Goodreads Summary:
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.
My Thoughts: *******SPOILER ALERT********
The trend of having a split narrative in YA is really starting to bother me. In order for this format to work the author has to be really good at creating two very distinct voices and two world that over lap but don't look or sound the same. This can be achieved but most authors fall flat, and this is sadly the case with Veronica Roth.
I loved Divergent. Insurgent was okay. Allegiant was hard to get through. Mostly I wanted to smack both Tris and Tobias and tell them to stop whining already. I don't think Veronica Roth took enough time with her second and third books in this series and the third was not great.
This particular vision of post apocalyptic America was annoying and unconvincing. Genetics are the cause of everything that went wrong and the purity war that came out if it destroyed most of the United States. This led to experimental cities like the one that Tris and Tobias we raised in/ and then left. These cities were supposed to produce those with pure genes which supposedly would lead to making the human genetic code pure and whole again.
So, of course, Tris has pure genes while Tobais does not. Blah blah blah so bored with how predictable this book was. I even saw Tris sacrificing herself for the greater good and finally kicking the bucket (of course her Mother appeared to her in her death hallucinations). It was so obvious that when the main character of this series died, mostly I was relieved I wouldn't have to read her whining anymore.
I was so disappointed by this read. I had waited for it for months and was completely let down. I wanted so badly to like this book. Alas, we don't always get what we want.
I do not recommend this book to anyone, unless you want to finish out the series. Just don't get your hopes up.
While writing this review I was listing to bits of the TV show Star Crossed.
