Book Review: Allegiant

Allegiant by Veronica Roth
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Overall, this final part of the trilogy is considered okay for me, but not as good as Divergent.

First of all, I kinda like the dual perspective writing style. Divergent and Insurgent are both written in Tris's POV which I found it quite dull especially in Insurgent. In this book, I'm able to learn more about Tobias's real character which never shows in previous two installments and make Allegiant seems to be richer.

(view spoiler)[However, by having a view in Tobias disappointed me though. I never expect Tobias to be so fragile and weak in his mental strength. Perhaps he is the kind of person who covers their mental weaknesses with their strong physical outlook. But hey, Tobias is Four! Who constantly faces his own fears by his own initiatives! I mean who can be so easily disturbed with some genetically-damaged theory at the same time strong at facing their own fears? He was strong maybe because he think he is a Divergent.

About Tris, I can see her character growth from a Stiff in Divergent to a girl who is willing to sacrifice herself for the ones she loves, which also resembles her traits of being an Abnegation initiates. Her ending did shock me a little, but honestly, I didn't have the sad feeling I should have for her and I don't know why.
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To review the series as a whole, I think Divergent started very well in attracting readers' attention about its faction-based dystopian plot. But it started to be boring and dull in Insurgent and finally disappointing in Allegiant.


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