Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Giver by Lois Lowry

21 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

cranedphoenix's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Very good book
Was surprised with the ending though

and learning how the other books in the series never go back to the community 
Was surprised when The Giver revealed the failed Receiver was his daughter but very good
Was surprised when revealed Release was death, thought maybe people get released into cruel world but this is better
Ending surprising is cliffhanger not fully clear what happens if book was standalone
Not a bad surprise though

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Suicide

Moderate: War

Minor: Grief

lydderbox's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide, Death, Child death, War, and Pregnancy

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

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

itstruly_flower's review against another edition

adventurous challenging sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Murder

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

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