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Die Bestimmung - Letzte Entscheidung by Veronica Roth
7 reviews
alsoiread's review against another edition
- 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
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
- 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 cried my eyes out for the last several chapters!
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Homophobia and War
katelynnreads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, War, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief
ghostisalive's review against another edition
- 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
<3
Graphic: Death, War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Hate crime
Moderate: Child abuse
melsage1823's review against another edition
- 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
Ā I like consistency in story and chapter lengths in my book and this certainly didn't have that.Ā
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.
Graphic: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, Murder, Death, and Grief
readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This one is the farthest off from the movies and I think the book is slightly better than movie where Iād disagree with the previous two. There is more character development, a variety of characters, and I think where the characters end up is better than the movie. However, the lead up to it was very boring. I think the author could have done more to make the Bureau grander and more descriptive so it felt exciting rather than just another location that had similar living conditions.
With the switching POVs, I know why it was done, but I felt like there wasnāt a distinct change between Tobias and Tris. I had to keep checking which POV I was in because I couldnāt remember or tell the difference. Their thoughts tend to be very similar, even when they have different opinions. They process emotions similarly, sort of bouncing between several different emotions and thoughts so it never feels distinct and cohesive. I donāt have an issue with a variety of thoughts but it didnāt help trying to know which POV I was reading.
I will say, that although I have harsh criticisms, I cried a lot. I donāt know what it is but despite me not liking these characters all that much I still end up caring about them. What I will also say is there are elements in here that are uncomfortable because of relating to real life, like Pure genes and such, and I know it is a critical take, but I imagine some communities will take a bit of an offense to it. Aside from that which I feel some uncertainty about, I think Veronica Roth was ahead of the times in a lot of her writing. Given the queer rep, although not great by todayās standards, and disability rep, and not being fatphobic or such in the stories. I feel like a lot of authors at that time had so many incredibly offensive things in their books because it was more āacceptableā to be in books, but this one is a bit easier to stomach than most. That is not to disregard some other issues in the book, but I think it did fairly well in terms of comparison.
Graphic: Violence, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Blood, Gun violence, Death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, War, and Mental illness
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, Homophobia, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Suicidal thoughts
theespressoedition's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Okay, it's been nearly ten years since I read this the first time, and I only raised my rating by a half-star. I think that's a pretty good indication of how I feel about this conclusion to the series. Ms. Roth - WHY?
There are countless people who haven't even read the trilogy who know what happens at the end because of how damaging it was to the original audience. Ground rules for writing a story: you don't kill the protagonist. If you decide to break those rules, do it in the second book, not the final. If you choose to break THAT rule, at least do it at the beginning of the book and not with only a handful of short chapters left to wrap things up, for goodness sake.
This book drags on. It really does. Nothing exciting or illuminating happens within the first three-quarters of the story. We learn about an experiment that has a ton of holes in the explanation. Tris and Four have the worst communication skills of all time. It's heavy and depressing and then SHE GOES AND KILLS THE MAIN CHARACTER AT THE END. There's no feeling of hopefulness as you end this book. The epilogue is pathetic. Four's response is pathetic. I can't find a single good thing to say about that finale.
I will never get over how scarring this ending is - and clearly, it didn't age well.Ā
Graphic: Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail