The finale to the Divergent series was much like the ending of the Hunger Games Seriess-- lots of pages but not a lot of action. I was disappointed, but by the time I got around to reading Allegiant, I was ready to be done with the series anyway. 
 It seemed to me like the writing wasn't quite as good in Allegiant, but it's been so long since I read Divergent and Insurgent, it may just be my own memory. 
 One thing that really threw me was how the chapters switched between Tris' and Tobias' points of view. They're so similar that I was constantly forgetting which character I was reading about. It was rather disorienting. 
 There were some very powerful things that happened in this book, and things that are very uncommon in YA books. However, the way they were written somehow didn't make them as powerful or have as much of an impact as they could have. Nevertheless, it was very interesting (in an "I'm out of my comfort zone and I'm not sure I like this" sort of way) to read a story that wasn't afraid to take risks and break out of the designated YA plot formula. 
 Unfortunately, some of that novelty was dulled for me, because I accidentally read spoilers in people's update feeds. Please guys, your friends can see your progress updates-- don't post major spoilers! 
 In the end, the book did leave me thinking, as it did have some very clear morals and did raise some specific questions. Perhaps the most overreaching theme of the series (and this book specifically) is the topic of bravery. How there are different ways to be brave, and they can be complete opposites. Bravery can be speaking up or it can be staying silent. Sometimes it is brave to die. Sometimes it is brave to live. The meanings of love and sacrifice are both portrayed through various points of view, as well as the question of what it is that makes a person who they are. 
 The book wasn't bad, but I'm ready for the series to end. I just wish that it had gone out with more of a bang.