Author: Veronica Roth
Genre: Dystopian
Page Count: 526
Publication Date: October 22, 2013
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Awards: Goodreads Choice for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2013)
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*WARNING MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS*
Allegiant by Veronica Roth is the last book in the Divergent trilogy and takes place directly after the event of Insurgent. Evelyn Johnson and the factionless have created a dictatorship over the other residents of Chicago. Meanwhile, Tris and Tobias regain each other's trust and are desperate to leave the fence. They discover a group called the Allegiant, lead by Johanna Reyes, who are against Evelyn and want to reform the factions. Tris and Tobias are recruited to join this group leave the fence along with Caleb, Peter, Christina, Uriah, and Cara which sets the scene for the rest of the book.
I really enjoyed this book. Although it wasn't filled with as much action as the other ones, I was still fascinated by the story and the new discoveries the main characters faced. This book contained both Tris and Tobias's point of views. At some points I enjoyed this change of perspective, but most of the time I disliked it. I found it confusing to read from the two perspectives because I felt like the two writing styles were too similar and they were meshed together. I found myself flipping to the beginning of the chapter to see whose point of view I was reading from. However, I understand that Veronica Roth did this to get more of a feel for Tobias's character and to see how he reacted to living without his loved one. I thought that it was at some parts very depressing to read from Tobias's perspective and see how he feels about his awful parents and his past.
Also, we get to learn more about life outside of the city. When Tris, Tobias, Caleb, Peter, Christina, Uriah, and Cara venture outside of the fenced Chicago area, they discover a new government, the Bureau of Genetic Welfare. This government was in charge of the creation of the experiments such as the one in Chicago. I felt like an Erudite reading about this government, because I loved learning about the formation of the factions, the genetics of the people inside of the experiments, and more about the Divergents. I felt like one of the characters when David, the leader of the Bureau, explained the purpose behind the factions and the rest of the experimental cities.
Additionally, we learn more about Tris and Tobias. Tris is intrigued by this new outside world while Tobias is very skeptical about it. Tris learned that her mother was from the outside world and a part of the Edith Prior group. This led Tris to feel things that she had never felt before. Tobias, I felt, gained a much greater understanding of Tris's feelings and was able to comfort her in her time of need.
Overall, this book was an excellent conclusion to this series. It may not have been very action packed but I still really enjoyed it. This book may be the first book to make me cry and it kept me up until past midnight (which is saying something) to finish it and see how it ended. I am very sad that this series has come to a close but I am very happy to have lived and died with some amazing characters.
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