As a book enthusiast, Veronica Roth wowed me with her new novel Allegiant, the final book in her Divergent trilogy.
In Allegiant, there are twists and turns with the characters’ actions and relationships. At the end of the previous two books, Roth throws curveballs with revelations that left me, and other the other rabid readers of Divergent and Insurgent wanting more.
The entire plot of Allegiant is a curveball. It was like being told I was going on a surprise trip; I had no indication of where it would lead. In the beginning, I had to reference the previous novels to follow the difficult twists.
After clarifying these, the rest of the book flowed smoothly. Roth puts forth new adventures and struggles for protagonists Tris Prior and Tobias Eaton. In Divergent, Tris switched her place in society and met Tobias along the way, setting up a relationship between the two.
In Insurgent, Tris and Tobias’ relationship is constantly being put to the test. Tris, putting the most strain on the relationship, went against Tobias’ wishes countless times. When all goes wrong, utter chaos gets even worse with the revelation of a different life than they know.
Two factors that kept me turning pages were my devotion to the main characters, and the conflicts presented by the corrupt leaders of this dystopian society.
The future I had pictured for all the characters differed from everything Roth wrote in the end, but the quality of Roth’s writing is consistent throughout this excellent trilogy.
Roth included an epilogue to give insight on the future of the characters’ lives. She wrote it well enough that I was still able to create a vague extended ending of my own for the characters.
Allegiant Rating: 8/10. It was exciting and pure genius. The events from chapter 45 on left me a little upset. Many readers will not find the conclusion satisfying. I read Allegiant within the course of four days because I just couldn’t bear to put it down. The movie comes out in spring and I hope they follow the example set by the Hunger Games franchise, and keep the movies close to the books.