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3.3 AVERAGE
3.3 AVERAGE
adventurous
slow-paced
I hated that she dies. To me it served no purpose. Four didn't become a better person because of her sacrifice and Caleb was no longer talked about after she died so whats the point?
2.5/5 stars
I think that a 50% rating on this book is generous considering the many sins it has committed, but I still enjoyed reading this book for very personal reasons.
The first one is very simple and that is this- Christina, though given a very minor role, has been my favorite character throughout the series and came out of it alive and (as far as I can tell) happy. Secondly, one of the ONLY plot points I actually cared to see addressed in this final book was to have Tris and Caleb mend their relationship. I've always had a soft spot for Caleb despite some of his very questionable choices, and I thought Tris has been very hypocritical in her incrimination of him (for example thinking that she should have known he was a selfish liar ever since he left their family for the Erudite... uh, Tris.... YOU LITERALLY DID THE SAME THING). And while it's hard to say that their relationship is exactly reconciled in the end (because of.. circumstances), I really, really loved watching their interactions in this book grow from cold and loathing to some very tender moments. The last reason I enjoyed reading Allegiant is because I waited so long to do it that despite not hearing or seeing the actual spoilers, I knew there was a "shocking ending" that I was headed towards. And, just because everyone couldn't shut up about it, I could only assume that the "risk" Veronica Roth took was So even though I had to make it through about 450 pages of relative pointlessness to get there, I got to have the suspense that whole time of knowing something was coming, and then the eventual satisfaction of having guessed correctly- though I will admit to having come up with additional theories as I was reading. There was also very obvious foreshadowing to that "twist" in the beginning of the book.
And now, onto the flaws. First of all it did nothing for this book to have the two points of view. As many other people have complained about, there was little-to-no difference in voice between Tris and Tobias which... doesn't make any sense considering how different of characters they are. I often had to flip back to the beginning of the chapter to double check who I was reading, or I would be surprised because they would reference the other character and remind me that it wasn't them talking. So confusing.
Worse than that, everything about the plot of this book felt pointless and forced for drama.
Overall it seemed as through Veronica Roth started by writing a book based on a cool dystopian premise, but then when she realized she had to keep going she didn't know what she wanted to do with the story and started throwing new ideas left and right (for example, the big cliffhanger at the end of Insurgent proving to be completely irrelevant). While I was fairly pleased with the endings for most of the individual characters, the "big picture" ending of the future of their society seems inconcrete and implausibly functional. If you want a more detailed explanation of everything wrong with this book (one that is way more scientifically sound than any arguments I could form), I highly suggest this review (x) but of course with warning that it's completely full of spoilers.
So in the end, I didn't hate reading this book and it did give me some of what I was looking for in the conclusion of the series, but it is without a doubt the book I liked least in the series.
I think that a 50% rating on this book is generous considering the many sins it has committed, but I still enjoyed reading this book for very personal reasons.
The first one is very simple and that is this- Christina, though given a very minor role, has been my favorite character throughout the series and came out of it alive and (as far as I can tell) happy.
Spoiler
Though losing Uriah makes it bittersweet.Spoiler
to kill off Tris.And now, onto the flaws. First of all it did nothing for this book to have the two points of view. As many other people have complained about, there was little-to-no difference in voice between Tris and Tobias which... doesn't make any sense considering how different of characters they are. I often had to flip back to the beginning of the chapter to double check who I was reading, or I would be surprised because they would reference the other character and remind me that it wasn't them talking. So confusing.
Worse than that, everything about the plot of this book felt pointless and forced for drama.
