Dragon Quill

Last time, Tris is now leader of the rebellion, which is now morally right because it’s no longer about dealing with class inequity but is about returning things where she lives to how they were when she was younger. Progressive is bad, regressive is good. (more…)

Todias is sitting around using the cameras to stalk his parents. Cara comes over to point out he’s weird. Erudite continues to be the best at emotions because the author is that bad of a writer. Tobias then lampshades this fact. (more…)

Last time on Allegiant, something happened I guess? Maybe? I can’t remember. It’s all a blur of dissatisfaction and endless exposition. (more…)

Last time, Tobias has snapped.

Luckily, we’re back to Tris and the comparatively cheery subplot about how the weapons lab is, shockingly, guarded by a deadly weapon. Mind you, a less than brilliant one, because Tris easily identifies this as “suicide mission” rather than “actually stopping us”. (more…)

MY BROTHER STANDS behind the microscope, his eye pressed to the eyepiece. The light in the microscope platform casts strange shadows on his face, making him look years older.
“This is definitely it,” he says. “The attack simulation serum, I mean. No question.”
“It’s always good to have another person verify,” Matthew says.

We were introduced to it as definitely true, the plot proceeded from definitely true, then another older Erudite said it was definitely true, Tris has repeatedly said the fact it’s true justifies her killing everyone there, and now at the tail end of the book he’s saying that huh, I guess it’s true. (more…)

Last time, I want Tobias to die. (more…)

Last time, seriously? Seriously? SERIOUSLY? (more…)