Well I Didn't See That Coming.

I've always heard the expression "A picture is worth a thousand words", but I don't know if the picture above can even describe my thoughts when reading the ending of Allegiant. If you are smart enough to realize my last post was under 24 hours ago. That should say something about how great the book was. See I love books where the ending not only is great, but makes you think. Allegiant had that just like another favorite book of mine, Animal Farm. The last two paragraph's of the book were, "Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk toward a better life. That is the sort of bravery I must have now" (Roth 318). Reading it now gives me chills. It summed up the book and really shows a main theme in the book that life can get hard but you must get through it by being brave. One person in the book hates himself for his actions in life and takes the hard way out by drinking a memory serum that makes him loose his memories. He is referred to as a cowherd. The themes in the book make you think about society today. People are bullied and have hard lives but if they are brave and get through it, their lives will be better. 

Another theme in the book that was helped shown through a quote is that "...Change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten" (Roth 298). In daily life people naturally resist change and it is shown through the book as people resist change in every sense.

I feel a great book really touches your sense while reading it and makes you upset when the book is over. Allegiant did both. I felt the emotions that the characters did and felt like I was going through the journey with them. I was reading the book on the nook and the book seemed as if it were to end on page 999 (note all three books were put into one book). Of course it doesn't end at 999 and as I clicked the button to go the next page and realized there wasn't one my heart sank. I was like"NOOOO"... at least in my head.

 I give my full compliments to Veronica Roth, the author. She truly had a well thought out idea and style that kept me into the book, feeling the emotions along with the characters. I recommend you read this book and the series before the movies come out. No movie can bring out the emotions like I felt reading the book and of course you can never judge a book by its movie. Now that my journey with Allegiant is over I will move over to a non-fiction book called Lone Survivor. Hopefully you go on that journey with me. 

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