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Book Review – Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Having already read Divergent and Insurgent I put Allegiant on pre order for when it came out in paperback. It arrived a few weeks ago along with The Annihilation Score. I'd intended to wait until I'd read some of the ARCs I'd been sent before reading Allegiant, however I couldn't quite resist knowing how the trilogy ended. The whole trilogy is like an onion, there are more layers beneath this one and it can make you cry. Mainly it made me cry because the world building looked poor, and then Roth revealed this as another layer which can only be peeled back when you spot its flaws. Spoilers If you haven't read the books then some of this review might spoil them. (more…)
Book Review – Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Insurgent by Veronica Roth My rating: 4 of 5 stars Reading this book made the issues I'd had with Divergent make more sense. This starts right where Divergent finishes, and they can be seen as a single long story. The world makes a lot more sense when you get to the end of Insurgent, and there is more to be explained in Allegiant (I haven't read it yet, so I cannot be sure whether or not things are explained). I'm not going to go into detail, because that would involve major spoilers. I like Veronica Roth's writing style. She keeps me wanting to keep on reading just to find out what is going to happen next. Stuff is trailed as a teaser and I want to crack on through the story to find out what happens next. I hadn't intended…