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okay we need to wrap this shit up

“…peace will come accompanied by sacrifice and death.”

let’s finish this sucker out

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“thinking something is true doesn’t make it so. perception is almost as important as reality.” we are so back.

“the earth is resilient, but it’s hard to imagine a time when this place will be anything but a terrible reminder of what we as people can do.” not only is it a political book, but it is also ENVIRONMENTAL. guys it’s just so fantasticcc i love herrr

it’s crazy how much happens in 200 pages in this book and how little happens in 200 pages in divergent

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“‘it’s hard to punish kids for trying to pull their family out of poverty.’” okay this is another facet of divergent that i think was missing. the little to no explanation of how socioeconomics play in the society !! hunger games showcased it w the careers and their closeness to the capitol yet still being pawns, and the same idea is here. This is what corrupted government plots should be

yeahhh this is the good stuff

i am only 16 pages in and already cia has more depth than tris did at the halfway mark of divergent 😭 like idk, tris pissed me tf off

continuing the teen/YA dystopian novels… This was my hunger games/divergent book i was obsessed with in middle school bc i wanted to be “not like the other girls” but i fear no one else i know has read this so look how much good that did me

IM FREEEE

okay my thing w this book is if ur gonna have a corrupt government plot, u either need to be rly good at hiding it/selling their “un-corruptness” OR u need to lay it out all on the table like the hunger games did. being half-in, half-out for a teen/YA book seems whimpy and confusing, especially when ur plot doesn’t even truly come together until the last 100 pages

this book is 75% tris being horny for four, 15% 2010s YA dystopian vibes, 5% good writing and characters, and 5% plot. like u could not Pay me to tell u what the overarching plot is here, other than dauntless is parkour cyberpunks and tris thinks four is the sexiest man alive

still such a fun time but also just all vibes and almost zero plot

i keep picturing the movie in my head as i read this so i think a movie rewatch is in order after i finish this

this book is so bad but so good at the same time

literally all the names in the world at her feet, she genuinely could have picked a totally separate name from beatrice, but the bitch still picks TRIS to be her new name….. do not play w me

continuing the middle school YA dystopian nostalgia…

not even done yet and i’ve cried at least twice

“fire is catching, she’d say, but if this one burns down the arena, i say good riddance.” Fan-Tastic.

just saw the trailer for the movie and realized i needed to up my fuckin game for reading this LMAO

“sometimes she cries because things are so beautiful and we keep messing them up. because the world doesn’t have to be so terrifying. that’s on people, not the world.” THANK U MISS SUZIE