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3.3 AVERAGE
3.3 AVERAGE
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This series is one of the best I've ever EVER read. I absolutely loved it. Everything about it. The ending is conclusive and it is actually pretty good. I couldn't put this book down for a second. I had to know what was going to happen. I highly recommend this to ANYONE.
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Despite what I've heard from other people, I actually liked the ending. I think it was true to the characters and what they were working towards. I think it was very poetic. A good reminder that as long as humans exist so will evil but we have to work together to fight it.
No recuerdo porqué este tercer libro no me gustó tanto.
Great wrap-up to the trilogy - and I loved Roth's choice on how to have her characters end up.
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Oh man. I struggled to finish this one. There's something so prescriptive about the YA genre, and in the first book of the Divergent series Roth does an amazing job of staying away from the pitfalls of that tendency. However, there is a sense of decline in the series in the second book, and in Allegiant, the series is pulled, fully sway, into the spoon-fed type of writing that often floods YA shelves.
I'd recommend only reading the first book, and forgetting the rest exist.
I'd recommend only reading the first book, and forgetting the rest exist.
I read this so fast, immediately after the first two, I never stopped to write my thoughts. So this review will be brief.
But the end was still a shock. I couldn't believe the author killed off the main character. As an author, that is Brave.
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The genetic aspect was a surprise and felt far out there as first. It seemed to throw a curve into the story I did not see coming, one I wasn't sure fit with the story. But soon enough it became the story. And the story was as gripping and suspenseful and fast-paced as the first two in this series. And it was even tougher to take. So much loss in these people's lives, short lives too.But the end was still a shock. I couldn't believe the author killed off the main character. As an author, that is Brave.
After so much hype, and that fabulous cliffhanger ending of book #2, I was underwhelmed by the finale. At the beginning, Tris is still struggling to stay alive and keep her friends alive in the new new world order. She must decide what energy to put into the "original mission" of the town, as told to them by her likely ancestor. Do they leave the city gates? Is there a world left outside them? (Of course they're going to leave.) Once Tris and others leave the city, all I can say is "meh". The intricacies of the world outside are a bit much to handle, and though there is a great Reveal to the reader, I didn't really believe all of the details and intrigue of that world. It was too much to learn about, be frustrated by, and keep up with. The story is also told by both Tobias and Tris in alternating chapters. This opens up a lot of avenues for exploration, and gives us much more insight and places to go in the story. Unfortunately, I didn't feel that Tobias's voice was well enough developed. Oftentimes, I'd have to look back at the beginning of the chapter to remind myself of who was supposed to be telling the story at that point. Or I'd get mired in gender pronouns until I realized that I was thinking from the wrong character's narration. Maybe if the publicity machine that ran YA publishing didn't have such a quick timetable, the time could have been spent on making more unique voices for the narrators. This was the biggest failing of the book, in my opinion.