My thoughts on: Allegiant by Veronica Roth

Title: Allegiant

Author: Veronica Roth

My rating: 5/5 stars

 Synopses:
This is the third, and final, book in the Divergent trilogy by Veronica Roth. It is a Dystopian that focuses on a girl named Tris, trying to find her way in life. She lives in a city that is separated by personality, called factions, and she wants to know why. She goes about discovering the past, as well as finding out who she really is.

Thoughts on this book:
** spoiler alert **
I wanted to hate this book.
I just want to hate this book with everything I have and more.
But I don't.
I just can't.
Because I loved this book.
I loved every single aspect of this entire book.
I loved every word, every character, every moment, every kiss, every twist...and even every death.
It hurts to write all of this...but I feel as though I have to.
This book...I really think it was perfect. From the moment it started, I was hooked.
The beginning was so fast-paced. It started out with Tris and the others in a cell, Evelyn ruling the factions, not that there is any now. I enjoyed how Tris and Tobias still loved and trusted each other after everything. It completely gave me hope. And when they left to leave the city walls...
Discovering out why the factions were made, that there is really a whole wide world out there, was such a relief for me, honestly. Finding out that the Government was trying to 'purify' genes was just bizarre, but the plot twist about it was just really insightful. I would have never guessed.
Anyways, as the plot thickened, albeit a bit slowly, I found myself immersed further into this world. I was surprised, but happy, to read a bit about Tris's Mother. I was glad of her decisions. But I hated the fringe and the way the new world was, though I understood the purpose of everything.
And the characters...oh, how they have grown.
This book was in Tobias's POV, too. I was so happy. I thought it would help me better understand him. And it did. Oh yes, it did. I got inside his head and heart, and I saw how messed up and beautiful he was. And I loved him even more. Even when he made the mistakes of trusting someone he shouldn't have. I still loved him. I got mad at him, yes. But I still loved him. I loved him even though he technically got one of my favorite characters killed. And I loved his obsessions and his love for things. He was wonderful, brave, and just so strong. I just loved...him for him.
Tris...whoa. I don't think I can say more, but I will try. She is my all-time favorite female fictional character. She was so brave, and beautiful and loving and loved... She was amazing. I've watched her grow from a scared Abnegation member to a fearless Dauntless one. And I loved every moment. I saw her find herself and fall in love. I pretty much put myself in her shoes, and even when I wanted her to just stop, when she wanted to stop, she kept surprising me, and herself, of how unbelievably strong she was. She was such a fighter . And she never disappointed. I watched everything that she went through...up until her death. It was possibly the most painful thing I've ever read. It was. But it WAS NECESSARY. I see that now. It was the ultimate sacrifice, on her part. Her love for the people around her out-weighed her life. And I respected that more than anything. It hurt...God, it hurt. But I understood it. It was so brave of her...nothing less than I expected she'd do. Her death was very honorable.
I loved all the other's characters too. I loved Uriah and his humor. I loved Christina and her will to forgive. I love Peter for being a coward and erasing himself. I loved Evelyn for choosing Tobias in the end, instead of starting a war. I loved Tori, for giving her life up to save the others... I loved them all. I will always love them all, even if they died or not. I will just always love them.
This book was full of so many emotions. I was happy and upset and confused and scared and afraid and I was devastated. But I loved every minute of it.
But the end was the hardest, I think. Not when Tris died or when Tobias found out or when he tried to wipe his memories of Tris...It was when he decided to face his fear of heights, for her. For the love of his life. For the one that gave his life for him, and for everyone. I loved how he spread her ashes, doing something that killed him on the inside, but that he knew would make her happy. It was...Oh God...it was painful, to say the very least.
This trilogy is very close to my heart. It will always, no matter what, be my favorite trilogy ever.
I want to tell everyone to read these books...but I only warn you that you better be completely up for the emotional damage it will give you...
Also, I'd like to say that Veronica Roth truly is an amazing author, a genius. Because she did something no other author would ever do, something she knew would hurt her readers, but something she knew was necessary. She did it...and it was beautiful and brave.

Anyways...yes...that's what I thought...
~Laura