Allegiant Collector's Edition (Divergent, #3)

by Veronica Roth

What if your whole world was a lie?

The thrillingly dark conclusion to the No. 1 New York Times bestselling DIVERGENT trilogy.

What if a single revelation - like a single choice - changed everything?
What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected?

The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered - fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories.

But Tris's new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature - and of herself - while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love.

Told from a riveting dual perspective, Allegiant, by #1 New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth, brings the Divergent series to a powerful conclusion while revealing the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in Divergent and Insurgent.

• ISBN10: 0062394983
• ISBN13: 9780062394989
• Publish Date: 6 October 2015 (first published 22 October 2013)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Imprint: Collins
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 592
• Language: English

Reviews

[inlibrisveritas]

Allegiant was one of my most desired books this year for a few reasons: 1-It’s the ending to a series, and I desperately need to finish at least one. 2-The ending Insurgent kind of made me confused and I needed to know what was going to happen. 3-Tris and Four are kind of badasses and I usually enjoy seeing them do bad ass things. However as you can see my rating on fell on 3 Stars, and that last one was very grudgingly rewarded.

The plot of Allegiant is very slow and there is a lot of information to take in, though honestly with the amount of talking and thinking I sat through there didn’t seem to be enough of anything to make the length interesting. We do get a few action-y scenes but they are few and far between, so it’s mostly just talking. Or in Tris and Four’s case fighting and making up in a sappy fashion…on repeat…I honestly wanted to shake these two until they got their act together. THe good thing is that I wasn’t expecting the reason and explanation we were given, but the bad thing is that it was kind of a stupid reason. It works and seems realistic, but overall after everything we’ve been through it was a tame reason. Allegiant really seemed to lack something that Divergent had in abundance. I didn’t really find it fun or thrilling.

The characters from the previous books are pretty much the same if a bit shell shocked. The new characters…well I honestly don’t really remember the differences between them, except for maybe two. It made it hard to really connect with anyone or care about the new conflict brewing, it was like watching a random episode of some government thriller show you’ve never seen before.

The ending deserves it’s own little section in this review because so many people have flipped out over it, and I totally get why. However this is the whole reason this book didn’t fall in the 2 star category for me. I loved the ending and thought it fit perfectly. It is a polarizing piece of the story though so you’ll either think it works or you won’t.

Allegiant was kind of a let down overall and while there are some parts I will remember fondly I can honestly see myself forgetting most of this book. I think if you’ve reading the first two books then you should definitely read the end, but I can only recommend borrowing it unless you just want to own it. At 526 pages it’s very lengthy and I felt most it, but I am glad to see how the series ends.

[empressbrooke]

I liked Divergent quite a bit. I spent all of the last few days not being able to remember anything that happened in Insurgent (and in fact couldn't remember what the title was to save my life). This final book in the trilogy was...ehhhhh.

The writing wasn't very good and the dialogue was downright painful. All of the characters "grin" far too much. The chapters flipped back and forth between two main characters' POVs and no effort was made to give them different voices, which led to some moments of confusion when I mixed up who that chapter was following.

The side characters apparently weren't well developed enough in the previous books for me to remember who most of them were, so the oh-so-sad scenes where they mourned the dead ones had no impact whatsoever. Even the Big Event at the end that would have left me going, "Oh no they DIDN'T" in another book didn't even make me blink.

There were some interesting bits, and I liked the initial reveal of the world outside the fence, though the logic of it all quickly fell apart. Also, having lived in Chicago, I'm disappointed in how small the author made the city seem. There's a hell of a lot more to it than just Michigan Avenue, the Hancock Tower, and the Merchandise Mart, although you'd never know it from reading this book.

[Cocktails and Books]

Since I had the end of this book spilled to me, I just can't bring myself to finish it knowing what I now know. I may go back and finish it when it gets closer to this movie's release date...but for right now I'm going to walk away and wallow in sadness.

[ladygrey]

It's easy to be critical of books - to point out all the flaws or the things the author did that you didn't like. It's much easier to analyze a book than it is to write one.

