Allegiant

Divergent Trilogy, Book 3

By: Veronica Roth

Narrated by: Emma Galvin, Aaron Stanford

Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

What if your whole world was a lie?

What if a single revelation - like a single choice - changed everything?

What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected?

The explosive conclusion to Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times best-selling Divergent trilogy reveals the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of listeners in Divergent and Insurgent.

©2013 Veronica Roth (P)2013 HarperCollins Publishers

Wow! This series is AMAZING!

This is just SO GREAT! I love this author! Pretty insightful into human character, love it! The performances are SUPERB! Just absolutely wonderful!

Not where I saw this heading

I loved this series, but I didn't necessarily love this book. Because of that, I probably starred this higher than I really should have. I imagined the ending in a very different manner, and I can't say that I really have closure with this story and these characters that I have grown to care for. I liked having the dual narration. It gave me a slightly different view of Tobias, being in his head for most of the book. I liked Tris a lot better in this book. She was a lot less self centered and actually started thinking about how her actions would affect others emotionally. But again, I didn't care for the route of the end of the story.

I just hate that this is the end.

This is the final chapter of the Divergent trilogy and it does not disappoint. The continued adventure of Tris, Four and their companions while their world devolves around them and opens into a new world. Is this new world any better than the one they left behind? Only time will tell.

Great wrap up!!

I really like the way this last book brings the story to an end. When you finish this book it doesn't leave you hanging, it gave me great closure with the story line and all the characters.

No longer my favorite trilogy but still recommend

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes. This trilogy was my all time favorite up until reading the third book. While I may not agree that the story needed to go the way it did, the third book is sound and does allow the author to cover subject matter that was important to her. I read and re-read the first two books several times while waiting a year for the third book to come out. I never got bored. I loved the characters Tris & Tobias and could not wait to see them go forward together in the third book. I will be less enthusiastic about recommending the trilogy to others after reading the third book but will still encourage those who have an interest in this genre of books to read all three.

I love Emma Galvin as a narrator and Aaron Stanford did a great job stepping in on the third book as Tobias. Emma is the perfect voice for Tris.

What other book might you compare Allegiant to and why?

Hunger Games. Strong female lead and likeable, supporting friends. I like that Tris was not as conflicted about her connection with Tobias as the lead female in Hunger Games and other similar series seem to be with their male counterparts.

Which scene was your favorite?

I loved the part where Tris comes to understand that loving someone does not mean that you won't disagree on some very big levels and that you will have to say you are sorry many times in a relationship.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

I like the tag on the book...One choice will define you.

Any additional comments?

Four stars because I loved the series but hated the story ending. I will re-read the story after I recover from my grief.

Very emotional but a great ending (spoiler)...

What did you love best about Allegiant?

I really liked how the characters of Tris and Tobias matures into a kind of personalities that you get to love and respect. The story ended in a more realistic fashion and was not over the top or predictable. Tris who was not willing to forget Al in book one and desperately needed forgiveness from Christina in book two finally gets the chance to forgive her own brother and make the ultimate sacrifice. Tris is a true hero with a character that is so easy to fall in love with. In the wonderfully written final chapters, you get to feel the pain and the hollowness that Tobias feels and how desperately he struggles to go on in spite of the loss and because that's what Tris would have wanted him to do.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Allegiant?

The chapter that Tris and Caleb talk about their childhood memories, when she finally decides that she cannot let her brother walk to his death. This was the scene that you get to truly understand who Tris Prior is.

What about Emma Galvin and Aaron Stanford ’s performance did you like?

They were both excellent.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Don't know.

Any additional comments?

The story in the final book was darker, complex and more suitable for adults comparing to other books you typically find in this genre

Sub par

Ok book compared to the others. Much slower story line. Expected a better ending. Now I don't even care to see the next movie.

Great ending !

This is a great book and a fine ending to a wonderful trilogy. Thank you

Well I love this book! That’s all I have to say!

This book was perform wonderfully I loved the book and loved the how well it was read it’s a great series of books if you like action drama romance etc. I don’t how ever like who many deaths there are like overall there is a lite of deaths in the book and I usually don’t cry over silly things but like I get tear every time some one dies. so it goes to show that it’s guaranteed you will get hooked on theses series.

The ending isn't that terrible...

Considering the themes throughout the trilogy, readers shouldn't be so shocked and horrified by the less than perfect fairy tale ending. It actually makes a lot of sense and it's well written for the genre.

Overall, the book is the weakest in the Divergent trilogy. It has a lot of holes or gaps or, at minimum, leaves you with a lot of questions about an expanded world that's changed everything the reader and the characters understood in the first two books.

It's almost like the author is trying to come up with too many crises, leaving less developed characters and little time for us to reallly buy in to the story. That could be said about all three books but it's worse here at the Compound...

I wasn't a fan of the new guy reading the chapters from Tobias' perspective only because it was jarring to suddenly have someone else's portrayal of the same characters Emma Galvin already introduced to us through the first two books...and in Tris' chapters.

Still an enjoyable YA close to a trilogy - twists and turns, plots and intrigues, love and hate, grudges and forgiveness, sacrifice and anger, and tormented heroes or heroines...great background for commutes or washing dishes or whenever you need a little diversion.........