Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Giver by Lois Lowry

14 reviews

gandalf_a's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, Child death, Death, and Murder

Minor: Blood, Abandonment, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Suicide, Medical content, Vomit, and Panic attacks/disorders

rmkg's review against another edition

Disturbing, fascinating, and ultimately beautiful, this is a classic for a reason.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, War, Gun violence, and Grief

mandareads222's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, and Animal death

Moderate: Child death, Murder, Suicide, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Pregnancy, Medical content, Grief, and Deportation

jaimeneutronn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book makes me upset I had the audacity to give any other book 5/5 stars before now.

I cannot remember the last time a book has made me feel so enraged — not at the writing, but alongside the protagonist.

The betrayal Jonas feels when he discovers the truth of Release is justified! I’ve never been angrier than reading “Bye-Bye, little guy!”

This book may be “appropriate” for its YA demographic, but pulls no punches with its darker themes, truly shining through an adult lens.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and War

euthanasia

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Suicide and Confinement

Minor: Murder, Pregnancy, and Deportation

lambclown's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and War

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

melist6's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, War, Ableism, and Death

Minor: Suicide

amsswim's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

 I'm surprised I didn't read this earlier or I was not required to in school. I absolutely loved this read, I haven't read Lois Lowry since middle school, but now I think I'd like to return to her books. Her world building and descriptions are perfect for a dystopian story. This was an easy read while still being meaningful and thought provoking.

The audiobook on Libby was only 5 hours, so this was a great weekend/day ready. Highly recommend to everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, War, Child death, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

reread :))

i wish this book was longer! i love jonas <3 

this book will always make me reflect on how it is a gift to be able to feel love and happiness and how as humans we are lucky to have so much diversity to celebrate.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and War

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Child death

Minor: Racism

breedawnwriter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This is just a really powerful and beautifully written story. 

It’s a hard book to read, but it is—quite possibly—one of the most important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and War

Minor: Pregnancy