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3.3 AVERAGE
3.3 AVERAGE
Many of my friends really didn't like the way this ended and I thought it was a great ending. Definitely liked this volume better than Insurgent.
I read the reviews of this book before I read the book so I saw all the negative comment and almost decided not to read it. I also ruined part of the story for myself since I knew Tris was going to get shot and die. I’m glad I did read the book and knowing Tris was going to die probably made that part easier to read.
I liked Allegiant better than the first 2 books in the series. My main complaint about the first book was that we weren’t given enough background and information about the different factions. Instead the book started shortly before all the uprising. I found the concept of factions intriguing (by no means a good way to live or govern) and I found myself figuring out which faction I thought I would fit it. I was disappointed when we weren’t told more about the different factions and how life was like growing up and living in each of them and what the different initiations entailed.
Allegiant satisfied some of my curiosity when Tris and the others learned about the experiment and why the factions had been formed in the first place. I don’t agree with the terms genetically pure and damaged. Altered and unaltered might be more appropriate. The concept of correcting someone’s undesirable traits is scary and of course unethical (I am not referring to gene therapy to correct a specific mutation to save individuals lives). But it makes for a good story.
Tris’ death did not really upset me since I knew it was coming and with all the violence taking place in the book her death makes the story more realistic rather than a completely feel good happy ending.
Overall I liked the concept of the series but I think there is something lacking in the way it was told. There didn’t seem to be any depth instead there was too much emphasis on all the uprising and violence. I found the back and forth narration between Tris and Tobias in Allegiant confusing since the first 2 books in the series were narrated by Tris, although I see where it was necessary since she dies toward the end of the book.
I liked Allegiant better than the first 2 books in the series. My main complaint about the first book was that we weren’t given enough background and information about the different factions. Instead the book started shortly before all the uprising. I found the concept of factions intriguing (by no means a good way to live or govern) and I found myself figuring out which faction I thought I would fit it. I was disappointed when we weren’t told more about the different factions and how life was like growing up and living in each of them and what the different initiations entailed.
Allegiant satisfied some of my curiosity when Tris and the others learned about the experiment and why the factions had been formed in the first place. I don’t agree with the terms genetically pure and damaged. Altered and unaltered might be more appropriate. The concept of correcting someone’s undesirable traits is scary and of course unethical (I am not referring to gene therapy to correct a specific mutation to save individuals lives). But it makes for a good story.
Tris’ death did not really upset me since I knew it was coming and with all the violence taking place in the book her death makes the story more realistic rather than a completely feel good happy ending.
Overall I liked the concept of the series but I think there is something lacking in the way it was told. There didn’t seem to be any depth instead there was too much emphasis on all the uprising and violence. I found the back and forth narration between Tris and Tobias in Allegiant confusing since the first 2 books in the series were narrated by Tris, although I see where it was necessary since she dies toward the end of the book.
Boring. A big disappointment after Divergent and Insurgent, which I enjoyed.
I don't really know how I feel about this book. I'm kind of being generous giving it three stars only because I loved Divergent so much. I found myself bored at times, just idly flipping through the pages waiting for it to end. But then THE ENDING. This book makes Mockingjay seem like a fairy tale.
Not to mention that there were so many plot holes that I tripped and cracked my head open several times.
Spoiler
WHHYYYYY?!?! Everyone warned me that the ending is heartbreaking so I was like oh no Roth is going to kill Tobias. Nope. She did the unthinkable. She killed off the main character. I should've seen it coming when she made this book be from both of their perspectives.
Insurgent ends on such a cliffhanger and addresses what you may have been wondering since you learned this story takes place in Chicago: what the heck is going on in the rest of the world?
Allegiant answers this at the onset, which is exciting, and then 400+ bloated pages later, the story is resolved. That action you loved in Divergent? Almost wholly missing. Unfortunately, this plot relies on mystery and science fiction/bioethics that will leave you scratching your head at just how little this world makes sense.
Yes, the emotional ending is good, but all of that business in between? Veronica Roth, I'm sorry, you just aren't convincing me that you can write science fiction.
