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Allegiant
by Veronica Roth
SPOILERS AHEAD!
This is my first review on Goodreads, and frankly, that should say something. If you're a massive fan of books like the Hunger Games or Harry Potter or Graceling, don't read Divergent. I got so excited when one of my favorite people (who is an avid reader of FABULOUS things) recommended the series to me this past summer. She warned that the third book wasn't out yet - I'm sort of crabby about reading uncompleted series) but I went ahead and read AND LOVED Divergent and Insurgent (the latter to a slightly lesser extent).
I mean they're not the best books EVAR but I really liked them. I love Chicago so the setting was great, I love dystopiay books, and strong heroines. So, check check check. I didn't love them enough to reread or buy them (like I did immediately with the Hunger Games) but enough so that I was one of the many people who put it on hold at the DC Public Library when it first came out.
And then. (SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS)
Veronica Roth killed Tris. She KILLED Tris. What is this bull about self sacrifice?! IS THAT WHAT THESE BOOKS WERE ABOUT?! Because I was pretty sure they were about love and family and conquering bad guys. In ONE FELL SWOOP Tobias lost the love of his life, Caleb lost the only family he had left, and THE GOOD GUY DIED.
Ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous. What a waste of my time investing in Tris and Four's relationship/her character development/the will-they-won't-they of the plot. Big. Fat. Boo. Maybe if Tris was the sort of compelling character that Katniss (or Katsa) is, like, they JUMP off the pages and you just want to know them, I'd feel differently. But generally, I am just annoyed that I spent time on these books. I have created a "do not read" list just for this stupid series.
Also, VR really kept hinting that something was up with Matthew's supervisor and it bugs me that that never turned into something. I mean, STOP MENTIONING HIS OR HER ABSENCE.
This is my first review on Goodreads, and frankly, that should say something. If you're a massive fan of books like the Hunger Games or Harry Potter or Graceling, don't read Divergent. I got so excited when one of my favorite people (who is an avid reader of FABULOUS things) recommended the series to me this past summer. She warned that the third book wasn't out yet - I'm sort of crabby about reading uncompleted series) but I went ahead and read AND LOVED Divergent and Insurgent (the latter to a slightly lesser extent).
I mean they're not the best books EVAR but I really liked them. I love Chicago so the setting was great, I love dystopiay books, and strong heroines. So, check check check. I didn't love them enough to reread or buy them (like I did immediately with the Hunger Games) but enough so that I was one of the many people who put it on hold at the DC Public Library when it first came out.
And then. (SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS)
Veronica Roth killed Tris. She KILLED Tris. What is this bull about self sacrifice?! IS THAT WHAT THESE BOOKS WERE ABOUT?! Because I was pretty sure they were about love and family and conquering bad guys. In ONE FELL SWOOP Tobias lost the love of his life, Caleb lost the only family he had left, and THE GOOD GUY DIED.
Ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous. What a waste of my time investing in Tris and Four's relationship/her character development/the will-they-won't-they of the plot. Big. Fat. Boo. Maybe if Tris was the sort of compelling character that Katniss (or Katsa) is, like, they JUMP off the pages and you just want to know them, I'd feel differently. But generally, I am just annoyed that I spent time on these books. I have created a "do not read" list just for this stupid series.
Also, VR really kept hinting that something was up with Matthew's supervisor and it bugs me that that never turned into something. I mean, STOP MENTIONING HIS OR HER ABSENCE.