Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

These amazon reviews for Allegiant are much more entertaining than the book itself! There are plenty of things that I resign myself to doing when reading a book meant for young adults. (I'm no spring chicken.) Suspend disbelief and ignore glaring plot holes for the sake of a good adventure? No problem. Chalk up a pattern of poor decision making to the naivete of youth? Sure. Roll my eyes and skim through angst-filled dialogue that is expected of teenage romances? If I really, really must. Veronica Roth, however, is not a teenager. And while I can give her credit for expertly depicting the dysfunction of a 16 year old's brain, she does not have the license to write like one of my 10th grade students. Chapter after chapter, we are forced to suffer through repetitive plot lines (Is this rebellion number 3? 4? 15?), snore inducing prose, disjointed (and unnecessary) narratives, and an incredibly poor use of the thesaurus function in Word. (Does someone have a count on how many times Tris' "blond head" appears in a crowd and her "petite frame" jumps into Tobias' tattooed arms? The editors need to return their bonus checks.) I liked Divergent. No really, I did. Insurgent was a slight letdown but at least I cared enough to be disappointed with Tris and her inability to use summon rational thought. I was also willing to give Roth the benefit of the second book curse that plagues many a trilogy. I knew it was a lost cause by the time I hit Chapter 15. Instead of skipping straight to the Epilogue, I rode this train until it crashed and burned on the Weapons Room floor. (If you caught that reference, you have my empathy). Save your money and go re-read Harry Potter. Or buy a book that is actually written for adults.