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Allegiant by Veronica Roth

34 reviews

blakelyschmidt's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book tore me apart. I found myself audibly yelling at the characters as if I could change their minds. I threw the device I was reading on multiple times because I could not bear to continue on.  It hurt me in ways I cannot begin to understand and I will not be the same again for a long time. I don’t know if a book has ever made me feel so much, or ever will again. At the end, I found myself unable to stop crying and get over it. I grieved over every loss as if I truly knew the character because the incredible writing made me feel like I did. I also had moments of pure joy where I could not stop smiling and laughing. I cannot begin to express my emotions and grief. I will mourn these characters forever. My only critique is that sometimes the changing perspectives confused me, but other than that it was perfect. I was shocked multiple times and could not begin to wrap my head around the surprises. If you are looking for your heart to be filled, then ripped out then I beg you to pick up this book and don’t stop reading till it’s over. I am overwhelmed with emotion and I know you will be too.
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bri_morgan's review

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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jeanaquinlan's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I’m glad I finished this book finally. I didn’t finish during my first read-through in middle school because someone at camp spoiled the ending for me and I lost interest. I really struggled with the first half of the book, it moved soooooo slow. It picked up around the end. I wasn’t a fan of the split perspective (why, after all the other books were just written from Tris’ perspective?!) and I don’t think the author developed Tobias’ voice enough. There were a lot of good quotes in here that I highlighted, and I liked the way that the characters describe and experience grief. It resonated with me as someone who has lost several family members close to me. I’d never read this again, but at least I finished it. I actually didn’t think the ending
with Tris dying
was that out-of-left field like I’ve seen many people say.
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brithebusybee's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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alexmall029's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

3.5

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thejadylady's review

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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elija_20's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I actually think this broke me. There’s literally nothing else to say. This whole trilogy has been amazing and I’ve never loved a series more and now that it’s over I don’t really know what to do with myself. That’s really dramatic but it’s true. Every character is so carefully thought out and the plot is so layered but written so well that I was never confused and spent every moment just in awe of the world Veronica Roth created. I would recommend this to anyone, but bring tissues!
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entangled_bookshelf's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Another overall great book in this series
that ending though, oh, it's a heartbreaker. 🥺 Once I arrived at the end I certainly wasn't expecting Tris to be killed off. Reading the last chapter I kept thinking something would happen where tris comes back to life. Even after finishing it, Tris's death hadn't really sunk in. I feel so sad about Tobias and Tris's relationship, after all they've gone through they were finally looking toward a future together. After reading the end I realized why the author put both Tobias and Tris as the narrators, as Tobias was going to be one of the last standing.
To begin with I found it difficult to wrap my head around both Tris and Four being the narrator's as the other 2 books in this series are only narrated by Tris. It did end being quite a good aspect to this book though, just like the other four follow up books all about the character four. 
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justagirlwithbooks's review against another edition

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2.75

“Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.”
 
Where do I even begin with this book? I did not enjoy it as much as the first two, and to explain why, I think I need to go into spoilers...

Tobias felt really out of character for this book. He's a GD, but he's also divergent, because he has divergent qualities. I don't understand why he wasn't more suspicious of the plan, or why he'd go through with a plan where he knows people will get hurt, including his friends. And Nita, I hated her. But at the same time I'm really happy for his progress that he's made. 

The world-building is an absolute mess. It was a mess from the start. All the serums are seriously giving me Maze Runner vibes, and I didn't like the Maze Runner at all. If people could just leave the city, why didn't they do it before? The Dauntless are literally guarding the gates. And the Bureau makes no sense whatsoever. It's an experiment - see, Maze Runner vibes - yet when that experiment goes wrong, you don't do anything to fix it? They're all people- I really don't understand why the GPs and the GDs are treated so differently when you literally have people like Tobias who is a GD with GP qualities. 

Also, Tris dying. I'm sorry, what was that? Killing off your main character is a bold move for any author - but it has to make sense. She survived the DEATH SERUM... only to be shot? It wasn't her time to go. Not at all. It didn't make any sense.


Anyways, that's the end of me reading the OG Dystopian Trilogies, and my ranking is:
  1. The Hunger Games
  2. Divergent
  3. The Maze Runner
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alsoiread's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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