Divergent, Insurgent and Allegiant - Veronica Roth

Criticism:

This is a trilogy plagued by the feeling of power that emanates from the main character in The Hunger Games, and the heart-stealing romance of the Twilight series. The first book, Divergent, is by far the most pleasing and the last one, Allegiant, is the one which displeases the most; although this doesn't mean that the first one is the best of the three. Simply, the first one is the happiest one and, as the trilogy advances, the books become sadder. Nevertheless,
I believe that it is necessary to read all of the books, for the ending of the first one (and the second), leaves too many loose ends. Moreover, the succession of events is logical, although a little predictable, and the ending in itself, which is not the one I would have liked the most and which seems to me forced and unnatural, has a lot of sense and fills the reader; it doesn't leave the sensation of something missing. In many occasions, especially in Insurgent and Allegiant, the books feel annoying and pessimistic, although this only serves to make the novel more tense. Furthermore, although the tie with the characters is incredibly strong in all of the three books, it is more so in the first one than in the other two, which makes the reader feel as if he's lost something in the other two.

These books are written as bestsellers for girls, and as so they are a liquid reading, they grip the reader incredibly and they are exciting and moving and make the reader really feel them. The romance is extremely intense and can really be felt. But also, as they address so insistently the themes of life, society, bravery, self-sacrifice, it is impossible for the author not to preach and make obvious her point of view and her ideas about what is right, what is moral, what is corrupt, love, and about the theme of the spirit versus the body, and if each person's brain is what makes them be how they are, or if in reality it is the soul that carries that function. Because of that, these books push the reader into considering these questions and into reflecting upon them, and therefore this is one of the most meaningful collections I have ever read.

Author's official webpage: http://veronicarothbooks.blogspot.com/