Allegiant

Es...
Dios... Me ha destrozado tanto... La muerte de Tris... Los pensamientos de Four después...
Juro no volver a leer esto de nuevo... Es...demasiado para mí.

I'm glad I finished the story of Triss. The first book was the one I likes best. I struggled with the change in the narrator. The romance parts were painful. I enjoyed the storyline and the characters.

I hated this whole book.

I thought this had a very fitting ending considering the characters tendencies.. I will leave that vague :) Good series I would certainly read more by this author in the future.

Bah! Annoying ending and a bit long

I knew how this book ended before I even started it. I'm online most of the time and constantly on Twitter, so it was inevitable that I would get spoiled. And because of that, I didn't believe the ending would make me cry. But boy, was I wrong.

I just want to share my favourite sentence from the book: “I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.”

Oh Allegiant, how you've frustrated me these past few days. That feeling of not knowing whether to throw you at the wall (thought I'd better not as my kindle would break) or embrace your twisted sentiment.

In advance of delving into Ali Condie's Matched trilogy I thought I would finish the Divergent series first and was hoping it's conclusion would be more satisfying than the conclusion of The Hunger Games which diluted it's enjoyment book by book. I'd already become concerned when the second book in Roth's series, Insurgent, proved less satisfying than the first. I prayed that the third would redeem itself.

We commence immediately after the conclusion of book 2 where the factionless and their leader Evelyn have taken control of the city. Suddenly the factions are in danger and it appears one dictator has been swapped for another, so a group come together and form the Allegiant, with a view to reinstating the factions.

From here I became frustrated as the book seemed to them become a never ending round of people trying to usurp one leader for another, then for another and another. We take a journey outwith the city Tris and Tobias call home and they travel to a world where it seems more of the same is on the cards.

The characters seem to stall a little in this book, their dialogue seems less mature than that of the earlier books and their relationship scenes seem childlike and immature. That said however the ending that Roth have them still had me choked with tears and I liked how she left a real message at the end of the book, concluding it really nicely with a message for life.

I'd like to say I loved this book, I didn't, but neither could I say I entirely hated it either. It was a difficult one, I had to force my way through it at points then suddenly there would be a little spark of genius and I'd read intently for a chapter then that spark would fade. It has been a challenging read, not entirely in enjoyable but I'm glad Roth has concluded the series and won't be trying to dredge another book from her increasingly tired story.

I liked the ending.

I was bored throughout, but the ending made it somewhat worth the struggle. I found the book moved really slow in the first half and a lot of the characters annoyed me. I also think the long time in between my reading of Insurgent caused me to care for the characters even less. I was disconnected from the story for the most part and the dual perspectives didn't help either, but the ending was what brought it all together for me. I think the ending was done well and it was realistic; other endings would not have been as effective. Loose ends were tied up and it brought closure to the trilogy. It was a nice ending to a trilogy as opposed to the ways other series have ended. /side eyes Requiem/ The ending did not disappoint and for that I am grateful.

I did enjoy the series but I think I'm going to have to take a break from dystopians for a while. They all seem to be following the same cookie cutter formula and I'm tired of it.

First off, let's just say that I wanted to read this book for two reasons: I THOROUGHLY enjoyed DIVERGENT and INSURGENT, and where INSURGENT leaves off, I HAD to know what happened next. 2nd: I saw all the one star reviews, many of which contain MAJOR spoilers, and I HAD to see why people hated it so much.

This trilogy has the action and intrigue you would expect from the best of Matthew Reilly or Jeremy Robinson - and the last 10% of ALLEGIANT had me crying more than even the best Nich Sparks books - and I'm a 31yo tough Southern Man.

The ending played out almost exactly the way it had to. I'm not going to give anything away, unlike those “most helpful” reviews, but there really were no surprises in the endgame. The mystery of what had happened outside the fence contained quite a bit of commentary on human nature itself, which as someone with “genetic deficiencies”, including Autism Spectrum Condition, it was incredibly interesting to me. I HOPE they can convey all of this in the movie, though I doubt they will be able to.

I LOVED this book, but let's face it - 1) don't read the last book in a trilogy without reading books 1 and 2 first and 2) if you've read the first two books in a trilogy, you're going to finish it out, regardless of what all those “most helpful” 1 star reviews say...

I AM NOT OKAY WITH THE ENDING OF THIS BOOK. NOT. OKAY. CRYING AT WORK. NOT OKAY.

4.5

Allegiant, at least for me, was more mature and darker than the previous novels. The intensity and the level of emotion was vastly improved and explores more on the “dystopian” genre. There are some parts that will truly remain with you after finishing it. I really liked how the book is told in two different perspectives. And I was really intrigued with Tobias' point of views because it really shows how his character is highly flawed and very complex, but in a good way though.

Most people who reviewed this book criticised its ending. They said they felt betrayed and devastated for killing off the best characters in the series. Have you guys even heard of the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin? Because if you do then it's fashionable nowadays how authors kill off the important characters (so stop whining). I can say that the ending doesn't have the most satisfying ending when it comes to dystopian novels but in my opinion, it didn't really destroy the entire series as a whole.

