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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
Concluded the series perfectly. I love how they ended up letting the first community come back, because I kinda missed that in the 2nd and 3rd book. I can't get over the toxicity of that community and all everything, but it was really good. Kinda sad they didn't let Einar come back and marry Claire, but I guess that's too much to ask. Great ending of the series as said, and overall a really good book that kept me interested in what was gonna happen
I have to admit something. I didn't realize that this was the last book of a quartet. Haha! I rented this on audio seeing that it was "The conclusion to The Giver" and I didn't even know there were more books after "The Giver", let alone 3 more books. So, I rented it not knowing there were 2 books in between that I hadn't read. But, I got through the entire thing without realizing I was missing anything, so I don't think you necessarily need to read the 2nd and 3rd books before this one. However, it may have made it more enjoyable.
This book was enjoyable at the beginning, but I felt that it dragged in the middle. There was a large portion when the main character wasn't really interacting with other people much, but was training and then enduring a personal mission. It was very slow. It reminded me of when I read "The Old Man and the Sea". It is quality writing, and has merit on its own, but I didn't particularly enjoy it. If I were reading the hard copy rather than listening to the audio on a long road trip, I probably wouldn't have finished the book.
Once she gets past that struggle though, and gets where she is going, the story picks up again and is more exciting. I really liked the ending.
Now that I know there are 2 other books, I may read them. After reading descriptions of them, I think it would add to the significance of certain characters and story lines within the final book. I just wasn't enthralled in this last book in the way that I expected after "The Giver", which is such a phenomenal and entertaining read.
This book was enjoyable at the beginning, but I felt that it dragged in the middle. There was a large portion when the main character wasn't really interacting with other people much, but was training and then enduring a personal mission. It was very slow. It reminded me of when I read "The Old Man and the Sea". It is quality writing, and has merit on its own, but I didn't particularly enjoy it. If I were reading the hard copy rather than listening to the audio on a long road trip, I probably wouldn't have finished the book.
Once she gets past that struggle though, and gets where she is going, the story picks up again and is more exciting. I really liked the ending.
Now that I know there are 2 other books, I may read them. After reading descriptions of them, I think it would add to the significance of certain characters and story lines within the final book. I just wasn't enthralled in this last book in the way that I expected after "The Giver", which is such a phenomenal and entertaining read.
Okay. So I have to admit that I read this in just a few hours, all in one plane ride, so it's obviously not terrible or hard to read.
But also, I don't really get what just happened, nor do I totally think this is a book that should have been published.
First, none of the "sequels" to [b:The Giver|3636|The Giver (The Giver, #1)|Lois Lowry|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1342493368s/3636.jpg|2543234] are actually very good. They all read as strange, and forcing them into the world of The Giver seems to limit them rather than serve as a fountain for drawing creativity.
But there are also a lot of actual problems with this as a book, not just with it as it relates to the other books in this weird quartet. First, whoever came up with the tagline for it, "The thrilling conclusion to The Giver," is cray cray, because this book is not a thriller. It's a muser.
Read the rest of the review at my blog: http://mclicious.org/2012/12/09/son-lois-lowry
But also, I don't really get what just happened, nor do I totally think this is a book that should have been published.
First, none of the "sequels" to [b:The Giver|3636|The Giver (The Giver, #1)|Lois Lowry|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1342493368s/3636.jpg|2543234] are actually very good. They all read as strange, and forcing them into the world of The Giver seems to limit them rather than serve as a fountain for drawing creativity.
But there are also a lot of actual problems with this as a book, not just with it as it relates to the other books in this weird quartet. First, whoever came up with the tagline for it, "The thrilling conclusion to The Giver," is cray cray, because this book is not a thriller. It's a muser.
Read the rest of the review at my blog: http://mclicious.org/2012/12/09/son-lois-lowry
Might do an actual review on this one later, after I have had time to digest it.
I love this series and most of this book but hated the way the she ended it.
My least favorite of the four, but still pretty great. These always end in a rush though, made sense with the shorter installments, but this one was pretty decently sized and still, there's no real resolution after the climax.