TBR Thursday was started by Moonlight Reader, and I got the idea from URL PhantomHive's posts. I hope to make this a weekly thing so I can keep up with the massive monster that is my TBR list-- and maybe these posts will scare me into getting more reading done.
Anyway, the books above are what I plan to read in the very immediate future. None are rereads-- all of these will be brand new to me. Can't wait!
Something funny happened to me as I was reading "Allegiant".
I didn't go in with a completely unbiased mind. I hadn't enjoyed "Divergent" or "Insurgent", and, as an added bonus, I'd also spoiled myself thoroughly about the ending (I'm the kind of person who clicks on the spoiler tag. Curiosity is my middle name.) I had a ton of preconceived notions, and I thought that this would be a fairly straightforward, for-the-sake-of-research-and-goals type of read.
It didn't turn out to be like that. Because, halfway through the book, I had this thought, and once it took root, suddenly I saw everything (the whole series, not just this book) in a completely different light. I daresay it changed my entire opinion of it. It started off with me muttering about how Tris never struck me as a particularly interesting narrator, and how she was so annoyingly perfect, and how she didn't learn anything. And then I thought:
What if this wasn't Tris' story at all? What if it's Four's?
Content note: Discussion about abuse, sexism and gun culture under the cut.
Also, spoilers.
"I don't like him anymore, if that's what you're really asking. But yes, at one time I did, and it was clear that he did not return that particular sentiment, so I backed off," Amar (Four's former instructor) says.
- Allegiant, p. 356
Translation: I expressed a romantic interest towards a teenage boy I used to teach. He was on the run from an abusive home situation and he obviously carried quite a lot of demons.
Well, goodness, Amar, it was sure nice of you to back off as you put it. Hard to imagine what would have happened had you not respected Four's boundaries.
And how, pray, did you find out that he did not reciprocate?
(I swear, I'm not trying to read things into the text, but the book just keeps serving stuff like that, I can't even!)
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