Allegiant

There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater.But sometimes it doesn't.Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk toward a better life.

I enjoyed it, but not as much as the first two. Overall, the plot was rough around the edges and the lack of suspense made it feel less satisfying than in the previous books. What they discovered outside the fence was quite anticlimactic.

Most people were put off by the ending, but I didn't have a problem with it. Even though I was sad about you-know-who dying, it was a good ending, very emotional. I actually think it kind of saved the rest of the book. Allegiant was so slow that it didn't seem like it was in the same universe as the previous books. The world-building was messy and too many things didn't make any sense.

But still I enjoyed Tris' character. I didn't care about pretty much anybody else. The previous books have killed off a lot of my favorite characters and the new ones were unremarkable.

I didn't think the romance could possibly get any worse, but it did. Four was at his most annoying self up untilTris'death. That was the first time I felt truly sorry and sad for him. His grief moved me. I appreciated that her memory finally pushed him to pull himself together and start being a better version of himself. But I wish he'd done that while she was still alive.

Based on the ending alone, this was a good conclusion to the trilogy.