Showing posts with label Allegiant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Allegiant. Show all posts

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Allegiant By: Veronica Roth

Synopsis
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. 

Told from a riveting dual perspective, Allegiant, by #1 New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth, brings the Divergent series to a powerful conclusion while revealing the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in Divergent and Insurgent.
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Wow... 
Did that just happen?!
I hate you Veronica Roth
Oh wait, no... I think I love you???
Wow... 

I will make this review short and sweet so that I don't go on for ages with the same thoughts and feelings as every other Divergent lover out there has before me.  

~Spoiler Free Review~

Writing: I don’t cry when I read. In order for me to cry I have to have such a connection with the characters, the writing, the world, AND the plot. That being said, this book made my dehydrated from crying… 


Forgive this total dramatic fan girl moment, but a piece of me just died. 
I haven’t cried this hard because of a book ever! I was SO distraught by Allegiant but grateful. Very upset yet pleased. Even, after some time, happy. I couldn’t even pick up another book for a week. Seriously… this was all I could think about. To me, all of the extreme feelings I have is a sign of some FANTASTIC writing. 

WorldI have already gone on enough about this world in my other two reviews. I love the Divergent world Roth has built and I find in extremely believable and well portrayed. 

CharactersI LOVE EVERYONE! 

Except YOU Caleb… I don’t know how I feel about you… 

Tris & Tobias may be my favorite characters of all time.

PlotTwo words: Mind. Blown.


Overall, I understand why people are so upset with this book, but I get it, I respect it. This whole series wrapped up to be so excruciatingly beautiful. I don’t think it could have ended any other way. 

I loved this series, but I’m very nervous for Roth as an author. How do you ever beat the Divergent trifecta? My only words of advice would be to never write another story like Divergent or have characters like Tris & Tobias. Leave this territory Roth and never look back...

I cannot recommend this series enough. 
I want to read it all over again… 

“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.” 
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“I fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default as if there's no one else available to me. I stay with him because I choose to, every day that I wake up, every day that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me.” 
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“I suppose a fire that burns that bright is not meant to last.” 
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Life damages us, every one. We can't escape that damage. But now I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.

I loved it!
I need more stars... 
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Click here to see my Divergent Review
Click here to see my Insurgent Review
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Monday, January 13, 2014

Read-a-thon Wrap-up!

Bout of Books 9.0 has come to an end and I couldn't be happier with the outcome. In total I finished five books and got a good start on two more. I only veered off from the original TBR by one book and didn’t get as far as I hoped but I still can’t complain! Here’s the breakdown:

Monday, Day 1: 60 pages of Insurgent

Tuesday, Day 2: 259 pages of Insurgent and Maus 1, both of which were completed this day.

Wednesday, Day 3: 171 pages of Allegiant and I read all of Fracture Me.

Thursday, Day 4: 187 pages of Allegiant.

Friday, Day 5: 251 pages of Allegiant and Wait for You.

Saturday, Day 6: 199 pages of The Line, Maus 2, and finished Allegiant!!! 
(Side note: Allegiant? um… wow!)

Sunday, Day 7: 326 pages to complete The Line and a little more of Maus 2.


And the grand page count total (drumroll…) 1,453 PAGES! Yay!


Let me know how you did and what books you would like to see a review of first. 

Friday, January 10, 2014

Friday Reads!

TGIF!!!
The Bout of Books Read-a-thon is continuing throughout the weekend and this girls has no plans. So naturally I will be reading the WHOLE TIME and loving it! :) I know my Friday reads is a bit large but I've already started the first three, so I want to finish these and get a good chunk done of the the last two by the end of the weekend. Five books! Ready, Set, GO!!!

1) Allegiant By: Veronica Roth - 3rd and final book in the Divergent Trilogy
2) Maus 2 By: Art Spiegelman - 2nd book in the Maus Graphic Novel Duology

3) The Line By: J.D. Horn - 1st book in the Witching Savannah Duology
{Expected Publication Date: February 1st 2014}
4) Beauty Queens By: Libba Bray - Standalone
5) Defy By: Sara Larson - 1st book in the Defy Duology
Taking out the pages I have already read the page count comes to: 
5 books = 1379 pages in total

Good Luck to everyone doing the read-a-thon!
Let’s do this!