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Oct 22, 2013 Sophie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I... I honestly don't know how to start. I am just stunned by the ending. Veronica Roth truly proved to me the qualities and flaws of our societies, how life doesn't always have happy endings.
This book- heck this story, these characters, their lives really hit home to me about the qualities that makes us human. We must be

Honest with our feelings, and the inevitability of death.
Brave, because at some point in our lives, we will always have to face our fears. We will have to stand up for what is r ...more

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Jun 05, 2013 notyourfriend rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, indescribably-awesome-fav-s-fav, suprisingly-good-great, nowords-amazing

I forgot to rate this book... Im glad I waited anyway. When I first finished it, I was like most people: sad, mad, and shocked. But after reading the reasons behind it all, I grew a new respect for the book, the whole series, and the author. It was beautifully written. Everyone gets upset because the ending was insane, but when you stop and look at it, the story was fulfilled greatly.

And if you haven't read the authors comments on it yet and still are angry, read it, but be warned that there are ...more

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Oct 24, 2013 Julia rated it liked it · review of another edition

Like always the writing was really good and I enjoyed the story but the ending kinda ruined it all for me :(

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Aug 31, 2013 Cat rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: owned-books, awesome-cover

I give Allegiant 3/5 stars

*This review contains minor spoilers*

I have to say I was beyond excited when I received Allegiant, the final installment in the Divergent trilogy. But, I'm sorry to say that I'm slightly disappointed with it. To me Roth is a great author. The trilogy had a great story-line, characters, relationship etc. But, this all kind of disappeared in this book. In my opinion, her writing style/skill isn't that great, and I feel that showed very prominently in this book. More s I give Allegiant 3/5 stars

*This review contains minor spoilers*

I have to say I was beyond excited when I received Allegiant, the final installment in the Divergent trilogy. But, I'm sorry to say that I'm slightly disappointed with it. To me Roth is a great author. The trilogy had a great story-line, characters, relationship etc. But, this all kind of disappeared in this book. In my opinion, her writing style/skill isn't that great, and I feel that showed very prominently in this book. More so than the others.

Surprisingly, it was actually the plot of Allegiant that was its main downfall. The plot was all over the place and had little to no organization. Throughout the book, nothing was really made clear. It was just thrown in, event after event. Punch after punch. I don't think a book really needs that. Allegiant had a lot of room to develop more. Roth introduced the new concept of genetically pure and damaged along with many others when, there was still room for developing past themes that were still contributing to the novel. By the end nothing seemed really resolute or resolved and there was just a basic lack of explanation.

Not only that but, the character development was also weak. Lets start off with the main character, Tris. She just seemed very unrealistic in Allegiant. Going back to the first two books, she made mistakes, which made her seem so human. It made her very relatable. For the majority of the book she was never wrong. She automatically became this strong, smart, and selfless person; it went to such a ridiculous extent. With this she became a very condescending character and it made her extremely unlikeable.

As for Four, he seemed to lose his strength. I understand that he's not perfect and that's not what I want. But, in the first two books he was so strong in facing his issues. This Four seems...different...shattered. He lost all his defining traits in this book. He becomes, irrational, weak, and uncertain. I wont go deeper into his character changes though, because I don't want to spoil anything.

Their relationship also wasn't something I could appreciate, as it seemed very contrived. They fought over the smallest things and made up in ways that made no sense. It became very irritating.

As an overall I think the book lacked, plot, character, and relationship development. It was repetitive and disappointing. I may be being a little nice in my rating of 3 stars. I think its probably the sentimental value this trilogy holds for me that keeps me from giving it a lower rating. In truth I would only recommend this to die-hard fans of Divergent or people who just want to finish the trilogy.

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Oct 30, 2013 Gabby rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: third-book, heart_crippling

All i can think at the end...Im not gonna lie, it took me a few minutes to
pull myself together so as to not look like train wreck...

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Oct 26, 2013 Holly rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: i-loved-it, feels-feels-everywhere, swoon-worthy, made-me-cry, mixed-feelings, disappointing, kept-me-up-all-night

I have a discussion post on my blog about the ending. What did I really think of it? Find out!
http://skizzles22hu.blogspot.com/2013...

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I almost didn't rate this, because I'm not exactly sure a rating could convey all of the feelings I had while reading this book. I'm angry, sad, happy, confused. I loved Four's POV, and his and Tris' character development was amazing, and at times, very frustrating. Somehow, these characters managed to seem different than in the first books, y ...more

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Oct 31, 2013 Faye rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, moving, nail-biting, drama, dysyopia, desprate-to-read, books-i-own, awesome-heroine-character, tear-jerkers, will-die-for

Wow.
Omigod.
What.
Just.
Happened.
Allegiant changed my view of the whole series. When I finished Divergent, I immediately loved these books. They are in my top five series and will stay that way! But I just never thought that Allegiant would effect me so much.
The characters have changes so much since Divergent. Tobias was stronger, more open, and in some ways he was more controlled, but also more in tune with his emotions and more susceptible to his emotions.
Tris was stronger on the inside, mo ...more

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Apr 25, 2013 ๖ۣۜMegan rated it liked it · review of another edition

I LOVE divergent!!!!!!! I hope Veronica decides to write more in this series. And I just have to say: the title? Um.........weird. Divergent is amazing. I took the quiz and it said I would be dauntless :D I look forward to seeing a lot more of tris, Tobias (four),Caleb,uriah and even Susan. I kinda want Peter to stay ONLY if ALOT if bad stuff happens to him!! I mean, ms.roth, please in this book make Marcus (he should die for what he did to evelyn and Tobias!!) and Peter try to jump on a train e ...more

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