Title: Allegiant.Author: Veronica Roth.
Published: October 22nd, 2013.
Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Dystopian
Number of Pages: 526.
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The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered—fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she’s known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories. But Tris’s new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature—and of herself—while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love.
Told from a riveting dual perspective, Allegiant, by #1 New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth, brings the Divergent series to a powerful conclusion while revealing the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in Divergent and Insurgent.
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MY REVIEW:
Well considering I didn't finish These Broken Stars this week I decided to review the second most recent book I read. It just happened to be Allegiant!
Going into the book I had a lot of hope for it considering it was the final book in the series. Sadly I ended up disappointed with this book more than I thought I was going to, but we'll get more into that further in the review. I think the part I enjoyed the most was actually when they were escaping up until Tori died. I actually felt like that was complete bullshit to kill off the character like that, she didn't even get a good death. Thinking back on this book, I've realized just how much I didn't like it. I hated Tobias' mother and I hated his father throughout the entire book. I hated the people on the outside and the stupidity of having "bad" genes, to me that was crap. I expected a lot more from this book and for a lot more to be explained. I honestly hated the whole concept of what was actually going on outside of Chicago. I felt like there wasn't much logic behind why they created the cities to create a population of Divergence.
As I read more into the book, I really did like how Tris begun to finally cope with the death of her parents and how she started to move on. I like how she started to put the pieces back together. I even enjoyed when her and Tobias started to talk out their issues and then begun to fix them, but that doesn't mean I liked Tobias in this book. I was so pissed when Tobias went behind Tris' back, especially after giving her hell for when she did the exact same thing. It felt so out of character for him to go and screw her over. That just wasn't fair and it was something I never expected from his character, it left me angry and disappointed. So in the end Tobias was who I ended up being the most angered by. Especially when because of his stupidity Uriah ended up in a coma. Congratulations Tobias Eaton, you fucked up big time. But what I disliked the most about the entire book was how Tris died. She survives the death serum and then dies by a bullet? What kind of shit was that? It felt so anticlimactic. She deserved such a better death, but she didn't get one.
But with all books there will always be points we hate and points we love. I could tear this book down for all its flaws, but that's not fair to the author. Even though it wasn't the best book, I've read worse series endings. I do generally enjoy Veronica Roth's writing and the very end I really did love. I just didn't love a lot of the in-between points. My favorite point in the book was when Tobias spread Tris' ashes. I felt so proud of his character for facing a fear for the love of his life, it was truly a beautiful part of the book.
MY RATING:
