tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894299613938319589.post2080211840035641200..comments2023-06-03T06:21:09.910-07:00Comments on Out of Coffee, Out of Mind: ALLEGIANT // DiscussionLiz Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15823595869843889438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894299613938319589.post-85226489135686442452016-10-18T04:03:49.023-07:002016-10-18T04:03:49.023-07:00Aww, thank you! It's so much fun to pull apart...Aww, thank you! It's so much fun to pull apart what I'm thinking and figure out how best to present it. <br />Ugh, I spoil myself so often, and <i>usually</i> I don't mind, but sometimes I get super frustrated with myself. :P Yeah, when I first hurt it, it bothered me, but it didn't make me angry. And after a bit of thinking, I had decided that it would be okay. Then I read it. :P <br /><br />Same, I've read the book three times, and I still haven't figured out why Tris' death was absolutely necessary for moving the plot forward. <br /><br />Thank you for commenting! :) Liz Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823595869843889438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894299613938319589.post-8173348345994797252016-10-18T04:01:22.186-07:002016-10-18T04:01:22.186-07:00*high fives* We're twins! :P
He is pretty go...*high fives* We're twins! :P <br /><br />He is pretty good looking, and intelligence is always a winner. :D (Ooh, now there's a thought. I'm all on board for that.) <br /><br />Yeah. :( I would be interested to see if the parallels between The Hunger Games and Battle Royale were intentional or not. Because I know Suzanne Collins said she hadn't read BR when she wrote THG, but there are a lot of similarities. *squints at book* (I have to say, since I practically grew up on THG, I'm too nostalgic about it to get angry, but I do think I would be more in your camp if I had read it more recently, especially after I read BR.) <br /><br />Thank you for commenting! :) Liz Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823595869843889438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894299613938319589.post-45986909100717517322016-10-18T03:58:19.272-07:002016-10-18T03:58:19.272-07:00Hi there! Silent readers are cool too! :)
I thin...Hi there! Silent readers are cool too! :) <br /><br />I think it's interesting that that seems to be a common consensus. For a while I wondered if I was just being a disgruntled bean. :P I'm glad I could help you articulate your feelings about these books! :D<br /><br />I know--is Tris going crazy? What is happening? XD <br /><br />Thank you, and thank you for commenting! :) Liz Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823595869843889438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894299613938319589.post-65950979086393261942016-09-25T18:04:22.022-07:002016-09-25T18:04:22.022-07:00I love how you get so in-depth with your book disc...I love how you get so in-depth with your book discussions, and I wish I could remember more about this series, so I could properly discuss it with you. :p <br />Here's what I do remember: the dual perspectives <i>did not</i> work for me either. I was also spoiled about Tris' death, but it was my own fault. I went looking for them because I was trying to decide whether or not to continue the series. I either really liked the way Insurgent ended and didn't see how any good could come from continuing or really <i>didn't</i> like it; either way, I wasn't sure I wanted to keep going with the series, so I read some spoilers to tell me whether or not it was worth it. I don't think it bothered me when I first heard it, but when I actually read the scene, I hated that Tris died, because, like you said, it truly did not have to be that way. Plus, I felt like Tris dying didn't really fix the problem? I can't remember all of my thoughts to explain that more fully, but I remember feeling as though her death wasn't as meaningful as it should've been So. All that to say, I can understand your mixed feelings about this book.<br /><br /><br />Alexa<br />thessalexa.blogspot.com<br />verbosityreviews.comAlexa Mintahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865586987033390255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894299613938319589.post-10995882565160876252016-09-15T01:38:04.911-07:002016-09-15T01:38:04.911-07:00Dude, I wasn't a big fan of Allegiant, either....Dude, I wasn't a big fan of Allegiant, either. I didn't like the dual perspective either :/ I didn't see much point.<br /><br />Date Matthew xD Well, he was good looking and intelligent. So... yeah xD (Personally, I feel that Tris should stay single but you didn't hear that from m-)<br /><br />The ending does seem kind of lazy. However, I prefer this to The Hunger Games because The Hunger Games had some bits copied from Battle Royale.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13540365342855306287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7894299613938319589.post-53097558674697192442016-09-13T12:43:35.725-07:002016-09-13T12:43:35.725-07:00I've been a pretty silent reader for a while n... I've been a pretty silent reader for a while now, but this post was really good and I agreed with it so much!<br /><br />These posts have been very interesting to me because I just finished reading the series over the summer for the first time. I loved the first book and really disliked the other two. Especially the ending...and until now I could not articulate why I disliked it so much. I just knew that it was okay to kill a main character off, and it can be done well, but Tris's death was not done well. Everything you said about it in this post really helped me better understand what I didn't like about it, so thanks for taking time to articulate something I couldn't.<br /><br />And the dual-perspective thing drove me CRAZY too!! I would get so confused like...wait...Tris is referring to herself on third person now??<br /><br />Anyway, great post as usual! Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482268161702710098noreply@blogger.com