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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
This book has three sections. I really enjoy the first two, and cry a little every time I read them. The third falls really flat. The ending is rushed and honestly doesn't make much sense; the "moral" is simplistic and a bit nonsensical. This is my favorite book in the series, but I hate reading the ending.
It's so hard to know what to say about the sequels to the Giver. They are so so different but since I didn't like the Giver I appreciate that. In fact, the sequels made me like the Giver more because I didn't buy the Giver as a work ofscience fiction but the sequals make it clear it was magic based all along.
The son was a little slow for me and some of the decisions were inexplicable but I am glad I read it.
The son was a little slow for me and some of the decisions were inexplicable but I am glad I read it.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Son, the final book in the Giver quartet brings all the previous three books together in a very wonderful conclusion. Split into three parts, the first two tell the story of Water Clare culminating with all the books pulling together in the third part.
A quick read. I enjoyed the story, but the ending felt rushed and left me hoping there really would be a fifth book.
I really enjoyed the entire Giver Quartet and this was maybe my favorite of the four. Somehow dystopian and quaint, foreboding and hopeful. Really really solid
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Great ending to the quartet
This is a weird book that doesn't know what it wants to be. It starts out like it's Animal Farm, morphs into an adventure story, and in a disorientingly abrupt twist turns into a morality play (at which point, both Mary and I, listening to the audio version, burst out laughing). Of course, like most books written for youthful readers, the main characters are teens, and are so much wiser than the adults. Throw in some magical powers, a very silly ending, and plot holes to drive trucks through and you've got quite the mish-mosh.
In my review of The Night Circus, I recommended suspending disbelief. I doubt many readers can do that far enough for this book. Son would be a one star book, but I gave it an extra star because the story is engaging (I got to the end, although Mary did not), it moves right along, and the places described, while impossibly strange, are imaginative. Plus, I'm not really the intended audience for this story.
In my review of The Night Circus, I recommended suspending disbelief. I doubt many readers can do that far enough for this book. Son would be a one star book, but I gave it an extra star because the story is engaging (I got to the end, although Mary did not), it moves right along, and the places described, while impossibly strange, are imaginative. Plus, I'm not really the intended audience for this story.