alsoiread's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Child abuse, War, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Abandonment
misslexisaurus's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I'm so glad I read the books after discovering the series through the films. I am so in love with these books. The characters are so complex with real struggles, Roth does an amazing job of avoiding "good vs bad" and really explores the idea of good people bad choices and the difficulties of knowing what the right thing even is in such hard situations.
I cried my eyes out for the last several chapters!
I cried my eyes out for the last several chapters!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Homophobia and War
harrypotterfan33's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Oh my god!!! I mean, it was certainly a roller coaster ride! <spolier>TRIS DIED. URIAH DIED. CALEB DIDN'T DIE. I HAVE NO EMOTION LEFT NOW.</spolier> Good read. Amazing Y.A books. A tense and emotional finish to the Divergent series. There's still hope. Be brave and have a great day!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Death, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Child death
Minor: Alcohol and Addiction
hunternichole14's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Love this series
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: War
ghostisalive's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
god, i don't have words. i'm happy i read such a great series however i'd be lying if i said i'm not sobbing over that ending :(( i love that it was something unexpected and not what everyone wanted just hate that it destroyed me
<3
<3
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Hate crime
Moderate: Child abuse
nienora's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Very average. Definitely better than the second one. I liked dual pov, it's nice not having to listen to Tris all the time.
Worldbuilding makes no sense, science behind it makes no scenes. First of all "murder gene", seriously that's the best tittle you could come up with? There's a reason inbreeding isn't good, because you're not bringing new pool of genes to pick and choose from to create better offsprings. And you expect to somehow magically "heal genetically damaged" by locking them in a city. Also you put bunch of "damaged" people together without any sort of guidance and expect them not to turn to chaos?? But what can you expect from generic YA dystopia, I don't know why I'm still surprised by it after so many pages.
Tris and Four actually communicated, I'm so happy because that's the only time they're interesting. There was a moment when they were angry and jealous of each other but that got resolved super quickly, so I wasn't annoyed that much.
I keep forgetting that Four is 18 years old and that's why he's stupid. Apparently he likes Tris because she is "tiny and fragile", like his ego. And she likes him because he's big and strong. But they choose each other, over and over again, even though everything they went through showed they don't work well together. But they keep choosing each other and that somehow makes it okay.
Tris should've died from the "death serum" (another very creative name) and not from a bullet. But she died at the end so I'll let it pass. Ending was good actually. Everything wrapped up nicely, they all slowly moved on, established new order in the city, the usual.
All in all, there's reason no one talk about this series anymore. It's just not memorable, it got lost between so many others like it. It lacked a message, critique of our society as it is. There was some attempt, but it wasn't good.
Worldbuilding makes no sense, science behind it makes no scenes. First of all "murder gene", seriously that's the best tittle you could come up with? There's a reason inbreeding isn't good, because you're not bringing new pool of genes to pick and choose from to create better offsprings. And you expect to somehow magically "heal genetically damaged" by locking them in a city. Also you put bunch of "damaged" people together without any sort of guidance and expect them not to turn to chaos?? But what can you expect from generic YA dystopia, I don't know why I'm still surprised by it after so many pages.
Tris and Four actually communicated, I'm so happy because that's the only time they're interesting. There was a moment when they were angry and jealous of each other but that got resolved super quickly, so I wasn't annoyed that much.
I keep forgetting that Four is 18 years old and that's why he's stupid. Apparently he likes Tris because she is "tiny and fragile", like his ego. And she likes him because he's big and strong. But they choose each other, over and over again, even though everything they went through showed they don't work well together. But they keep choosing each other and that somehow makes it okay.
Tris should've died from the "death serum" (another very creative name) and not from a bullet. But she died at the end so I'll let it pass. Ending was good actually. Everything wrapped up nicely, they all slowly moved on, established new order in the city, the usual.
All in all, there's reason no one talk about this series anymore. It's just not memorable, it got lost between so many others like it. It lacked a message, critique of our society as it is. There was some attempt, but it wasn't good.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
dani_y3ll's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Minor: Death
kybearbroski's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, War, and Death
melsage1823's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I'm going to keep this review spoiler free but let's just say that I have so many mixed feelings due to my love for the first book and dislike for the second book. It made what I hated about the second book way more enjoyable.
First I'll quickly get my spoiler free dislikes out of the way. I think this book should have been longer as I only cried at the major character death at the end of the book because it had been earned and developed. The rest of the deaths were so random when we had barley anytime with those characters. It felt like Roth was trying to trim down the cast for the sake of it.
Secondly I really disliked the random lengths of the chapters. I always say this but in order to make your book accessible its important to have the book printed in a large print and that the chapters should be an even length. Some of the chapters especially at the end could have been squished into one chapter definitely.
I like consistency in story and chapter lengths in my book and this certainly didn't have that.
I like consistency in story and chapter lengths in my book and this certainly didn't have that.
Finally I feel like the revelations in this book have been plucked out of thin air from the second book. I was shocked and the revelations but it felt really cheap to whip up this Bureau compound plot out of thin air.
Apart from that I found this book mostly an improvement from the mid second book in the trilogy. I was hoping that after the second book this third book would have me more enthusiastic and apart from the beginning it mostly kept me hooked.
I adore the pov switches between Tris and Tobias in this book as it helped bring forth a lot of impact to the story and made things less one sided. Looking back I think doing multiple Tris and Tobias povs for the second book would have made it better for me. It also helped develop Tobias and made him more than the typical love interest as we get to see his relationships and emotions more.
Now I actually loved Tris's controversial ending in this book as its such a contrast from the stereotypical we overthrew a government let's live in peace and celebrate.
Spoiler
In the words of Tony Stark even though this might get a bit spoilery not everyone gets a happy ending and that's ok.Finally the messaging was extremely heart warming. The fact that just because people tell you that you are broken doesn't mean you are. This is what I have had to learn in a world that hates me as a neurodivergent person. It's so important to share that difference is important and that Eugenics rhetoric is completely wrong.
Overall an improvement from the second book in the trilogy that will definitely leave you feeling emotional despite its flaws.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, Murder, Death, and Grief
orizenda's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I didn’t really care for this one. maybe i’m just too old for it but it felt like a lot of teen angst
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Child abuse