I am never going to be able to fully explain the roller coaster of emotions I felt throughout this series. Each book brought new and unexpected plot twists, each one a fresh kind of torture for my poor tear ducts. 
 There isn't much I can say without giving away important plot. I won't tell you who lives or dies. What I will tell you is that I seriously hated Pierce Brown for about a day. A certain event happened, and I put the book down. I just couldn't go on. I didn't even bother to finish the chapter. Just, slammed the cover and walked away. I never seriously thought about not finishing the book, but I did return to it with much trepidation. I had this small voice in my head saying "There is only one way that Pierce Brown can possibly redeem himself. This needs to happen." And then the devil on my other shoulder said "Shut up! Stop getting your hopes up! Never gonna happen!" 
 Well, all I will say is that I can forgive Brown for now... the ending was everything I hoped it would be, and more! And so I will give him another chance. Because did you hear?? There's going to be a second trilogy!!! And then one day, in the far-too-distant future, we will finally be able to feast our eyes on the movie. It will no doubt be glorious.