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Allegiant is the third book in Veronica Roth’s Divergent series. The book has been the subject of mixed reviews and its ending has been highly criticized. One of the major differences between Allegiant and the other two books it that the third book includes Tobias, or Four’s, perspective, when up till now the story was only ever told in Tris’ point of view.
The chapters switch between Tris’ and Tobias’ perspectives, which is fine, but since the prior books were never told this way before it took some getting used to. I would sometimes start reading a chapter as Tris only to realize the chapter was actually told by Tobias. Once I got into the rhythm of the book this stop being a problem for me.
Sad to say Allegiant is my least favorite of the Divergent series. I don’t hate the book as many other do, but it wasn’t as interesting as the other two were. I should also state that the ending is not why this book is my least favorite. So much of the energy and fun that were in the first book, that made Divergent a great read, was lacking in this book. I didn’t read Allegiant with the same passion as I did with the other two.
Now let’s move on to the plot. From the first book we know that the characters are trapped within their city, and have never thought to leave it, so when the end of book two hinted that some of the characters would leave the city, I was excited. There were so many possibilities for what could have been outside the city. All the people could have died years ago, or like Aeon Flux, there could have been only a vast wild landscape; instead outside the city is a tyrannical government compound, controlling the city, which readers are later informed is really Chicago.
Okay, so outside the city isn’t what I expected it to be, that’s fine. My one problem with the government compound is that it is only a subdivision as far as I can infer. The story mentions David, the leader of the compound, having a least one boss, but we never find out who or what is really in control of the government compound. The problem with this is that Tris, Tobias and a few other stop the government compound from harming their city and thus a whole new social order is constructed and lives are drastically changed, but wouldn’t the rest of the government find out what happened and step in? Two years after the incident still no one has bothered to do anything about the prior government compound. I guess the rest of the world isn’t that bothered with Chicago.
The Ending (Spoiler Alert):
People hate the ending of this book, a lot of people, but, honestly, I didn’t mind it. I felt that someone was going to die in this book, so I wasn’t that surprised when they did, though I thought that Tobias would be the one to die instead of Tris. That’s right, Tris dies. How? Well in order to stop the government compound from eradicating all of the memories of the people within the city Tris and company create a plan to, instead, erase the memories of the people within the compound by releasing a serum that causes memory loss. In order to do this someone must break into that vault holding the serum and survive the death gas long enough to release the memory loss serum into the air. So, things happen and Tris dies.
Loads of people where upset by this, but I felt that it was “real.” Tris and the others had all faced dangerous situation and continued to do so, which is why her death didn’t shock me. When you live with danger you die by it.
I do wonder, however, if Tris’ death didn’t bother me because I wasn’t very emotional engaged with her character. I liked her character, she was interesting, but I’m not sure if I felt enough with her to really be hurt by her death.
Overall:
I don’t regret reading this book. I didn’t fall in love with the book either. I think that as time goes by I will get a better grasp on how I feel about the book, but right now I don’t feel much. Some people love it; some people hate it, so I would suggest that you read the book for yourself, if you haven’t already, and see what you think.
The chapters switch between Tris’ and Tobias’ perspectives, which is fine, but since the prior books were never told this way before it took some getting used to. I would sometimes start reading a chapter as Tris only to realize the chapter was actually told by Tobias. Once I got into the rhythm of the book this stop being a problem for me.
Sad to say Allegiant is my least favorite of the Divergent series. I don’t hate the book as many other do, but it wasn’t as interesting as the other two were. I should also state that the ending is not why this book is my least favorite. So much of the energy and fun that were in the first book, that made Divergent a great read, was lacking in this book. I didn’t read Allegiant with the same passion as I did with the other two.
Now let’s move on to the plot. From the first book we know that the characters are trapped within their city, and have never thought to leave it, so when the end of book two hinted that some of the characters would leave the city, I was excited. There were so many possibilities for what could have been outside the city. All the people could have died years ago, or like Aeon Flux, there could have been only a vast wild landscape; instead outside the city is a tyrannical government compound, controlling the city, which readers are later informed is really Chicago.
Okay, so outside the city isn’t what I expected it to be, that’s fine. My one problem with the government compound is that it is only a subdivision as far as I can infer. The story mentions David, the leader of the compound, having a least one boss, but we never find out who or what is really in control of the government compound. The problem with this is that Tris, Tobias and a few other stop the government compound from harming their city and thus a whole new social order is constructed and lives are drastically changed, but wouldn’t the rest of the government find out what happened and step in? Two years after the incident still no one has bothered to do anything about the prior government compound. I guess the rest of the world isn’t that bothered with Chicago.
The Ending (Spoiler Alert):
People hate the ending of this book, a lot of people, but, honestly, I didn’t mind it. I felt that someone was going to die in this book, so I wasn’t that surprised when they did, though I thought that Tobias would be the one to die instead of Tris. That’s right, Tris dies. How? Well in order to stop the government compound from eradicating all of the memories of the people within the city Tris and company create a plan to, instead, erase the memories of the people within the compound by releasing a serum that causes memory loss. In order to do this someone must break into that vault holding the serum and survive the death gas long enough to release the memory loss serum into the air. So, things happen and Tris dies.
Loads of people where upset by this, but I felt that it was “real.” Tris and the others had all faced dangerous situation and continued to do so, which is why her death didn’t shock me. When you live with danger you die by it.
I do wonder, however, if Tris’ death didn’t bother me because I wasn’t very emotional engaged with her character. I liked her character, she was interesting, but I’m not sure if I felt enough with her to really be hurt by her death.
Overall:
I don’t regret reading this book. I didn’t fall in love with the book either. I think that as time goes by I will get a better grasp on how I feel about the book, but right now I don’t feel much. Some people love it; some people hate it, so I would suggest that you read the book for yourself, if you haven’t already, and see what you think.