I
am reviewing the book Allegiant by
Veronica Roth. It is the third book in the Divergent
series. Allegiant is another
best-selling book in the dystopia genre. While there are many dystopia books
being made, the Divergent series is
the best I have read. I read Allegiant as
my book 3 and it is just as good as the first book in the series, which is hard
to say about many series books. Basically it is about Tris and Tobias (with others)
escaping the factioned society, broken by war and power struggles to finally
find out what lies beyond the fence. What they find is not the easy, simple
life Tris so desperately wanted. She finds new truths that change the people
she loves and once again she must fight against a new human nature she is
brought into.
The
plot Veronica uses is unique. While for its genre it has to be about a future
society, Veronica does that in a distinctive way. Her love story is perfectly
incorporated with the war and action. Tris and Tobias’s love is not written in
a sappy way, but still is written in a way that we feel how strong their love
is. The way she writes when Tobias describes Tris in the book shows how he
loves her for the strength he sees when he looks at her. She doesn’t write that
he thinks she is the most beautiful girl in the world because the love story in
the book isn’t sappy. “We are not people who touch each other carelessly, every point
of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.” That
quote shows how Veronica incorporated a non-sappy love story into the plot,
which makes the book better.
In most stories, the plots involve some kinds of sappy love story, but not for
Veronica.
Veronica
mixes the perfect amount of action, dialogue and description of scene to the
book. An example of description was when she was describing what the fringe
looked like. We got to make a visual in our mind of the place that people had
to live in, so we could feel their hardship. The pace of the book is fast and
instead of dragging your way through the book, you can’t wait to read more.
What makes the book even better is that it is written in first person. We
really get a feel for what the characters are feeling and thinking. Like when
Tobias describes how he feel when he is with Tris. It shows us how much he
loves her and what he thinks about her. She also switches off narrating from
Tris’s point of view and Tobias’s point of view, so we get to feel what both
Tris and Tobias are feeling and thinking. “I choke on a sob as the image of
Tobias comes into mind, of how strong and warm his hand was when we first stood
face-to-face.” That quote helps us feel what Tris is feeling and shows us how
much she loves Tobias. It wouldn’t be the same if Tris wasn’t the one
explaining it.
The
characters in the book are great. I like how she has to main characters instead
of just one. You can really see how Tris and Tobias change over the course of
the book and the whole series. In a book the characters should change throughout
the story. In the beginning of the book Tris and Tobias became stronger, braver
and more selfless and that really impacted the book in a good way. It makes the
book better and makes it easier to relate to the characters. and even though
the story is futuristic. I was still able to relate to how the charters felt. In
the book when Tobias lost Tris, I could really relate to the feeling of loss.
On
a scale of 1-10, I would have to give
Allegiant a 9. Allegiant is not
just another dystopia book. It’s different and unique and is a great ending to
the series. I was not disappointed. I would recommend that people who read Divergent or Insurgent should keep going until they are done with Allegiant.
I'm glad you liked this book and series. Solid review!
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