Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Giver by Lois Lowry

78 reviews

te_ss_i's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Torture, and Genocide

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

caitlaird's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-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

4.0

A very interesting and thought provoking read. 
The pacing was a bit slow in some parts, but there were parts that could’ve used a bit more detail and world building. But for a rather short story it is very well done.  I really enjoy the premise and it’s done very well. Jonas is such a wonderful character. 
Listened to the audiobook narrated by Ron Rifkin. Anytime an important plot moment occurred there was music playing which I don’t generally mind but when listening in 1.7-1.8 speed it can be a bit distracting, especially considering it’s during the most important moments. Something to keep in mind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Suicide

lime_seltzer's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Child death

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

kawaiicorgireads_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Xenophobia, and Death

Minor: Blood, War, and Pregnancy

arpigood's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

building_a_bookdom's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, War, and Suicide

Minor: Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and Violence

dmackreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

I actually don’t think I’ve ever read anything quite like this before. I genuinely loved the book but I needed more, just a little more detail on the happenings within the community in particular. It felt very short and just lacking. This could have been easily like 300 pages with added description and more than a 5 star rating from me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Murder

whateverart's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Still to this day one of my favorite books. The world that is created is so interesting and i love the concept of the jobs they are assigned. It goes with that totalitarian sci-fi style but with so much more.

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Gore, Violence, and Death