I finished The Lost Sun earlier this week, and I'm about 80% done with Fangirl. I'll probably have Fangirl finished tomorrow. In the meantime, Veronica Roth's third book in the Divergent Series came out on Tuesday the 22nd, and I could not resist the temptation to download the Allegiant e-book to my Nook.
Divergent review here
Insurgent review here
The Goodreads synopsis reads as follows:
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 faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered—fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she’s known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories.
But Tris’s new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature—and of herself—while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love.
The explosive conclusion to Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy reveals the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in Divergent and Insurgent.
I'm only halfway done reading Allegiant at this point, and I do not wish to read any spoilers nor to give anyone else any major spoilers. I think I can safely say these things about the first half:
- I honestly need someone to pay me to do nothing but read novels all day, everyday, because finishing Allegiant is all I really want to do.
- At the exact same time, I don't want this series to end. I'm nervous and excited for the end at the same time. This is like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows all over again. I anticipate tears. Hopefully not as many tears as when I read the ending of the His Dark Materials trilogy (if you'd seen me, you honestly would have thought someone died in real life).
- I take back every good thing I ever thought about Caleb when I read Divergent.
- Christina. Even though I never really pictured her as a light-skinned woman as I was reading, I cannot wait to see Zoe Kravitz playing her on film. I love Christina and I love Zoe Kravitz. That's all I'm saying for now.
- Tori Wu. Oh my goddess, Tori.
- This is a minor spoiler, but I'll go ahead and say it: Tris doubts whether her mother and father ever truly loved each other, but finds evidence they were really in love. This makes me so happy. And I really think I'm going to love Ashley Judd and Tony Goldwyn playing Natalie and Andrew in the movie.
Natalie turns out to be an even bigger badass than Tris even thought in Insurgent. That has Ashley Judd written all over it.
If you read it, tell me what you think - but only if you can do it without spoilers. I still haven't forgiven Pinterest for spoiling that one particular character death in Mockingjay for me.
4 comments:
I haven't started on this series yet and everyone keeps telling me I need to. Sounds good!
Erica @ Silly Socks n Things
A lot of people who liked The Hunger Games like this series even better. It's pretty un- put down - able.
I haven't picked this up yet, but expect to in the next few weeks. I can't wait! But also am a little said about the series ending.
And while it's been several years since I read His Dark Materials, the ending is so bittersweet. After everything they went through you want them to be together, but it sucks that the really can't in order for the world to go back to normal.
If it were up to me, everyone would have to read His Dark Materials to learn what Philip Pullman knows about love. It's an incredible novel series (every winter I wish I was an impervious-to-cold witch), but Lyra and Will remains one of literature's saddest love stories.
I'm three-fourths of the way done and still eager for the ending, but nervous, and not really wanting it to end.
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