Allegiant is the third novel in the Divergent
Trilogy, or should I say series now that a new book, Four, has been
released. I read the first two novels,
Divergent and Insurgent last summer and literally couldn’t put them down. I found them to be an exciting tale of a
dystopian future with a great female hero and an interesting mystery of how
exactly the different factions of the society in future Chicago were created.
Allegiant attempts to explain this mystery with
Tris, Four, and friends becoming part of a new group, the Allegiant, that wants
to return society to the old way of life that includes the factions. This group escapes beyond the City walls and
finds out what is in the world beyond.
Tris finds herself once again called upon to save the day.
Honestly, I had a hard time getting into this novel
and unlike the previous two, I could easily put it down and didn’t feel the
need to pick it up and finish it. Part
of the problem to me was the dual narration.
Tris and Four both narrated this novel; Tris was the sole narrator in
the first two novels. I didn’t see the
point of the dual narration as the two were in the same place for most of the novel
and didn’t have a distinctive voice. I
often had to flip back to the beginning of the chapter to remind myself who the
narrator of this particular chapter was.
I also thought the mystery of the factions was a bit of a letdown and
that there was no clear story for this one.
The sacrifice at the end didn’t seem reasonable or that it was really
needed. I didn’t feel like Tris had a
clear goal or direction in this book.
Overall, Allegiant was a poor ending for the
Divergent Trilogy with a shift in format and no clear direction on the
action. I felt like the first book was a
great idea, but that the background for the idea had never been thought of
until afterwards.
Book Source:
A Birthday Present from my Husband
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