I'm really glad that I got attached to this trilogy. It's been a great ride of emotions. Veronica Roth really captured every young-adult readers' hearts out there. I'm looking forward to what she'll work on next.

For the last time: BE BRAVE

This review contains spoilers, I don't think I could talk about it without them.

Rating: 3,5 stars.

Oh, Allegiant. Why?

I'm just going to flat out say it. Unlike most people, I didn't hate the ending. Actually, I though the ending was the best part of the whole book. It was beautiful, well made and it had the original idea of what Divergent used to be (for me, anyway).

Once I finished reading this, I was quite sad about that ending. I felt hollow inside, because, goddammit, it's horrible. Once I reread it, I was able to look at it from another angle, and realize that I loved that ending.

And also, most importantly, most of the problems I had with this book, were because of Insurgent. As in, all the things that were happening, had a reason, and that reason happened in Insurgent. And I hate Insurgent. But the book itself had problems all the same.

The whole book was pretty boring since the beginning. And when things did actually happen, in which one would think it'd be huge and complicated...it lasted for about 3 chapters, or less.

The whole theme about how this was all just an experiment that the government decided to do, to see if it worked, you know, just playing around, and then it didn't work, things that happen all the time, so they just tried to fix it by more experiment, and just controlling everybody like a puppetNO. NO, NO, NO AND NO.

Ok, so, I can understand a government who manipulates people as they please, but they always do it secretly and with some sort of decency. They just don't flat out go and do it. They always have some cover or something, and they never go as far as that. So, no, it's not logical, not even close, ok? I hate this concept. It's not complete. It's not done well, it's like she just wrote it out just to get rid of that part and move on. Well, guess what? NO.

Another thing that annoyed me was how stupid were Tobias and Tris' fights. Like, come on. Tobias going to Nita so blindly just because she's “like him” with all the damaged genes stuff. And then Tris trying to convince Tobias that Nita wasn't good because she was jealous of her and she though it was wrong. Like, bitch, I wouldn't trust you either if you just told “Don't”. Ugh!And something that got me completely screaming with frustration was just how much I hated Tobais in Allegiant. When things where happening and he just froze like “What do I do, do I go or not? Is it right or wrong?” BITCH, YOU'RE DAUNTLESS. AND NOT JUST ANY DAUNTLESS. YOU'RE FOUR. And for what I've learned in this whole series is that Tobias doesn't freeze for stupid things. And that's exactly what he did here.When Nina's attack plan is on track, I swear it only last about two chapters. Like, no, it was supposed to last at least seven and be epic, not such a failure. Agh, i can't deal.Then we have Tris. Since the moment Tobias told Tris letting a person die for you because he loves you it's a true act of selflessness, I knew. Immediately. She was going to sacrifice herself for Caleb. Fuck. Me.Here is when Insurgent enters. Caleb is an idiot, and I've hated him through all the books. In Insurgent, I wanted him death. But he didn't die. And then he expects to be forgiven, with such stupid reasons. I literally can not deal with him. And then Tris decided to die for him.Ok, it actually made sense. And it's a really good idea. And I love the whole thing. I really do. What bothers me is the reason. Caleb wasn't worth it. If maybe Caleb hadn't done such stupid things back in Insurgent, I would have accepted this. Or maybe even if he had shown some kind of real remorse for what he did, I would have forgiven him. It was that easy. But he just has so little character development, that he didn't. And that's what pisses me off about the ending. Not the fact that she died, but the fact that it was for Caleb.sigh. Moving on.I though the ending after Tris dies was really stupid. Not Tobias parts, but the background. It was just so simple how things turned out. So stupidly simple. I can't deal. Like, the government completely ignored them and moved on. And they got their “happy ending”. And I was like, that's it, really, that's all you had to do. I could have done that in my sleep. (ok, no, but you know what I mean).I found completely unnecessary Uriah's death. It had no reason to be. And specially in such a horrible way. It's ridiculous.I did like those few last chapters, they were perfect for the ending. It was pretty sad, did not cry, as always, but it did left a hollow feeling in my chest. For a while.Another thing I didn't like was the whole Tobias/Evelyn relationship. I mean, the author never got to something complete. She never let us know what that whole thing was about. There were this mixed signals that never got to anything. I'm just so annoyed by it. And at the end, she's good, but not as good. waaa...The book was really boring. Just a big pile of nothing and unfinished business. It was pretty much plot less. I don't even know what happened in between.I could go on and on, but I'm just getting tired of this, I think I've proved my point.In general, I have it at 3,5 out of five because I'm just that generous, and because of that ending. That's it.If you did enjoy it, please let me know what did you saw in it that made it good to you, because I'm clueless. If you want to read my review of DivergentIf you want to read my review of InsurgentIf you want to read my review of Free FourIf you want to read my review of The Transfer

I don't know how I feel about this.

