Divergent Parody: Detergent

by Reid Mockery

From Amazon's best-selling parody author, Reid Mockery, comes Detergent. Beverly Cryer (Vurl) has to choose a dystopian faction to live with for the rest of her life. If she doesn't make it through initiation, she'll be factionless and declared a Detergent. But, Vurl is determined not to spend the rest of her life doing everyone else's laundry. She is an independent young woman with skills she doesn't even know about and with the help of handsome number Two she'll not only make it through initiation, she'll save the city from disaster.

Okay, that's the serious book pitch. This is a book that makes fun of Divergent. It's a parody, so it follows the same basic story but is more outrageous, silly, stupid and all the other things that make a great parody great. Mockery has a proven track record delivering laughs and this one doesn't disappoint. If you loved Divergent, try Detergent!

Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Dystopia, Science Fiction, Fiction, Humor, Comedy

125 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2013

About the author

Reid Mockery is Amazon's number one selling parody author. Consistently funny, he has successfully mocked Fifty Shades, Divergent and now John Green's The Fault In Our Stars. His work has earned a loyal following and he rewards his readers with fast moving parodies, that are short, cheap and guaranteed to brighten your day. Granted, it takes a special gift to be this stupid, but Reid seems to have it by the boatload.

Reid doesn't exactly look like Austin Powers, but he often channels his inner spirit. This image captures what Reid is feeling, so let's leave it at that.

When Reid Mockery makes parodic fun of a book, it is the greatest compliment that book can ever obtain.

He doesn't drink bottled water often. But, when he does, it's from Walmart.

Reid Mockery is so sexy, women buy and read his books by the thousands, just so they can run their fingers down the screen and feel his thick E ink. His words are like poetry, if poetry were entertaining.

He lives an anonymous life in the state of Tennessee searching for the next genre of books to skewer with his wicked sense of humor. Although he has written other books, he is best known for this best-selling parodies that make fun of the best selling books. This ground-breaking work has catapulted Mockery to the top of the Amazon sales charts to which Reid responds, "Yeah, Baby. Yeah!"

Reviews

[Cynn]

This was me just a second looking in Goodreads...



Understanding the title and the book



I wanna read this HAHAHA

[human]

i needed this in my life

[AleJandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 LOL STARS

Nunca había reído tanto con un libro. En serio lo AME.



Otras personas me hablaban cuando estaba leyendo este libro y yo así de:


Lo que me hizo llorar de risa fue la parte de los camiones de basura.


Lo increíble es que el libro si tiene una trama, totalmente absurda, pero entretenida.

[☆Pelumi☆]

Guysssss..?.......This is not a drill, this is not a drill!

ABORT ALL MISSIONS
WE NEED THIS
WE NEED THIS

[₊ ˚ ale ࿓ ♡ ⋆｡˚]

Tris(tan): "I'm unique and detergent"

y'all........ i can actually hear it

I need this parody in my life

[Cris · Rating 4 out of 5]

English/Spanish

OMG. That’s the most crazy and funny thing I’ve read in years.

Absurd and plenty of clever allusions to the original story, Detergent is a very complete parody that doesn’t lack anything. I had a lot of fun reading it and decoding all references. Something as simple as Four being named Two gives a constant humor to the story, and also the fact that they changed the letters order from Tobias to Sobiet is the maximum. Another detail that made me laugh is the criticism of some characteristics from the original book, for example, the fact of not knowing if it would be in a trilogy, and also some lacks of the plot.

I won’t say nothing more because it’s funnier if you read it by your own.

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OMG. Es la cosa más loca y divertida que he leído en años.

Absurda y con muchos guiños ingeniosos a la historia original, Detergente es una parodia muy completa a la que no le falta de nada. Me he divertido muchísimo leyéndola y descifrando las referencias. Algo tan simple como que Cuatro se llame Dos aporta un humor constante a la historia, y que encima hayan girado las letras para que Tobias sea Sobiet ya es lo más. Otro detalle que me ha hecho mucha gracia ha sido el criticar algunas características del libro original, como por ejemplo el no saber si todo esto dará para una trilogía, así como también algunos defectos y carencias de la trama.

No digo mucho más porque lo divertido es que lo leáis vosotr@s mism@s.

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—Escucha, algo está sucediendo aquí. Es como si Irritante estuviera planeando algún tipo de guerra nuevamente contra Corazón Sangrante y las otras facciones.
—¿Cómo en el mundo sabrías eso?
—Lo sé, no tiene sentido. Es como si hubiera una trama gigante en el libro original y ésta es la única manera para solucionar el conflicto.

JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA

[Scarlet Cameo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este libro es una broma andante y ¡¡¡¡me encanto!!!!

