Allegiant (Divergent, #3) in The Wide Web of Friends in YA Books

Dec 17, 2013 Cat rated it liked it · review of another edition

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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. Mor 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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Nov 25, 2013 notyourfriend rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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I have a lot to say about this one, but now is not the time. Im still getting over the ending. Will edit some other time.

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Nov 04, 2013 Teresa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, couldn-t-put-down, heart-wrenching, romance, head-over-heels-in-love, action-packed, the-feeels, sob-fest

I've now completed the whole of the Divergent series. And I can't believe it's over, I just can't.

All the characters that won't ever be seen in action ever again.. the relationships each character had with another..
It is an effort that could not have been any better. Despite being devastating, Veronica did an amazing job, and I couldn't put it down at all! Action was always waiting for me on the next page, or the romance between Tris and Tobias. The feels were so bad in this book, but I couldn' ...more

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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 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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Dec 27, 2013 Neha rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Dec 05, 2013 Cookielover rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: no-words-for-this-pain, read-in-2014, beautiful-mind-altering-fiction

I'm bawling right now because I have issues. When I read a book, all my emotions are in it and when a author writes like this...well. So I'm gonna wipe my eyes before my sniffling is heard and try to write this review.
*fights sob*
Okay, um, more great writing. I love how Roth's novels are woven with life lessons and deep thoughts. I love how the characters are so real and her big ideas are really mind-boggling. It takes a lotta skill to hit your readers in the chest but leave their heart still cr ...more

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Dec 28, 2013 Sofia Theos rated it liked it · review of another edition

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This book would have gotten 5 stars if the main character (view spoiler) And I absolutely despise her brother. Caleb.

Am I one of the few who noticed that he person who plays Caleb in the movie is Augustus in TFIOS? And the female lead for Divergent is the same as TFIOS? Kind of w ...more

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Nov 07, 2013 Azeret Andrade rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I was about to give this book 4 stars just because of some parts but i couldn't, cause...
it's been a long time since i cried this much, with a book...really
This book really did infact, break my heart to a million pieces.
It was so freaking sad but with a lot of message as well.
So i still think i'm gonna cry for a bit longer, but there will be happy tears too.
So i'm really speechless right now but it was INCREDIBLE!.
This series will always have a special place in my heart ♥ ...more

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Dec 08, 2013 Niamh rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: favorite-authors, broke-my-heart, boring

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Dec 17, 2013 Ambar rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Algo así como el libro que destruyó por completo mis sentimientos.
No exageraría al decir que me dejó con los ojos rojos de tanto llorar, con el corazón hecho añicos y sobre todo con ganas de más.

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