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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-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:
No
It was a quick read in the same spirit of the Giver. I enjoyed it, although it did wrap up a little too quickly.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
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
I really enjoyed this book.
The first part of it reminded me a lot of Brave New World and the Handmaids Tale. It was the combination of artificial insemination and the fact that the mothers weren’t able to raise their own children. I also loved the references to the Giver in this section.
I wasn’t a fan of the middle section where she’s on an island. She doesn’t remember where she came from or what she lost, she forms connections with the community members, then she remembers, then she decides she needs to leave. Cue training montage with the man that would be her love interest if you didn’t already know she was going to leave. This part was just predictable and a little too repetitive for me.
The final part, after her trade with the Trademaster was pretty good. The only thing that tripped me up was the timing. I finished book 3 yesterday and a lot of that book overlaps with this one. It’s just hard to tell how much time has passed.
Anyways, the book was good. I enjoyed it. It was weird that it was so long since the other 3 are so short. But Lois Lowry is a great author and this series is definitely worth reading.
The first part of it reminded me a lot of Brave New World and the Handmaids Tale. It was the combination of artificial insemination and the fact that the mothers weren’t able to raise their own children. I also loved the references to the Giver in this section.
I wasn’t a fan of the middle section where she’s on an island. She doesn’t remember where she came from or what she lost, she forms connections with the community members, then she remembers, then she decides she needs to leave. Cue training montage with the man that would be her love interest if you didn’t already know she was going to leave. This part was just predictable and a little too repetitive for me.
The final part, after her trade with the Trademaster was pretty good. The only thing that tripped me up was the timing. I finished book 3 yesterday and a lot of that book overlaps with this one. It’s just hard to tell how much time has passed.
Anyways, the book was good. I enjoyed it. It was weird that it was so long since the other 3 are so short. But Lois Lowry is a great author and this series is definitely worth reading.
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
~potential spoilers~
Yesyesyesyesyesyesyes! Yes. Everything, I liked it. A lot!
The five stars is for this book. I'd probably give the entire quartet 4.8 stars.
I'm not even sure where to begin. Son does everything that the other three books do not do, which is to say, it filled up all the gaps and plot holes and character stories... in a beautiful, uncontrived way. As with the rest of the series, the author holds on to her innocent, gentle writing style, which gives such a beautiful, never ending flow to the series. Yes, there is pain and suffering in throughout the quartet, but a healing, soothing tone follows it that simply begs the reader to continue and never put the book down.
I loved the societies Lois Lowry created and it was such a genuine pleasure to read Son, where the author returns back to the original world and explores the role of Birthmothers.
I could see how some people might dislike this series: the narrative switches in every book and everything always works out beautifully, neither of which bothered me. Additionally, I think people are way too obsessed with finding THE MEANING of these books and THE LIFE LONG LESSON and THEIR REASON FOR LIVING.... but I think that's a joke. I'm not sure who decided this series needed a bigger meaning and "point", but I don't really think it has an important one past being a really wonderful fantasy story.
This was an absolutely wonderful quartet that I would recommend for reading. My one complaint is that I think the series could have been combined into one book very easily, which would have avoided my disappointment that every book trailed off instead of ending conclusively.
Yesyesyesyesyesyesyes! Yes. Everything, I liked it. A lot!
The five stars is for this book. I'd probably give the entire quartet 4.8 stars.
I'm not even sure where to begin. Son does everything that the other three books do not do, which is to say, it filled up all the gaps and plot holes and character stories... in a beautiful, uncontrived way. As with the rest of the series, the author holds on to her innocent, gentle writing style, which gives such a beautiful, never ending flow to the series. Yes, there is pain and suffering in throughout the quartet, but a healing, soothing tone follows it that simply begs the reader to continue and never put the book down.
I loved the societies Lois Lowry created and it was such a genuine pleasure to read Son, where the author returns back to the original world and explores the role of Birthmothers.
I could see how some people might dislike this series: the narrative switches in every book and everything always works out beautifully, neither of which bothered me. Additionally, I think people are way too obsessed with finding THE MEANING of these books and THE LIFE LONG LESSON and THEIR REASON FOR LIVING.... but I think that's a joke. I'm not sure who decided this series needed a bigger meaning and "point", but I don't really think it has an important one past being a really wonderful fantasy story.
This was an absolutely wonderful quartet that I would recommend for reading. My one complaint is that I think the series could have been combined into one book very easily, which would have avoided my disappointment that every book trailed off instead of ending conclusively.
This is the 4th and final of the giver series. None of the subsequent novels lived up to the “Giver.” This was good, not really my type of read but it was simple, a bit disjointed though I enjoyed it for the most part.