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.
Allegiant, the final book in the Divergent trilogy, was nothing like I expected. Veronica Roth takes readers on a roller coaster ride of emotions with this final installment. While a different ending might have made me happier, I was quite satisfied with the way things tied up.
This is going to be a short and sweet review. I won’t spoil anything for you guys who haven’t read the book yet. Veronica Roth didn’t go in a direction that I thought she would. It seems like almost all books these days, no matter how bleak the world, somehow have a happy ending. That was not the case with Allegiant. (If you’ve read it, you know what I’m talking about.) I’m not really unhappy about the ending though. It was more realistic than any other ending and I felt good about that. Sure, I cried my eyes out for hours, but I was satisfied.
One thing that I didn’t really love about Allegiant was Four/Tobias. Readers finally get to see things from his point of view and I expected a lot more from him. I wanted the fierce guy with only four fears that we were introduced to in the first book. Instead we got a guy who came across as weak and it seemed like he relied a lot on Tris. Also, when he was left to his own devices, he really didn’t make very smart decisions. There were just so many problems with his character in Allegiant and I was disappointed.
The story is rather slow paced at first but once you get about halfway through, things pick up. However, even though the beginning was slow, I never once wanted to put the book down. If you’ve enjoyed the previous two books in the trilogy, you will enjoy this one. That’s all there is to it.
Overall, Allegiant was a satisfying conclusion to the Divergent trilogy. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I will definitely read whatever Veronica Roth writes in the future.
Fantasy Book Critic’s review: “Overall, Veronica Roth is an extremely talented writer and I look forward to future books.”