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last updated Dec 16, 2014 09:22AM
Free copy of Proximity Factor this July, no reviews required. Just enjoy.
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So gritty! So dark! So nonsensical!
(I waffled between 3 and 4 stars on this but I decided to round up to make up for Veronica Roth getting actual threats from batshit fans.)
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The split perspective very clearly shows the problem with this series - it was impossible to tell the different between Tris and Four's chapters. These characters have a lot in common, but different perspectives and that wasn't shown at all. I gave up on trying to tell who the narrator was, it didn't matter anyway. Based on how many people hated the ending, I figured one had to die, though I'd thought the other, or I wondered if one or both of them would lose their memory and they'd have to star
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I almost gave it two stars because there were a few good scenes in it. However, the fact that the author succeeded in making me completely despise just about every main character in the book just made me so angry I refuse to like the book.
The pace of this book slows down a bit and the author turns more introspective. I didn't find this technique and story line as entertaining and compelling as the first book in the series. I guess it demonstrates the author's maturing in her relationships, but the overall story was harder for me to imagine.
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Is it The Curse of the Third Book in a Trilogy?
In my mind, there is something worse than a bad book: a boring one. And boy is Allegiant boring. Lackluster plot, a mishmash of formerly exciting characters and an ending that made wonder if Ms. Roth didn't hate this character all along. At least with my hatred of Mockingjay, I still cared about the characters and had enough vitriol left to throw the book across the room. After I was done with Allegiant, I shrugged my shoulders, added the book to th ...more
In my mind, there is something worse than a bad book: a boring one. And boy is Allegiant boring. Lackluster plot, a mishmash of formerly exciting characters and an ending that made wonder if Ms. Roth didn't hate this character all along. At least with my hatred of Mockingjay, I still cared about the characters and had enough vitriol left to throw the book across the room. After I was done with Allegiant, I shrugged my shoulders, added the book to th ...more
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Better than #2; still not as good as #1.
Dec 09, 2013
Samira
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it was amazing
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