Reviews tagging 'War'

The Giver by Lois Lowry

58 reviews

abitofapoet's review against another edition

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

3.0

This was really easy to read fast, so it definitely kept my attention but it doesn’t seem like the kind of book i would be thinking about for a long time. It was an
interesting concept, but not written well enough to feel completely thrown into this utopian world and needing to know what happens next. Also talk about an unsatisfactory ending!

I’m glad it seems to have ended well for Gabe and Jonas but UGH endings written like this are my biggest pet peeve.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Minor: Animal death and War

iristhefae's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

the_book_nook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Vomit, Child death, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Torture, Terminal illness, War, Classism, Confinement, Colonisation, Death, Genocide, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Animal death

jselliot's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

Probably my first introduction to the dystopian genre, and an enduring favorite. The entire quartet is great, but the first book is arguably the best. It certainly made little-me think, and I've come back to it a few times since I first read it.

I see the movie as an alternate universe, and while it's not book-accurate, it's still entertaining for its own reasons.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Violence

Minor: War, Medical content, Ableism, and Medical trauma

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Suicide and War

sunflowersarepretty's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Grief

Minor: Violence and War

mmefish's review

reflective sad slow-paced

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

1.5

Interesting ideas, weak execution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and War

luvdivy's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: War and Grief

liwolf's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War and Death

Minor: Vomit

reemoony's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

i truly believe this book will forever have an important message that everyone should know and understand. neither people nor life will never be perfect, and will always have hard choices, but people deserve to have them 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Child death, Death, Sexual content, War, and Vomit