Creo que todos los hemos leído Divergente sabemos que hay muchisimos problemas con la historia,o cosas que suenan tremendamente estúpidas y aquí lo que sucede es que se toman esos errores, los exageran, les dan a los adolescentes la actitud de adolescentes y siguen practicamente la misma trama de Divergente pero de una manera mucho más divertida, con momentos de película de acción y las escenas más estúpidamente graciosas que puedes encontrarte.

La manera en que cambiaron las facciones, y como las describen fue genial, además de que como saben que Dos no esta hipnotizado (y como es despertado), es de las partes más divertidas.



Realmente tenía muchísimo tiempo en que no me reía tanto con un libro lo cual es muy bueno, dado que la idea es que sea tonto y entretenga, y cumple con ello sin olvidarse de contar la historia. Ahora bien ¿Cómo saber si este libro es para ti? Fácil, responde este corto test (hecho por mi para ayudarteXD) y sabrás si tu cuerpo obsesionado con Divergente podrá sorportar que sea burlado

1. ¿Amaste Divergente?

Si=Pasa a la pregunta 2.
No= Lee este el libro

2. ¿Te molesta que muestren todas las tonterias que sucedieron en la historia y que ya no sea tan "inocente"?

Si= No leas este libro
No= Lee este libro

3. ¿Disfrutas el humor de pastelazo?

Si= Lee este libro
No= No leas este libro

Ahora si estas listo (para reirte o enojarte) quedas advertido de porque podría o no gustarte, dicho eso





Por si a alguien le interesa este libro sólo ha sido publicado en ingles, pero se encuentra traducido en Wattpad.

[Vince Stone · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had to read Divergent, just so I could read Mockery's parody. I've been a fan of his for some time since he did the Fifty Shades Parodies.

This one is quite funny, but the problem is Divergent was actually a pretty good book as opposed to Fifty Shades. There was less to make fun of, but Mockery still manages to make fun of it.

His characters are stupid and over the top just what we expect in good parody literature. Definitely worth $3. But, he still has a ton of typos.

I enjoyed it. But, you really need to read Divergent first.

[Carmen de la Rosa · Rating 1 out of 5]

Supongo que las parodias no son lo mio.

Si pudiera dar cero estrellas, lo haría. Para mi ha sido poco gracioso todo esto. Sólo un montón de humor de mierda. Cada escena parecía ofrecer a alguien orinar o defecar.

Fue una lectura rápida y horrorosa. Si te gusta lo juvenil, el comportamiento tipo bufonada, es posible disfrutar de esto bastante, pero para mí era bastante discordante.
Desprecie por completo este libro. Fue horrible. No recomiendo esto si eres un fan de la serie divergente/ incluso de las películas.

Lección aprendida: no leer parodias.

[biblioceraptor]

I wish I wrote this.

[Serena · Rating 1 out of 5]

I completely despised this book. It was awful. I read it on my kindle and nearly threw it across my bedroom. Seriously, people, I don't recommend this if you're a fan on the Divergent series/ movie!!!!!!!!!

[Rashi · Rating 3 out of 5]

What I expected:

What I got:

[bookhugger · Rating 5 out of 5]

BEST BOOK EVER
100/100
AMAZING

[Anna Hargrove · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this because, while I TOTALLY LOVE Divergent, I have a tendency to make fun of things I like. Parodies are definitely a thing I enjoy because even in the best of books there are plot problems, hilarious, overdone tropes, and just in general things that altered are funny.

Three stars because there were some very funny things, some things I loved, and even some things, admittedly, that weren't well explained in the first book of Divergent, I feel it still could have been better written. There were, in my opinion, better ways of "mocking"/illustrating/paroding particular scenes. Some scenes line up perfectly in an inverse parallel, but some didn't feel as if the source material had been very well researched.

Overall, if you're into laughing at good books for their few flaws + some immature humor this book would be right up your alley. For me, it was a nice break in the ordinary but definitely not life-changing.

[Kayla Bolling]

NONONONONONONONONONONONONO!!!!!

I found this book very stupid ridiculous and dumb. It totally ruins divergent. Don't waste your money on this stupid book. It ruined divergent and its just lame. Not even a good book for people who haven't read divergent.

[Leon Enciso · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,5

[Mónica BQ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nadie me pregunte porque leí esto. Es terrible. Es malísimo. Tiene trama, pésima pero la tiene. Todo es risible. Y de verdad creo que ha sido la mejor lectura del año. No se lo recomiendo a nadie, pero al mismo tiempo también digo: léanlo.

[taegen ☾⭒ · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is truly the most ridiculous thing I have ever read.

