I've waited four months to write this review. I was so angry when I finished reading Allegiant that if I had written my review then I would of broken my #1 cardinal rule of reviewing: no author bashing (yes I was that angry). Now I don't feel quite like that. I'm still angry about what happened in Allegiant - very angry - in fact when talking to my friends about it I almost always refer to it as "Effing Allegiant". However, I am no longer angry at Veronica Roth! It was her story to tell how she saw fit and how the characters told her to. I'm not here to judge her, but I kinda hate the whole last book of this series and wish I skipped it. On a plus side, it did make me feel, I felt a LOT and the emotions I felt (both positive and negative) were STRONG. I was really close to not bothering with the movies now that I know how it all ends... then I saw the trailers and remember why I loved Divergent and Insurgent - Theo James doesn't hurt either! I never thought I'd say this but I really hope Hollywood changes the ending.
So why didn't I like it? Well it was kind of like The Truman Show meets Logan 's Run. It was just plain odd. I didn't feel like the story fit with the rest of the series, which I actually think is what Veronica Roth was going for because, wow - the reality is just off the wall in this book. I eventually accepted the circumstances surrounding what was "outside the fence" and even almost starting not hating what was going on... then the ending happened, and that is when I got really angry. You will have to read it for yourself to see what got me so upset.
Review by Danielle
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