Allegiant by Veronica Roth

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Allegiant by Veronica Roth



I am not one to disclose spoilers so if you have not read Divergent or Insurgent I suggest doing so before continuing with this review.

        Insurgent left us at the end of a rebellion. The Factionless and Dauntless have attacked the Erudite headquarters to destroy the technology causing the simulations and Jeanine, the Erudite leader, is now dead. Evelyn now has complete leadership after disarming the Dauntless and disbanding the factions. And thanks to Tris and Marcus’ effort, the truth Jeanine was trying so hard to conceal has been released: there are others that live outside of the walls of the city. People chose to begin a new within this city, leaving their memories and other lives behind to try and heal the problems with mankind or more precisely human nature. But now is the time for the isolation to end with the emergence of more and more Divergent. Allegiant begins after this revelation. Tris and many others are awaiting trial. Tobias is playing the role of his mothers right hand.  The factions are forced to mix. The Factionless are the policing force and the city is under lockdown. Evelyn does not believe any help should be given to the outside world and that no one should leave. After Tris’ trial frees her of any guilt in her association with Marcus, she and Tobias join the Allegiant, who want to be given a choice of how to live, faction or factionless, and who also want to venture outside these gates. A group is chosen to venture outside of the walls and what they discover changes everything. Could the reason for Divergent be a genetics? Could the reason for those who belong in certain factions also be genetics? If that is the case was anyone ever given a choice on where they belonged?
                Allegiant is the last book in the Divergent Series and it takes an interesting twist, which includes an outside element. With each previous novel the reader is introduced to different aspects of being Divergent and what that truly means inside those walls and inside the factions. This last novel defines Divergent within the grand scheme of the world.  It also defines what it means to not be Divergent and how the differences between the Divergent and those who are not Divergent affect people outside the walls of what the characters now know is Chicago. The characters have to figure out in Allegiant what their place is in this new world. Do they leave behind the home they knew even though it’s been completely revolutionized? Is there a place for them in this new world?

                Allegiant offered an unexpected ending to what was an enjoyable series. It was written in the voices of both Tris and Tobias. I found that more enjoyable than how the previous novels were written because I find Tobias a better character than Tris. This change in writing style allowed for a broader and more detailed view of the new world. The change of circumstances presented in this last novel made it essential to have these two opposite views of the surroundings. Does the series end well? I’ll leave that up to you decide. As I’ve said before I was engaged by the story line and the ideas it presented. There were certain aspects of the story that I found wanting, but it moved well and the momentum of the story may have slowed at some parts but never stopped. Give it chance. I did enjoy and don’t regret reading it but it's not my favorite.  

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