It's been a seriously long time since I read the original "Divergent" trilogy but some of it came back to me as I clamored my way through this absurd parody.

Seeing the title had me in hysterics and I had really high hopes this would make me laugh out loud but unfortunately it was more cringy than funny for me.

[Laura · Rating 1 out of 5]

I guess parodies is just not my thing.

It was a quick, painful read. It followed the orginal storyline better than the movie. If you enjoy the juvenile, slapstick behavior, you may quite enjoy this, but for me it was quite jarring.

Lesson learned: don't read the parodies.

[Camm reads books · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es un libro súper cómico y consideró que es mucho mejor que Divergente, el humor que el autor le agregó a esta historia es asombroso. Completamente recomendable.

[Cami V. Romero · Rating 5 out of 5]

Morí de risa con este libro! xD
Muy bueno para pasar el rato en serio! Ya me hice toda la película en la cabeza! xD

[Pleasure Your Shelf · Rating 1 out of 5]

If I could give zero stars, I would. There was very little funny about this. Just a lot of toilet humour. Actual toilet humour - every scene seemed to feature someone urinating or defecating. And a dose of homophobia in changing the 'Capture the Flag' scene to a 'Capture the Fag' scene. And changing character names to vulgar names that sounds like something Bart Sompson would call Moes to ask for. Very poor parody.

[Torielle Houston · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5* rounded up simply because if I give it 5* I’ll have to add it to my 5* goodreads shelf and that would be embarrassing.

This was the funniest piece of ✨literature✨ I have ever read and I will not stand for a single ounce of criticism attacking my sense of humor K?

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2nd round buddy read with Meagan: hits just as hard

[Elena Marmiroli · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ho scoperto dell'esistenza di questo libro tramite i consigliati di Goodreads e ho deciso di leggerlo avendo amato in passato la saga di Divergent ed essendo quindi curiosa di leggere una parodia di quest'ultima. Mi sono approcciata a quest'opera aspettandomi qualcosa di divertente, ma sono rimasta leggermente delusa dal taglio dell'umorismo, spesso legato a fluidi o corporei o comunque di basso livello. Inoltre, a tratti il racconto risultava addirittura noioso, cosa che lo ha fatto sembrare interminabile. Ci sono state anche delle trovate simpatiche, ma nel complesso non mi è piaciuto particolarmente.

[America · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am not exactly sure how I feel about this book. It was undeniably funny and it brought out a lot of things from divergent that truly made no sense and then turned them into something hilarious. I was particularly fond of the jokes about why the dauntless don't just wait for the trains (or in this case, garbage trucks) to stop before they get on and off. FUNNY. But, beyond that, there were only snippets of things that were truly amusing. Most of the humor was uncomfortable; there were a lot of bathroom jokes and awkward pun names that made me squirm. These are laughable to some people, but I am not one of them.

So, overall, I would recommend this to fans of divergent for the few moments of laughability, but be warned that you will have to sift through some pretty uncomfortable moments to find them. If you enjoy bathroom humor than this is your book. Will I read other things by Reid Mockery (which is a hilarious pun that took me longer than I would like to admit to figure out)? Yes. I admire people who can make light of something serious and see a story in a completely different way. I will just suck it up and deal with the awkward parts because the moments of hilarity are worth it. Parodies rock. Peace out.

[Mars · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was very excited to read this parody as I really enjoyed the Divergent series. However, I unfortunately found the book very underwhelming. I did not find many aspects of the novel to be amusing except for some of the names. Overall, the novel did not appear to be very well thought out with constantly recycling similar ideas, which I assume were meant to be amusing. I really wish that this story was more developed and thought through.

[Jade · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a parody of Divergent so it’s important to keep this in mind!!

That being said, there were some moments I laughed but at the end of the day this felt like it was written by a middle school boy who thinks unhygienic bathroom habits is funny. The book had more typos and grammatical errors than well crafted jokes & all in all felt like really really poorly written fan fiction.

Read it if you don’t mind at all the quality & just want a quick read to your reading goal.

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was weird... Funny, but weird... I understand Reid Mockery published this quickly, before there was another Divergent parody written... There were a handful of typos, which I feel shouldn't have been there... (Even if the publication was rushed) It's also hard to make fun of a book that is well-written, which this author acknowledged...

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

He's done it again!

Reid Mockery is one of the funniest authors out there. I've only read two of his books, but he is already one of my favorite authors. The names he came up with got me every time, and the puns kill me. Caution: Some discriminatory content and many PG-13 comments. I could not stop laughing!

[martha · Rating 5 out of 5]

awesome

couldnt stop laughing out loud its short but hilarious !! my favorite book parody so far! its definetly worth reading