Which is why this series has always been difficult for me. There are things I recognize [a:Veronica Roth|4039811|Veronica Roth|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1363910238p2/4039811.jpg] is doing, or attempting, or striving for. Things I respect her for and even sometimes things she does well. And then there are things I kind of can't stand. So it's a series compiled of extremes.

For starters, the writing is just so painful. It's really like a 2nd or 3rd grade reading level and maybe that's part of why it's a NY Times bestselling series - because people like things that are simple and easy. But it's so blunt and overly simplistic it's just hard to read.

And I have issues with the characters. I don't like Tris nearly as much as all the other characters do.

But I do like that Roth deals with things. When Tris lied and lied and lied in [b:Insurgent|11735983|Insurgent (Divergent, #2)|Veronica Roth|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1325667729s/11735983.jpg|15524542] it drove me crazy but Roth didn't let her get away with it. She and Four dealt with it in this book (or at least talked about it) and that helped. And it bothered me that Tris never forgave anybody. ever. No matter how much she loved them. In the last book she found ways to trust her enemies while she was lying to the people she loved and in this one she found compassion for her enemy while she was so cold and bitter with the people she loved. But Roth didn't let her get away with that either and she figured out how to forgive.

And Four! So much of what he goes through in this book is such a violation of his character. I don't care how many times you use the word broken or damaged Four is strong and confident and he takes risks but he isn't impulsive - he looks at the situation and thinks things through. But Roth made him the opposite of all that and you can have characters go through hard things and identity crises but as an author you don't get to betray your characters like that. I would complain about how Four regretted the whole rebellion thing then didn't tell the Bureau the invaders were inoculated against truth serum but that became an irrelevant plot point like a lot of her plot points so I let it go.

Also, that alternating point of view. I get why she did that but it didn't really work except for the one purpose it served. Because the character's voices were not distinct. Several times when I was reading Four's pov I thought it was Tris until the pronouns or object clues made me stop and question whose pov I was reading.

I like what she's trying to do - the ideas she puts forth about identity and what happens when that's taken away. And the dark side of virtues. And the significance of the people we love and how they make up our lives. And everything about fear and bravery. They're all really interesting concepts and she suggests some interesting things about them. And I have to admit in a world is [b:Twilight|41865|Twilight (Twilight, #1)|Stephenie Meyer|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1361039443s/41865.jpg|3212258] and [a:Stephenie Meyer|941441|Stephenie Meyer|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1269985304p2/941441.jpg] it was really good to hear Tris talk about self-sacrifice and love and show it's a last possible option after you've exhausted everything else - not something you choose because it's easy or quickly like a martyr. And about how it's not sacrifice if it's someone else's life you're ending. But they're just words in a world with a lot of details and not a lot of depth.

In the end, I wanted to give this book three stars and just couldn't bring myself to. And not even because of the ending. I almost kind of didn't mind that because as difficult as it was in the aftermath, it was also kind of perfectly appropriate. Because Tris could never live in this new world. She just didn't make sense in it.

And the thing is, I like Veronica Roth. If you read her blog at all it's apparent she has a clear head and is reasonable and thoughtful about her story and her characters and the choices she makes. I really liked the entry she posted about the end of Allegiant. It makes me wish what she was going for had come out in the stories better. But she's still cool.

[stefu1]

Don't get me wrong, I really liked the book, its just that the ending ruined it. I feel like I was standing in line at my favorite artists concert, and I go in, they play all these amazing songs, then end it with ring around the roses. Needless to say, If i could just chop of the entire end half of my book/ get back all the time I wasted, then I would give it 5 stars. IDK, I had some high expectations for this book that was not met.

Then on top of it, just when Tris and Four are starting to make up and start to form a real relationship, Tris dies. really? I saw this quote the other day that sums up why I really don't like the book, It went along the lines of "When writing Dystopian books, you have to keep in mind that the end has to give you hope for a better future". Sorry, but when I read this, I just kinda thought "Why the heak did I even pick up this series?" I got im danny phantom sense of hope, just acceptance. Four got wimpier in this book which I hate and this was kinda a huge let down. But hey, Its not my book to write so eh.

