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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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After so much hype, and that fabulous cliffhanger ending of book #2, I was underwhelmed by the finale. At the beginning, Tris is still struggling to stay alive and keep her friends alive in the new new world order. She must decide what energy to put into the "original mission" of the town, as told to them by her likely ancestor. Do they leave the city gates? Is there a world left outside them? (Of course they're going to leave.) Once Tris and others leave the city, all I can say is "meh". The in
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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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Wow. This is a heck of an ending to the trilogy. I totally get why this is such a divisive novel, but I've got to say, I think Roth ended this thing in just about the best way she could have. I've heard people mutter about how it's a "rip off" and they hated the ending, but I wonder if those folks were really paying attention to the characters as they moved through the narrative. Although I wasn't quite expecting what happened, it seemed to be the best and truest ending for nearly everyone invol
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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.
I still like the characters and enjoyed it. ...more
I still like the characters and enjoyed it. ...more
Better thought out than I anticipated. But.
Better than #2; still not as good as #1.
Dec 09, 2013
Samira
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it was amazing
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