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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
A deeply satisfying culmination of the previous three books. A bit more direct in its conflict resolution than the rest of the quartet, but for what this book wanted to accomplish? I cannot imagine a better version.
An interesting ending! I liked how everything came together. I do wish we had gotten a little more and the very end though.
Emotional
Such a wonderful close to an amazing series. I first read The Giver when it was originally published and was instantly drawn into an amazing world of characters and emotions, and Son is no different. It was great learning a bit more about the community where Jonas and Claire came from, as well as meeting Claire and following her journey to find her son.
I love many of Lois Lowry's stories but the Giver Quartet is by far my favorite. I'm almost sad to see it end at last
Such a wonderful close to an amazing series. I first read The Giver when it was originally published and was instantly drawn into an amazing world of characters and emotions, and Son is no different. It was great learning a bit more about the community where Jonas and Claire came from, as well as meeting Claire and following her journey to find her son.
I love many of Lois Lowry's stories but the Giver Quartet is by far my favorite. I'm almost sad to see it end at last
Finally, finally, the Giver series is compete with a story that ties the previous three books together. Each book before ended in sadness and confusion. With this story, it all finally makes sense.
I feel like I've spent a really, really long time with this series. If you've gotten to this book, the last book, then you know the other three have been really unique and have each had their own little connection to the quartet overall. I was looking forward to this book especially because I thought this would be the final hoorah, the ultimate factor tying the other books together.
All I can say without giving a lot away is yes, it's connected. No, it did not blow my mind. It was more of the same writing and plot development we've come to expect from Lowry. It came full circle, taking is back to the first book, and echoing characters and stories from the entire series.
So Lowry has this really unique way of writing, which I like, but sometimes it just doesn't sit with me the right way. I just feel like there are times she tries TOO hard to have her writing stand out from a crowd and it doesn't always work. Because of this, I don't think I've ever read a serious while I feel both close to her characters and really disconnected from them.
Maybe that's why I took away a star, I just didn't feel like her writing evoked that part of my reader self that really made me feel close to the people and plot. Not to mention that this final book didn't feel as solid as I personally would have liked it to be. It felt like another installment rather than the last book.
All I can say without giving a lot away is yes, it's connected. No, it did not blow my mind. It was more of the same writing and plot development we've come to expect from Lowry. It came full circle, taking is back to the first book, and echoing characters and stories from the entire series.
So Lowry has this really unique way of writing, which I like, but sometimes it just doesn't sit with me the right way. I just feel like there are times she tries TOO hard to have her writing stand out from a crowd and it doesn't always work. Because of this, I don't think I've ever read a serious while I feel both close to her characters and really disconnected from them.
Maybe that's why I took away a star, I just didn't feel like her writing evoked that part of my reader self that really made me feel close to the people and plot. Not to mention that this final book didn't feel as solid as I personally would have liked it to be. It felt like another installment rather than the last book.
I was so happy to go back to Jonas' world, and I loved the character of Claire. As a mother, I identified with her feelings. Motherly instinct is a hard thing to ignore for most mothers. My heart broke for her pain. The ending was a little too rushed and easily wrapped up. I wanted a big ending like at the end of The Giver. That book was easily one of the biggest endings ever, and I felt that Son just didn't quite measure up in the ending department. The rest of the book was beautifully written and thought provoking just as the previous three books were. I am sad to see all of these wonderful characters go since this book is being touted as the conclusion to The Giver series. I did manage to convince my 13 year old to pick up The Giver as a result of me reading this book so that makes me very happy.
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I enjoyed the book, however, I felt it was rushed at the end. I feel like the last chapter could have been 2 chapters and given us a bit more. Overall, it is a good book.
The Giver is a pretty tough act to follow, but Lowry does a nice job with Son. I almost wish, though, that she hadn't wrapped everything up so nicely. Part of The Giver's beauty was its ambiguous ending in that it allowed the reader to choose between hope and despair. With Son -- and the other books that are "companions" to The Giver -- that choice is taken from us, which is ironic given that the power of choice is one of the main themes in this series. Still, I do like what Lowry has to say about good and evil in these books (Son was very reminiscent of The Stand in a lot of ways), and I especially liked the theme of the power of love between a mother and her child. A worthy read, but not quite as powerful as its predecessor.