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What are your thoughts on the ending of Allegiant by Veronica Roth? **Spoilers**?
What do you think about the ending of Allegiant (the third book in the Divergent series by Veronica Roth)?
I think it was poorly written and Tris's death was unnecessary. She survives the freaking death serum, and she's probably the only person who can, and then dies from a gun? I rewrote it in my head. In my mind, Tris survives the death serum. David's never even in the room. (Veronica Roth never let on that he knew anything or was suspicious, so he shouldn't have been in there anyway). Tris activates that serum and greets Tobias when he comes back from the city. Later, in the epilogue, they zipline to their abnegation wedding. (Also, in this version of the book, Uriah and Lynn live and Christina still ends up being good friends with Tobias. Tobias and her make the most intricate friendship bracelets you ever did see).
I'm still angry about this book.
Yes, I knew that she planned on having Tris dying. And I understand what she was trying to do with the "true sacrifice" conclusion. The problems are that A) she wrote it poorly and B) the ending just doesn't fit. It's very contrived, Uriah and Lynn die for no reason, and Tris's death doesn't further back up the sacrifice conclusion. Her point was already made when Tris decided to do it. It wasn't necessary for her to die. And the whole idea is sick: what, a 16 year old girl sacrifices herself for her guilty brother to live up to some insane expectation she thinks her parents had? Wtf? How is that a good conclusion? This book didn't teach me anything. I didn't walk away thinking about what Veronica Roth wanted me to think about. It leaves the readers feeling flat, empty, and depressed with no closure. Again, wtf? That's poor writing in a nutshell.
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- 7 years agoFavorite Answer
I have to say this was my favorite series. Did you know that veronica knew from the beginning of her first book that Tris was going to die. she planned it so that Tris finally understood what self sacrifice really meant, unlike with the second book where she foolishly risked her life with the Erudite. It wasn't the right time at that point though, not until the third book. Part of me knows that this was the ending it needed, but I can't help the urge to have that "happily ever after" fairy tale. I do love that you rewrote it though and im also partly mad that she died. It is not my favorite series anymore thanks to that. I have erased the story from my head to take away the hurt. And to think that before it came out, my biggest worry was Tobias dying, not Tris!
- 7 years ago
It's an incredible book ,and she has a lot of guts and bravery to kill the main character. Loved the story, didnt suite liked the end, but I guess it's alright. It's her book, and if she wanted it that way, then let it be so.
