Saturday, November 30, 2013

Allegiant By Veronica Roth

Allegiant
Divergent #3
Veronica Roth
Hardback
526 Pages
Published October 22, 2013
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
     Goodreads Description: The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered—fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she’s known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories.


     But Tris’s new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature—and of herself—while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love. 



     Okay….So…This is my review/discussion on Allegiant By Veronica Roth. Obviously, if you haven’t read the whole trilogy, go and read it because I’m about to spoil a whole lot and go on a long rant. Just a warning.

     While reading this, I found out that it was a terrible idea to go on Tumblr, Twitter, and YouTube. People were expressing their opinions and posting their reviews and no one was happy. I kept hearing things about the ending and that people were crying. Curious, I started speed reading. I finally reached the end excited to see what all of the hype was about. I was expecting something truly epic, but that didn't happen. Instead, Tris died and I felt nothing. Totally numb. For about a day until it all started to hit me. It got to the point that every time I thought about it, I wanted to bawl my eyes out. There were too many feels. I felt confused, angry, frustrated, and speechless. 

     To be honest, I thought that the book was boring. Just 526 pages of nonsense just so that the book ended in Tris's death. I'm going to start at the beginning: Tris and Four's POV. I didn't like Four's POV because it was boring and half the time I wouldn't  even know that it was Four until he started complaining about Marcus and Evelyn. 

 And all of that crap about the GP and GD was just so annoying and felt like it had been done in every other cheesy sci-fi movie. When Four fund out that he wasn't Divergent, he started acting like a baby. Okay Four, so you're not Divergent, big deal. You still have Divergent like qualities, that's still pretty cool. (I'm talking to a character, who can't talk back to me. Yeah, I'm sane.) 
     I'm going to end this review right here because if I go on, there will be no stopping me from going on a full rant. I give this book 3 out of 5 stars. I was and still am, disappointed in it. There are good ways and bad ways to end series/trilogy's and this was a bad way. Another example is Requiem by Lauren Oliver. Let me know what you thought and I'll talk to y'all later. 




Friday, November 15, 2013

Friday Reads 11/15/13

Paperback
80 Pages
Paperback
330 Pages
Not really reading a lot this weekend. Just three books. First is Deity by Jennifer L. Armentrout, the third book in her Covenant Series. Next is Elixir, also by Jennifer, but this a novella which is different for me because I don't really read novellas of anything. And last but not least is Tithe by Holly Black. One of my best friends is forcing me to read this because she wants me to have a better understanding of faeries since we're both writing a book that has faeries in it. So, that's it for my Friday Reads. Hopefully my Allegiant will be up on either Monday or Tuesday. Hope all of y'all have a great and safe weekend!!! I'll talk to y'all later. 

Hardback
331 Pages

Thursday, November 14, 2013

NaNoWriMo Update #2

      Sorry for the lack of videos. My camera is acting up. I  recorded 4 or 5 videos yesterday, but none of them actually saved. It's official: technology hates me!!!
     So, for NaNoWriMo, instead of worrying about word count, me and my best friend was focusing on how both of our stories connect. The way we do things is that we both write a chapter and after we talk about it and combine in the best way possible. Right now, I'm just now starting to write. She's been writing A LOT. Before we started writing together, she had written about 10 pages of her book (which she now decided is going to be a novella) and I had written an introduction, Chapter 1(James Patterson style) and had just started my Chapter 2. What I was writing didn't fit what WE were going to write, so I immediately scraped it. And that's fine because sometimes, you have to make sacrifices.  
     The thing is, we both have COMPLETELY different writing styles. She is a lot more detailed than I am. I used to be detailed, like the kind of detailed that people hate, so I kind of became a minimalist. Kind of. But we're both working on that. So I guess my #1 tip would to be try not to worry about the word count. Quality is way more important if you ask me. You can worry about word count another day.

NaNoWriMo Update #1 (Late)


     So, a lot of things have changed  with my novel. I've scraped the idea of writing two novels and am now doing only one. I'm writing it with one of my best friends. Even though it means changing my story, I really don't mind it because I'm having a lot of fun doing it. We consider ourselves to be the next Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. 
     

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Absence

     So sorry that I've been absent guys. School has gotten hectic and I'm just now getting the hang of having a job and the job takes up like 99.9% of my time. During my absence, I've read quite a lot so look forward to many reviews coming soon. Thanks for being patient. See y'all later. Bye!!!


Friday, September 13, 2013

Friday Reads 9/13/13


Paperback
366 Pages
Hardcover
290 Pages
Paperback
231 Pages
Paperback
256 Pages
Paperback
174 Pages
    
Hey guys!!! Sorry I’ve been gone a while. School has been hectic. So today I justwant to tell you about what I’m going to be reading over the weekend. First is Lullaby by Amanda Hocking, second book in the Watersong Series.  Second is Onxy by Jennifer L. Armentrout, the second book in the Lux series. I'm already halfway through it. Daemon Black is absolute perfection.  Third is Grendel by John Gardner. I'll be reading this for English class and need to read 5 or 6 chapters by Wednesday.  After that is Identity Theft by Anna Davies, Looking for Alaska by John Green, and finally, I'll be finishing Tiger's Quest by Colleen Houck. That's a lot of books. But that's only what I plan on reading. I'm pretty sure that I'm not going to able to finish all of them. That's pretty much all I have to say guys!!! Have a great weekend!!!
Hardback
479 Pages