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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I have a serious love for The Giver, so when I found out it was part of a series, I squealed with joy and bought a box set. I was pretty disappointed with Gathering Blue because I didn't feel a connection to the characters, and Messenger was better but still wasn't great.
Son started out with the story of Claire which immediately grasped my attention. Lowry gave her story beautiful attentiveness that made you tenderly feel each raw emotion right along with her.
It was cool to see all four stories come together in the final book, but towards the end it felt like Lowry was just getting bored and ended up trying to wrap things up quickly.
The antagonist was just so... ~eye roll~ basic and predictable and cliche. so I liked everything else about the book except for the climax. Go figure.
Son started out with the story of Claire which immediately grasped my attention. Lowry gave her story beautiful attentiveness that made you tenderly feel each raw emotion right along with her.
It was cool to see all four stories come together in the final book, but towards the end it felt like Lowry was just getting bored and ended up trying to wrap things up quickly.
The antagonist was just so... ~eye roll~ basic and predictable and cliche. so I liked everything else about the book except for the climax. Go figure.
I enjoyed this book and feel that it was a great conclusion.
I really enjoyed this book but it didn't feel like a true end to the series. The ending seemed very hurried and left many things unanswered.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexual harassment
Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Fatphobia, Infertility, Rape, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent