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Angrily, maybe not. Disappointed, yes.

@lemong: I kind of liked the flip-flopping narrative, but I think because it endeared me to Four more than the other books had.

I was angry when I finished Allegiant but the more I thought on it, the more I liked it. She kept the integrity and heart of Tris' character, which I liked. I also enjoyed the flip flopping narrative as I enjoyed seeing Four's perspective. I felt like Veronica Roth really didn't compromise her characters and the story line. Yes, it was hard to read it, but it was a fitting end.

@Mrs. Polish: I agree. I found Tobias to be sort of whiny/overly emotional in Allegiant! I liked him (and Tris, actually) much better in Divergent.

I understand why Roth had Tris die and I guess I was ok with it (though it made me cry like a baby at the time!) but I just felt like Allegiant had a pretty weak plot altogether. I felt like Divergent started off SO strong and the other two books were sort of a letdown in comparison. The whole premise that was revealed in Allegiant (that the cities were these experiments to correct genetic issues) seemed really contrived. I just couldn't really believe it, if that makes sense. Plus, my husband is about halfway through Allegiant now and he (so practical) keeps mentioning that Roth seems to know approximately nothing about genetics and it's driving him crazy! So I don't think that improves my impression of the books in the long run, either.

@Mrs. Polish: I didn't think of it at the time, but you're right about it being like Truman Show! Every time they had the scenes with the viewing screens, though, I kept thinking "there's no way they could really be surveilling them like that." Maybe I am getting too old and skeptical for books like this!

Did anyone else have an issue with the idea that Tris was going to release the memory serum and make everyone at the Bureau forget their mission, except that an antidote exists and it stands to reason that David/anyone else who was really important would already be immune to the memory serum? It just seems like David would be immune to all of serums (he was to the death serum, right?) that existed so something like this couldn't happen. But I guess that wasn't convenient for the plot, so...

@twodoghouse: I didn't even think of that! But you're probably right - you'd think they'd all be immune to all the serums they developed. But I really hated how quickly Tris and her gang were all "YEAH! Let's erase THEIR memories so they can't do that to our friends even though we JUST said how horrible it was to even consider doing something like that to anyone!" It really bugged me how hypocritical they seemed!

@ChitownRo: I agree - when you have different character's perspectives, it's really important to give them each a unique voice! I had to do the same and check who was talking half the time!