“Allegiant” by Veronica Roth Book Review
“Allegiant” by Veronica Roth is a fictional dystopian book based in Chicago where people are broken up into factions depending on the results of a test they take. The factions are Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless and Erudite. Each faction specializes in an area – for instance, Erudite focuses on knowledge.
The book’s main characters are Tris and Tobias, who are love interests throughout the series. The book is the last in the trilogy; the first book is “Divergent” and the second is “Insurgent.”
Since this book is part of a series, it is better to read the first two to fully understand where everything is coming from because of the fact the book does no re-cap of what has previously happened in the series.
“Allegiant’s” audience is mostly young adult readers. The theme throughout the book is to fight for what you choose to believe in, and the moral is to help mend those around you that are broken.
The first two books in the “Divergent” series were in the point of view of Tris, while “Allegiant” is in the point of view of both Tris and Tobias. This switch of narrators may be confusing, but it also may be enlightening to have two points of view of the same story.
The setting also changes in the book now that the characters have come to figure out more about their surroundings. The book’s main focus is challenging authority and trying to create a better life for everyone through educating yourself.
Personally, I think the book was pretty good. I like that every character didn’t survive despite my teardrops that fell on several pages. The reason I like the deaths or should I say the reason I am OK with them is that they added depth to the story.
The book had a lot of exciting moments. Some passages were so beautifully written it made me sit there and think for a minute about what I was reading. The writing that just hit home didn’t occur enough for my liking, but maybe that’s a good thing because I’d probably just be sitting there pondering life at every given sentence.
The book, overall, was really sad. This series wouldn’t work with a happy ending. The ending perfectly fit the book, in my opinion. The mix of loss and hope is what propelled the characters to do so much throughout the entire book. It was good to see the book end with death and a glimpse of a better future. I’m not the only person that has an opinion on this book.
Emma Diers, UHS freshman, said, “The book is awful because everyone dies.”
The book has accumulated many opinions by readers and critics alike. My personal view is that it was good and didn’t exceed my expectations, but met them with gold stars. The best bet is to read the book and draw personal views on it, and maybe even write a review, which the Echo would be more than willing to publish. If the question is whether “Allegiant” is worth a read. The answer is yes.
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I’ve only read Divergent and haven’t liked the series so far because I feel like the characters do not think about their actions enough. But maybe I’m wrong and I should give Insurgent and Allegiant a shot.
(Although if I read a book where everyone dies I would probably think it was terrible too.)