The early 2010s were an absolute gold rush for YA dystopian books. In the wake of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games, there were as many dystopian books in 2012 as there were vampire books in 2008. But among the many contenders like The Maze Runner, Matched, and Scythe, only one reached Hunger Games levels of cultural obsession: Divergent, the trilogy of dystopian novels by Veronica Roth.
While this book series sparked a huge fandom and a trilogy of movie adaptations, its third and final novel, Allegiant, made a risky decision that, while bold, completely divided the fanbase and, for many, soured them on the franchise entirely. But now, over a decade later, we’ll learn how that tragic end could have gone down with one single different choice.