Allegiant answers this at the onset, which is exciting, and then 400+ bloated pages later, the story is resolved. That action you loved in Divergent? Almost wholly missing. Unfortunately, this plot relies on mystery and science fiction/bioethics that will leave you scratching your head at just how little this world makes sense.
Yes, the emotional ending is good, but all of that business in between? Veronica Roth, I'm sorry, you just aren't convincing me that you can write science fiction.
I was hesitant to finish the series after finishing Divergent because of the reviews I read. I'm glad that I decided to make my own opinion of the trilogy. Honestly, I loved the whole series.
I don't find it difficult to read a book told by two different people. Veronica Roth did this for a reason for Allegiant & I won't spoil it.
Not many books can keep me reading until 2am, but Divergent and Allegiant both did this. The main thing I will take from this trilogy is that you cannot change human nature. Our defects are what makes us human and we should not try to change. I do not believe in a utopian society because you cannot have peace without conflict.
I don't find it difficult to read a book told by two different people. Veronica Roth did this for a reason for Allegiant & I won't spoil it.
Not many books can keep me reading until 2am, but Divergent and Allegiant both did this. The main thing I will take from this trilogy is that you cannot change human nature. Our defects are what makes us human and we should not try to change. I do not believe in a utopian society because you cannot have peace without conflict.
I lasted a few days after this third and final book came out but finally broke down and ordered it to the ol' kindle (no evidence! when I'm in public people will think I'm reading a real book!).
Here are some quick +'s and -'s
- all the points for the painfully juvenile dialogue
- some points for the awkwardly intense PG sex scenes (I've never felt so uncomfortable reading descriptions of people making out... or have I just never had to read detailed descriptions of people making out before?)
- most the points for rehashing the same stoooopid relationship drama over and over again oh my lord I know it's a young adult newharrypotter/newtwilight/newhungergames type thing but really. Hermione and Katniss never got hung up on that shit really.
+ points for being a mass-marketed young adult novel with some homosexual characters hey hey!*
Neutral points: It reminds me of the hunger games series in structure, like book 1 is a compelling surface story about this dystopian society (the hunger games, the faction transfer), book 2 things get a little messier and government/society itself comes into play, and then in book 3 the surface stories from book 1 don't even matter anymore everything is so much *deeper* and the common girl who found unknown strength in herself through unusual circumstances is now BRINGING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT.
*Note, I haven't finished it but 'currently reading' wouldn't let me leave such a long comment. I just got to a point where two minor characters were very indirectly and briefly 'outed', not sure where that's going to go but I'd been wondering about that--like if 2013 is soon enough for it to be ok for mainstream novels for teenagers to have gay characters--so when it happened I wanted to write this lil review. Also wanted to write this review after every piece of particularly bad dialogue. I should have kept a running list of examples.
Here are some quick +'s and -'s
- all the points for the painfully juvenile dialogue
- some points for the awkwardly intense PG sex scenes (I've never felt so uncomfortable reading descriptions of people making out... or have I just never had to read detailed descriptions of people making out before?)
- most the points for rehashing the same stoooopid relationship drama over and over again oh my lord I know it's a young adult newharrypotter/newtwilight/newhungergames type thing but really. Hermione and Katniss never got hung up on that shit really.
+ points for being a mass-marketed young adult novel with some homosexual characters hey hey!*
Neutral points: It reminds me of the hunger games series in structure, like book 1 is a compelling surface story about this dystopian society (the hunger games, the faction transfer), book 2 things get a little messier and government/society itself comes into play, and then in book 3 the surface stories from book 1 don't even matter anymore everything is so much *deeper* and the common girl who found unknown strength in herself through unusual circumstances is now BRINGING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT.
*Note, I haven't finished it but 'currently reading' wouldn't let me leave such a long comment. I just got to a point where two minor characters were very indirectly and briefly 'outed', not sure where that's going to go but I'd been wondering about that--like if 2013 is soon enough for it to be ok for mainstream novels for teenagers to have gay characters--so when it happened I wanted to write this lil review. Also wanted to write this review after every piece of particularly bad dialogue. I should have kept a running list of examples.
Best of the series. Slow on occasion, but really interesting story line.