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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
Great series! Glad I was turned on to it. You can tell its a YA book but it read fast and pulls you in fast. The ending was too abrupt for my taste but that is just because I wanted more.
A satisfying conclusion to a series I enjoyed throughout. Quick reads. Seemingly simple story, but twists and connections I often couldn't see coming (in a good way).
I was so happy to hear that Lois Lowry had written a sequel to The Giver. Now that I've had the chance to read it, I can honestly say that I wasn't disappointed in the least. In fact, it was more then I had imagined it would be. It continues the story of Gabe and Jonah, answering a lot of questions that I had after finishing The Giver. I would highly recommend this to anyone who has read The Giver and been left wanting more.
Ugh. 2/5 stars. I am so disappointed... #thegiver is a top 5 favorite book. And THIS is the conclusion??? Seriously?! I KNOW it’s middlegrade. But i understood The Giver at age 9, so i think we could’ve used a little more complexity/more dynamic plot. It was nice to learn some answers, I guess. As another reviewer said, “best part of this book is that i finished the series”.
I could not put this book down, I loved it. All the way through. Until the very end when the finally battle between good and evil played like a Harry Potter movie. Then, because I recently heard Lois Lowry speak, I missed the open-ending. It was all buttoned up so nicely (which I normally love) that I wondered where the mystery was.
HOWEVER, all through the book I loved the tying of loose ends the other books left. I loved "hearing from" old friends and filling in holes I didn't even realize were there. I loved it. I loved reading it. I feel satisfied and happy with who won and how. I found a lot of deeper meaning. It was a fabulous book. I just didn't like the last scene.
HOWEVER, all through the book I loved the tying of loose ends the other books left. I loved "hearing from" old friends and filling in holes I didn't even realize were there. I loved it. I loved reading it. I feel satisfied and happy with who won and how. I found a lot of deeper meaning. It was a fabulous book. I just didn't like the last scene.
I really liked this book. I love how Lowry tied all the other books together, and brought all of the characters and stories and worlds together into this book.
I wasn't a fan of Gathering Blue or Messenger, but if I hadn't read them, this book would not have been as good as it was. And it made me appreciate those 2 more than if I had just given up on the series (which I thought about doing).
And I'm fairly certain my love of this book stems from the fact that I'm a mother and could not imagine living in Claire and Jonas' origiinal community where birthmothers never see their children, and parents don't love their children (or their spouses, for that matter). I would go insane!
I felt so bad for Claire and all that she went through throughout the entire story. I couldn't put it down, and needed to know that her efforts were not for nothing.
I wasn't a fan of Gathering Blue or Messenger, but if I hadn't read them, this book would not have been as good as it was. And it made me appreciate those 2 more than if I had just given up on the series (which I thought about doing).
And I'm fairly certain my love of this book stems from the fact that I'm a mother and could not imagine living in Claire and Jonas' origiinal community where birthmothers never see their children, and parents don't love their children (or their spouses, for that matter). I would go insane!
I felt so bad for Claire and all that she went through throughout the entire story. I couldn't put it down, and needed to know that her efforts were not for nothing.
The climax was too easy, the end too rushed with threads left hanging. All in all a bit disappointing.
i felt like this one tried too hard to come full circle with the giver, and was pretty heavy handed with the morals (a trend throughout the series' later books). it was also longwinded in several sections. i was hoping to see some of the aftermath in the community after jonas left, and the absence of this was somewhat disappointing. however, i enjoyed it enough to blast through it in just a few days and would say it's worth reading and definitely miles better than the third one was.
emotional
inspiring
Strong character development:
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Meh. Definitely the weakest installment in the tetralogy. Some of the first part was interesting, but it was basically a less involved retelling of [b:The Giver|3636|The Giver (The Giver, #1)|Lois Lowry|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1342493368s/3636.jpg|2543234]. The second part was the only truly unique part, and even that didn't have the spark of the earlier books. Lowry seems to have just rehashed the earlier entries in the name of clearing up the questions, and the questions are what gave The Giver its power.