It’s entirely unrealistic. What are the chances that when Lena, Raven, and everyone else is moving south, that Hunter and Tack would come along at the perfect moment to save them? Same thing when the people who lived in the tunnels, coming to save Lena and Julian from the scavengers. And the whole scene when Julian is about to get executed? Impossible. Somehow Lena makes it to the room where Julian is, and then Raven manages to pull the same thing off, while having at least an hour less than Lena. How did Raven know to go to the hospital, and how did she get there? It took Lena at least 8 or 9 hours just to get into the city.

My thoughts on the ending:

I was almost crying with joy, but when Lena and Julian heard someone said “don’t believe her,” I KNEW it had to be Alex. I know Lauren Oliver is going to pull off an amazing explanation for he survived, but at the same time, I know it’s going to ridiculously unrealistic, just as with many other part of the book. I’ve come to expect this, though, so I’ll just try not to let it bother me. Honestly, though, with dozens, maybe hundreds of people trying to attack Alex, there’s no way someone will just swoop in and save him. I’m interested to see what happened to him.

My predictions on the love triangle:

From how Lauren described Alex at the end of Pandemonium (cold hard eyes), I think he’s going to be unreasonably forgiving. Lena is going to be stressed over facing him and Julian (especially because Julian know very little about Alex). She’s going to have to simultaneously hold onto Julian while attempting to figure out why Alex is so unwelcoming, even after he seemingly willingly gave his life for her. I don’t think it’s going to be just that Lena moved on so quickly, but something else (but I’m not sure what). She’ll be totally split between the two boys; attracted to Alex because he was her first love, the first one to “infect” her; but also to Julian because she’s grown so close to him recently, and they’ve both saved each other so many times. While her relationship with Alex is more of a shining knight in armor type, her relationship with Julian is more mutual. She’ll feel guilty about the time she thought that she was more comfortable around him than Alex, especially because when she thought it first, she didn’t have to decide between the two of them, but now she does.

TL;DR

* entire book is too unrealistic
* i’m excited to learn how Alex is still alive
* there will be a confusing love triangle — Alex will be too unwelcoming, and not just because Lena moved on too quickly, but for another reason
* Lena will be split between the two boys, and feel guilty