For one, the dual perspectives really confused me at first. Tris and Tobias practically sounded like the same character. But I got used to it quickly, only finding myself fumbling a few times when one of them had multiple chapters in a row. Another thing that bothered me was how slow this was. I felt that the story dragged on and on for no specific reason. I felt this book could have been shorter if certain things were cut. I don't know what else I have to say. This book didn't really impress me or make me cry like it did to other people. I'm not pissed at Veronica Roth, either. I'm just all ‘eh'.

This series is ‘eh'.

Hoera en bravo! Allegiant is bij deze één van de allerslechtste boeken die ik ooit gelezen heb, en dat wil veel zeggen want ik heb veel boeken gelezen, en véél slechte boeken.

Om de één of andere reden besloot Roth in dit boek in plaats van alles uit het eerstepersoonperspectief van Tris te vertellen, afwisselend Tris en haar “lief” Tobias/Four aan het woord te laten. Vervelende beslissing, want het is compleet onduidelijk wie wie is: de twee personages hebben exact dezelfde onrealistische stem, en het is alleen als ze aan elkaar expositie aan het doen zijn, of als er eens een persoonlijk voornaamwoord in komt dat het geslacht verraadt, dat de lezer weet of Tris of Tobias aan het woord is.

Niet dat het dan écht duidelijk wordt, want de Tris en de Tobias van dit boek zijn totaal verschillend van die van het tweede boek, en dié waren al anders dan die van het eerste boek.

Maar alla. Het heeft trouwens ook geen enkele zin om na te denken over het plot – iets met genetica, en “nurture” die “nature” zou corrigeren, en onzuivere genen of godweetwat – want het is zowel wetenschappelijk als verhaaltechnisch complete kul. En oh ja, die “divergence”, waarbij het hoofdpersonage méér was dan alleen maar die ene karaktertrek van één “faction”? Ah ja, dat was ook maar om te lachen.

En er is een einde, gelukkig, maar het trekt op niets. Plotgaten zo groot dat er verschillende olietankers, hand in hand, door kunnen wandelen.

Slecht, slecht, slécht boek.

Great series, great book, but I hated the ending!!!

Unfortunately I am not able to rate nor review this book because today someone ruined the ending of this book.

Really enjoyed this series. The author did a good job with opening the story, expanding it with revelations and most notably, bringing it to an appropriate close. She really did a good job making the setting and plot details more specific as the characters learned more about their world. It's so rare that a postapocalyptic/dystopian setup has a satisfying ending, but this one did!

Ok. How do I do it?
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Basically, I understand that the world is more like Anna Karenina than Dr. Seuss and that the fairy tales were originally much more like what would be considered horror stories for our oh so protected minds. But still, I wasn't ready for the sadness to come with the maturity. I reread the last chapters twice to make sure nothing was going to change. It just feels sad. And for me, it kinda ruined the previous ones. Judge me at your own will.

It's almost as though this book was written by a different author. A few of the many things that bothered me with this series finale.
-Completely different chapter style (alternating POV of Tris/Four) from the first two books
-Way too much time spent on Tris/Four relationship
-This book seemed rushed, and cramped. She put way too much into this book, and as such left a lot of holes in the plot, and failed to explain the outside world to a level of detail that makes logical sense

Aside from the above, don't even get me started on the ending...

Meh. Not impressed. I lost a lot of care for the characters through this book. I miss the world that was created in Divergent. Would've liked more of that.

The. Fuck.

Also: I cried.

So, I'm trying to figure out how I feel about this book. I actually finished the whole series in one week. I honestly was thinking, “I'm not in the mood to read another dystopian YA” but yet, here I am.

First off, the book has alternating viewpoints, which is extremely annoying. Besides being a YA cliche, alternating viewpoints should at least ADD something to the story. At first I thought it was because both characters were going to go off and do separate stuff. But what's the point if both characters interact side by side and experience most everything together (and have almost the same voice)? Also, every other chapter is a bit much, Veronica. The switching POV constantly took me out of the story and was overall distracting. I hate to say this - but Twilight did a much better job at the alternating POV cringe.

There was also a LOT of infodumping and a lot of it got very heavy and hard to follow. Not enough to make me put the book down, but close. I agree with another reviewer that I would have rather had the characters slowly figure out this info on their own instead of just being told everything.

There are lots of other flaws in this book that numerous other reviewers pointed out, so no point in rehashing here. Honestly, a lot of that stuff wasn't nearly as distracting as the constant switching POV. Seriously, a basic editor should have caught that.


I read that a lot of people were spoiled on the ending, and I'm so glad that I was not. The ending came as a legitimate surprise. I was ready to give this book 2 stars for it's overall “Meh”-ness, but that ending really got to me - I'm not going to lie. I actually saw it coming a little bit too, except that I thought it was going to be Four, instead of Tris that dies. I don't know if I agree with all the details of how the ending played out, but it is a bold move and definitely breaks the YA cliche. For that, I shall give it an extra star.

ABSOLUTELY LOATHED THE ENDING.

I definitely understand why people don't like this book as compared to the first two, but after a rocky start, it really worked for me. Even Four's chapters – incredibly jarring and redundant at first – weren't that bad once I got used to them. The end was a downer, but again, I thought it was done really well.