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A review by onecheesetoasty
Divergent Series Four-Book Collection Box Set by Veronica Roth
3.0
A little back story:
I started this series way back when, read to somewhere in Allegiant, got irrationally angry, threw the book across my bedroom, and never finished it.
Fast forward to 10 years later and I'm reading the 10 year anniversary edition of this series and I can't help but think, why did I throw this book across the room? Middle school Jacquie liked this series a lot more than current Jacquie (makes sense, I guess). This YA dystopian series was written with a clear audience in mind (14-17 year old women) with some not-so-subtle religious backdrops. Of course I liked the idea of factions based on inherent character traits and the clear power struggle between characters and factions. This series started off strong with the Divergent book, but ultimately lost steam with each installment, with Allegiant being the least enjoyable ending to a series I've possibly ever read.
That being said, I really enjoyed the 4th installment: Four. In reading interviews of Roth I learned that she initially wrote this series from the viewpoint of Four and ultimately switched to Tris. I liked Tris' POV. I would have liked Four's better, leading me to my rating.
I started this series way back when, read to somewhere in Allegiant, got irrationally angry, threw the book across my bedroom, and never finished it.
Fast forward to 10 years later and I'm reading the 10 year anniversary edition of this series and I can't help but think, why did I throw this book across the room? Middle school Jacquie liked this series a lot more than current Jacquie (makes sense, I guess). This YA dystopian series was written with a clear audience in mind (14-17 year old women) with some not-so-subtle religious backdrops. Of course I liked the idea of factions based on inherent character traits and the clear power struggle between characters and factions. This series started off strong with the Divergent book, but ultimately lost steam with each installment, with Allegiant being the least enjoyable ending to a series I've possibly ever read.
That being said, I really enjoyed the 4th installment: Four. In reading interviews of Roth I learned that she initially wrote this series from the viewpoint of Four and ultimately switched to Tris. I liked Tris' POV. I would have liked Four's better, leading me to my rating.