To be honest, Tris' death didn't really hit me until a few hours later, thats when I realized she's never coming back, I mean I thought I hated Hunger games' MockingJays ending but honestly, I can still go back and read that book.

idk, I only read it cause I read the other books, but lets be honest, If I knew how it was going to end before I read it, I could have spent my time reading another book that didn't make me cry

I would only recommend it if your ready for heartbreak.

[puchunga]

I cried with the end. I could see it coming but I didn't wanted to believe it. Absolutely worth reading it.

[Hixxup]

This book was really disappointing. It was highly confusing, too much was going on,that both mafe sense and didnt make a whole lot of sense at all. The last few chapters however made me cry, and the ending as sad as it may have been made me smile. But this was not my favorite of the trilogy.

[celinenyx]

Endings aside, I'm disappointed with Allegiant.

This review might contain some spoilers with regard to the middle part, but none regarding the ending.

To be honest I don't remember whether or not Divergent and Insurgent were well-written, language-wise. I only remember that I breezed through them. I also breezed through Allegiant, but man are there some awkward sentences in this book. It's written in dual perspective, but the voices sounded exactly the same. For me this is where the emotional disconnect started, and the rest of the story suffered from that.

After the happenings in Insurgent, Tris and Four venture outside the fence. I was excited for this - how would the rest of the world look? Is it in ruins? Or is it utopia? Turns out, the explanation is rather lame. We barely see anything from beyond Chicago. Our protagonists just walk around talking to people, we get info-dump after info-dump. There are some new conflicts forced on us that don't make any sense. To be honest the worldbuilding in Allegiant is a total bust. There is some mention of a "government", but once you look at the plot closely it falls apart. What happens to the rest of the world? There is not one single person that wants to know what the situation is like outside the US. Really? You're having genetic problems, and you're not interested to see how other countries would deal with this? Nope, let's be cartoony ostriches and stick our head into the sand.

I guess the relationship between Tris and Four is realistic. They've had quite some problems in Insurgent, and they're still feeling the after-shocks of that. To be honest I think they completely lost their chemistry. The kissing couldn't convince me they felt any romantic attraction to each other. It felt more as if they were siblings, not lovers.

Allegiant is a surprisingly boring book. There is action and shooting and uprising after uprising, but maybe as a reader of this series we've just become kind of numb to that. Who cares about yet another rebellion? Loyalties ping-pong everywhere.

The world outside Chicago is a terribly depressing place. I don't think I want to revisit it ever again.

[Kelly]

http://www.divabooknerd.com/2013/10/allegiant-by-veronica-roth.html
Let me start by saying, that before Allegiant was released, I already knew what to expect after seeing a review on Goodreads. If that wasn't bad enough, everyone in Australia seemed to have their copy before I did, and had to chase up my order through the online bookstore days after it's release. So you can imagine I may have been a tad annoyed before I even cracked the spine. But I loved Divergent and Insurgent passionately, so I thought that it would have been well worth the wait, and it was... In a way.

Where books one and two in the series were all about a revolution against an oppressive regime, overturning a tyrant and overcoming prejudice to unite, Allegiant as though it was an intellectual science fiction, with an action scene thrown in now and again. I did enjoy the genealogy aspect, but it overtook the storyline and I found myself wanting to skim over passages as I felt they were too repetitive. Between the Allegiant on The Fringe and those in the Bureau, it felt a little too confusing, but I really enjoyed the addition of the new characters, especially Mathew and wished that he has played a bigger part.

I think the biggest difference is in Tobias. He has shed his Four persona, and readers will finally get to see the scared, unconfident and lonely boy that he ultimately is. But be warned, he's quite temperamental in Allegiant, and seemingly spends most of his time complaining or attending his own pity party.

The ending is what most fans of the series will be interested in, and I thought it was fitting. Even with Allegiant being somewhat of a disappointment for many, Veronica Roth should be applauded. She's created a brilliant series, regardless of the ending, that fans have enjoyed and will talk about in years to come. I wanted to love Allegiant, but it just felt too incomplete compared to what I had expected.

[Linda]

I am a little surprised, but I actually ended loving Allegiant! Full review to come very soon... lots of great quotes, and I think there are a lot of life-lessons in there. I can understand how readers are upset, though.

This and all my other reviews are originally posted on my blog (un)Conventional Bookviews