Spoiler
The few Allegiant who make it out of Chicago come to find... not much in the outside world, and are told that their city is part of an experiment? It felt like all the interesting discourse about factions and their ideals and ways of living were thrown out the window because none of it even mattered. And then we are even the big reveal that Divergent people are just... NORMAL?? That probably pissed me off more than anything. We spent two books trying to understand divergence, and then we get told that it's literally nothing except non-tampered-with genes. Wow. And I don't believe we ever even got an explanation of why Tris was so immune to all the serums... like the girl made it through DEATH SERUM basically unscathed, let alone all the other ones she resisted, and yet we have no clue why. Sheer force of will? That's.. not how poison works. But really, the first two books felt like an entirely different plot from this one. I didn't care about the forced analogy of the GP and GD, it had nothing to do with the series as a whole, and honestly I stayed around just so I could see where the characters ended up and to get this book finally off of my TBR.Overall it seemed as through Veronica Roth started by writing a book based on a cool dystopian premise, but then when she realized she had to keep going she didn't know what she wanted to do with the story and started throwing new ideas left and right (for example, the big cliffhanger at the end of Insurgent proving to be completely irrelevant). While I was fairly pleased with the endings for most of the individual characters, the "big picture" ending of the future of their society seems inconcrete and implausibly functional. If you want a more detailed explanation of everything wrong with this book (one that is way more scientifically sound than any arguments I could form), I highly suggest this review (x) but of course with warning that it's completely full of spoilers.
So in the end, I didn't hate reading this book and it did give me some of what I was looking for in the conclusion of the series, but it is without a doubt the book I liked least in the series.
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
demasiado relleno completamente innecesario, no creo q la muerte de Tris lo haga un mal libro, lo q para mi lo hace un libro q no me gusta es q te explicaban las mismas estupideces como 60 veces, lo q todo fue un experimento es muy vacio, y revivir personajes q a nadie le importaban para matar a otros sin razon ninguna?????
You know in the Office when Michael Scott says that sometimes he doesn’t know what he’s going to say when he starts talking so he just talks and hopes he finds the point somewhere along the way? This book is the literary equivalent of that.
My rating of Allegiant is 3, for the whole series 3.5.
The Divergent series is better than most of the similar YA dystopian series I have read, which in itself is not hugely significant. It is better than [b:The Knife of Never Letting Go|2118745|The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)|Patrick Ness|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1277071696s/2118745.jpg|2124180] and [b:Legend|9275658|Legend (Legend, #1)|Marie Lu|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1397663963s/9275658.jpg|14157512], but it is not as good as [b:The Hunger Games|2767052|The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)|Suzanne Collins|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1358275334s/2767052.jpg|2792775].
I dislike the romance portion of these books. I think is Tris and Four are whiny and the relationship is not really worth reading. I do not think they develop in their relationship so much as pout and repeat.
I also did not like that half the book was written from a new POV, specially because Veronica Roth makes all of her characters sound exactly the same. I could not easily tell their chapters apart from one another.
I generally liked her choice of ending, even if it felt a little forced.
It did not live up to the hype in my opinion, but it is above average for other books in the genre.
The Divergent series is better than most of the similar YA dystopian series I have read, which in itself is not hugely significant. It is better than [b:The Knife of Never Letting Go|2118745|The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)|Patrick Ness|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1277071696s/2118745.jpg|2124180] and [b:Legend|9275658|Legend (Legend, #1)|Marie Lu|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1397663963s/9275658.jpg|14157512], but it is not as good as [b:The Hunger Games|2767052|The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)|Suzanne Collins|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1358275334s/2767052.jpg|2792775].
I dislike the romance portion of these books. I think is Tris and Four are whiny and the relationship is not really worth reading. I do not think they develop in their relationship so much as pout and repeat.
I also did not like that half the book was written from a new POV, specially because Veronica Roth makes all of her characters sound exactly the same. I could not easily tell their chapters apart from one another.
Spoiler
But I understand it made it easier to kill off Tris when she could switch to a new POV.I generally liked her choice of ending, even if it felt a little forced.
It did not live up to the hype in my opinion, but it is above average for other books in the genre.
I think that Veronica Roth did a good job of ending the series. I was very impressed with some of the character development in the book, and the ending was fitting for the theme and feel of the series overall. I would recommend reading it and finishing the series, no matter what you've heard about it--it's worthwhile.