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June 2014 Moms
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When you're finished with Allegiant, come in and discuss! **SPOILERS**
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Okay, so I just finished last night and I am dying to talk about the ending! Please tell me there are others out there who are done reading and want to discuss! I have LOTS of thoughts/opinions to share!
--I hated having the book told from both Tris and Four's perspectives. I realize why it was necessary, but most of the time, I couldn't tell the difference between their voices. I would get halfway through the chapter and forget whose thoughts I was reading.
--I feel like the ending was completely out of left field on so many different levels. There is no way Evelyn would have caved that easily, just because Tobias said he would have a relationship with her. Nothing about her character suggests that she would do that. She has been painted as a cruel dictator who left her son with an abusive father and kills people to get what she wants. Then all of the sudden she just forgets her grand plans and schemes? No. It was tantamount to the totally ridiculous "confrontation" at the end of Breaking Dawn.
--We all knew that as soon as Caleb volunteered for the suicide mission that Tris would step in for him. That was in keeping with her character and the Abnegation that has always been present in her actions. However, this was the perfect opportunity for Caleb to make some sort of sacrifice and earn some redemption. Why didn't he go with her? And then in the epilogue, he still hangs out with these people who were Tris's best friends and essentially her family? No.
--David ends up being the biggest villain in the trilogy--he kills our main character--yet we know very little about him and his motives. We know that he loved Tris's mom, it is one of the few things we know about his character, and yet he doesn't hesitate to shoot Tris. He was extremely flat for someone who was supposed to be evil.
--The whole plan to dispense the memory serum in the compound is ridiculous. They're going to set it off in the city so the best solution is to set it off in the compound instead? And the only way to get it is to go through the death serum? With all the mental and physical power in the group they couldn't come up with a better plan? How about attack the plane they will use to take the serum to the city?
--I understand the desire to make a statement and kill your main character, but there is a reason it isn't usually done. Mainly, it doesn't work. You have to have a really strong ending if you want your readers to be okay with a hero's death. The ends did not justify the means.
Overall, I was disappointed in the end of the series. I thought Divergent was really unique and well thought out. There was lots of action and it kept my interest, but this one just didn't have the same effect on me. What did you guys think?
--I hated having the book told from both Tris and Four's perspectives. I realize why it was necessary, but most of the time, I couldn't tell the difference between their voices. I would get halfway through the chapter and forget whose thoughts I was reading.
--I feel like the ending was completely out of left field on so many different levels. There is no way Evelyn would have caved that easily, just because Tobias said he would have a relationship with her. Nothing about her character suggests that she would do that. She has been painted as a cruel dictator who left her son with an abusive father and kills people to get what she wants. Then all of the sudden she just forgets her grand plans and schemes? No. It was tantamount to the totally ridiculous "confrontation" at the end of Breaking Dawn.
--We all knew that as soon as Caleb volunteered for the suicide mission that Tris would step in for him. That was in keeping with her character and the Abnegation that has always been present in her actions. However, this was the perfect opportunity for Caleb to make some sort of sacrifice and earn some redemption. Why didn't he go with her? And then in the epilogue, he still hangs out with these people who were Tris's best friends and essentially her family? No.
--David ends up being the biggest villain in the trilogy--he kills our main character--yet we know very little about him and his motives. We know that he loved Tris's mom, it is one of the few things we know about his character, and yet he doesn't hesitate to shoot Tris. He was extremely flat for someone who was supposed to be evil.
--The whole plan to dispense the memory serum in the compound is ridiculous. They're going to set it off in the city so the best solution is to set it off in the compound instead? And the only way to get it is to go through the death serum? With all the mental and physical power in the group they couldn't come up with a better plan? How about attack the plane they will use to take the serum to the city?
--I understand the desire to make a statement and kill your main character, but there is a reason it isn't usually done. Mainly, it doesn't work. You have to have a really strong ending if you want your readers to be okay with a hero's death. The ends did not justify the means.
Overall, I was disappointed in the end of the series. I thought Divergent was really unique and well thought out. There was lots of action and it kept my interest, but this one just didn't have the same effect on me. What did you guys think?
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Re: When you're finished with Allegiant, come in and discuss! **SPOILERS**
I also didn't like it being told from both perspectives. I thought that was a drastic narration style from the first two books.
@shakeweights, I read and loved the Hunger Games trilogy, although I had a similar (though must less intense) reaction to Mockingjay as I did to Allegiant. It just was not as good as the first two, in my opinion. Excited for Catching Fire in a couple of weeks! It's almost like the authors get so caught up in the hype that they put too much into the last book and it becomes a big mess instead of a satisfying conclusion.
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