Sunday, October 27, 2013

Allegiant : The Trilogy Comes to a Close

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No spoilers but oh my gosh

Allegiant was just amazing.

I'm kind of at a loss for words, but the sheer realism in this book struck me well and made me completely satisfied with the ending of this trilogy. hence why it took me so long to blog about it.  I finished it on the 23rd, the day after it came out.  I might have a problem.  >:)


Veronica Roth wrote amazingly: she wasn't an evil bloodthirsty author like some are, and she wasn't a complete pansy either, which made me really happy because that's what frustrates me with books.  The ending is either too sad or too happy: this was such a perfect balance and the ending made sense with no actions that were uncharacteristic like many trilogies end with.

Okay, so essentially Allegiant was about the continued journey of Tobias and Tris, and how they have had to adapt to their environments in and out of the city they used to call home.  I can't really give you more than that because it's continued from a series & spoiling books is just evil.

The characters were all great and relatable.  I really hated Tris, but I think that's a sign of good writing because making characters what seem real are what induce feelings towards them, and I really appreciated thoughts made for each character to revisit how they act and why the act that way.

As mentioned above, the writing was phenomenal.  One thing that Roth seemed to lose her touch for was that, in her previous books, she'd always set up multiple opportunities to expand the plot early in the book, and then come back to them and make the readers go "OOOOOH that makes so much sense." Well, she did set up many opportunities at the beginning by mentioning multiple characters and situations that simply faded out of your vision by lack of importance.  I really thought she would make something out of it once more, but alas, she only visited a few and seemed to forget about the rest, like most of the audience.  This touch is what I really loved about her, but it wasn't enough to cease my enjoyment of the book.

Overall, I'm satisfied with the ending to my favorite post-apocalyptic trilogy.  Thanks for reading!

4 comments:

  1. I'm planning on reading the entire series. Did you know there's a Divergent movie coming out sometime next year? :)

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    1. Yeah! :D I'm super excited, the person who plays Tris (Divergent) is the same actress who is playing Hazel in the Fault in Our Stars movie, and the person who plays Caleb (Tris' brother) is playing Augustus, who is Hazel's love interest. I can't wait to see both of them. :D

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  2. LOVE this book!!! I finished it in a day too!!! When I write my blog post about it, I'll make sure to link your blog into it because it's an interesting take on the book!

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  3. YOU'RE SATISFIED WITH THE ENDING?!? I HATED IT >.<
    Well at least when I read it I hated it, however now looking back, I think I somewhat, SOMEWHAT, thought it was ok. But still, I can't even comprehend what happened. I NEVER SAW IT COMING. It was, it was, it was, I don't know, im at a loss of words.

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