke and Shauna they are so cute. I also love Amar.

It was good :)

U ovoj kratkoj priči Divergent serijala doznajemo kako se Four uklopio u svoju novoizabranu frakciju i vidimo promjenu koju je prošao od Ukočenog do Neustrašivog. Ova priča govori o promjeni, napuštanju starih strahova i uklapanju u novu sredinu, kao i mogućnosti da sami stvorimo svoju budućnost. Meni se svidjela :)