I just finished, I know this thread is old. But, does this remind anyone else of the lady book in the Maze Runner series? They just seemed similar to me.
Maze Runner made me SO mad. The first book was incredible! So unique! And then WTF after that.
Post by scribellesam on Nov 4, 2013 11:27:26 GMT -5
It appears to be a common theme that YA dystopia starts strong and finishes lame. Divergent, Hunger Games, Matched, etc. I'm trying to think of an exception but I can't!
Is it just YA dystopia that starts off strong then ends lamely? I've noticed that the trend lately for writers of any genre is to make their books a series. I hate that there seems to be fewer stand-alone books out there. I don't want to get invested in a story, but then have to wait 6 months/a year/3 years to find out how it resolves. Like the Outlander series. I hated the first book, but powered through. Now I'm invested, but by the time the next book comes out, I'll have forgotten stuff that I've already read. I've purposely decided not to buy books that sound interesting for this reason.
It appears to be a common theme that YA dystopia starts strong and finishes lame. Divergent, Hunger Games, Matched, etc. I'm trying to think of an exception but I can't!
Laini Taylor is not going to let me down. The Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy is going to end strong. THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE.
I didn't love it. I really wanted to. I feel like the whole point behind the idea of factions was lost in the 2nd book and never really brought back very well in the 3rd book. There was so much to do with it intellectually (even for YA) and it missed the mark. It got complicated where it didn't need to and simple were it should have gone deeper.
I agree with pugz. My problem with the book is not the ending per se, but how rushed everything is. Near the end I really didn't care who died, b/c the plot has become ridiculous.
Someone linked Roth's blog where she explained her reasons for the ending. While it made sense, it still doesn't help the rest of the book, which is really poorly thought out.
It appears to be a common theme that YA dystopia starts strong and finishes lame. Divergent, Hunger Games, Matched, etc. I'm trying to think of an exception but I can't!
Laini Taylor is not going to let me down. The Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy is going to end strong. THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE.
Ooh, this one is on my to-read list. Maybe I should wait until the last one is released before I decide if it's worth the investment.
I'm agreeing with everyone re: Allegiant that the POV switching really ruined things. Tris and Four are not the same, or even very similar, people. It should have been way easier to follow the switches. Not to talk up Stephenie Meyer's writing quality, but when she briefly switched from Bella's POV to Jacob's in the last book, it was really freaking obvious.
Allegiant read like a different story with the same-ish characters (because Four was just weird this book). It could have been a lot better. Like I said-I liked the idea of over coming issues of classicism, wealth disparity, and bigotry, but it wasn't well written. It was rushed and it was only marginally tied to the first two books (oh, you all were an experiment! Bullshit). It almost feels like those books you read/movies you watch and then it was like "haha! It was all a dream!" No! Screw you! Don't get me attached to characters and a story and then tell me it was a dream!
I am feeling hatred right now. Fuck that ending. I bought my mom divergent and got her hooked thinking it would cheer her up, and now I have to tell her to abort.