Allegiant by Veronica Roth

Allegiant
(Divergent, #3)
by Veronica Roth
Released |October 22nd 2013 by Katherine Tegen Books|
Edition |Hardcover, 526 pages|
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The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered—fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she’s known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories.
But Tris’s new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature—and of herself—while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love. 

I hate to say that I had to DNF this book, but I did. I was super excited to read Allegiant when it first released and I got it the day it came out I believe. But as time went on, I kept putting off reading it because of school and sort of lost that excitement for the book. I was also doing my best to avoid reading reviews because I didn't want to be spoiled and I was doing good until on a random blog post or goodreads or something, the spoiler came. I was sort of ticked off about it, but I still wanted to read the book and give it a try.

I started the book and was completely bored. When I went into reading Allegiant, I went into it with an open mind even though I already knew what happened. The entire time I was reading it I felt disconnected from both Tris and Four. I had no feelings towards either of the characters and that bothered me. So I decided to put the book down for the day and try again the next and it still happened. I felt absolutely nothing. No emotions, no excitement to be back in the world, NO NOTHING! Maybe it was because I was bored and felt like nothing was going on within the story besides talking. There wasn't any action going on or anything like that. By this point, I was fed up and figured since I already knew what happened I might as well DNF it because the book wasn't doing anything for me and I knew I wouldn't make through the rest.

So then I decided to read a bunch of spoiler filled reviews just to no more of what happened. I still wanted to know something since I made it through books one and two. I read good reviews and bad reviews. I found out about the government and Tris and Four and everything that happened in the book. After that, I went and talked to my mom because she read the book and finished it and I asked her what she thought of it. She didn't like it that much. I asked her what she'd rate it and she said either 2 or 3 stars. She thought the trilogy went downhill after the first book to sum it up. She loved the first book and thought the second was pretty good, but didn't care for the last. I enjoyed both the first and the second, but I just couldn't get back into the world for the third.

Overall, I don't know why I was so disconnected from the story. Maybe it was time or the fact that I was spoiled early on before I started the book, I honestly don't know. But I do now know what happens from all the spoiler filled review (good and bad) that I read after I put the book down and I also went back and read like the last ten chapters to see how Four dealt with everything. It sucks that I couldn't finish this, but I'm not sorry that I started the trilogy. I did enjoy both Divergent and Insurgent.

DNF