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ritamaggiezine 's review for:
Allegiant
by Veronica Roth
Sigh, I really wanted to like this book. I read the other two because I couldn't put them down. I continued reading this book because I wanted to read the conclusion of the other two books- but honestly a lot of the time if felt almost like /work/ to read the book because it was so boring!
Roth's said that she didn't know where the books were headed when she started writing them- and it seems like she really didn't have any idea at all! When you write a book like this with a big reveal, you have to at least have some idea of what's going on the entire series so that the big reveal actually makes sense. The entire book just felt really lazy. Also, I agree with everyone that Four and Tris's voice sounded EXACTLY THE SAME. When I first started reading the book, I was hoping she'd do something interesting with the two voices...but nope. There was only one reason she needed his narration...
As for the ending- I'm going to go against popular opinion here. I thought the ending was actually the most interesting and well written parts of the book. Was it necessary, did it make sense for the situation to even happen, etc etc? Nope! But it's the only part of the book where I actually wanted to keep reading (the last 40 pages or so). The only part of the book where I felt some emotion. Only part where the character acted like the character would in that situation (though the character probably should never have been in that situation to begin with, because it made no sense, but I digress).
Basically, I think the only plan Roth had for the end of the series was that one big part. She didn't really think out any other part of the book. So save yourself some time, read the last 50 pages of the book (don't worry, it won't make any more sense what's going on if you actually read the whole thing), feel really sad, and move on.
Roth's said that she didn't know where the books were headed when she started writing them- and it seems like she really didn't have any idea at all! When you write a book like this with a big reveal, you have to at least have some idea of what's going on the entire series so that the big reveal actually makes sense. The entire book just felt really lazy. Also, I agree with everyone that Four and Tris's voice sounded EXACTLY THE SAME. When I first started reading the book, I was hoping she'd do something interesting with the two voices...but nope. There was only one reason she needed his narration...
As for the ending- I'm going to go against popular opinion here. I thought the ending was actually the most interesting and well written parts of the book. Was it necessary, did it make sense for the situation to even happen, etc etc? Nope! But it's the only part of the book where I actually wanted to keep reading (the last 40 pages or so). The only part of the book where I felt some emotion. Only part where the character acted like the character would in that situation (though the character probably should never have been in that situation to begin with, because it made no sense, but I digress).
Basically, I think the only plan Roth had for the end of the series was that one big part. She didn't really think out any other part of the book. So save yourself some time, read the last 50 pages of the book (don't worry, it won't make any more sense what's going on if you actually read the whole thing), feel really sad, and move on.