A review by ljbj
Son by Lois Lowry

4.0

This book was officially released yesterday, and I was first on the hold list at my local public library. Less than 24 hours later, I have found the time to finish reading it. I have been waiting for something like this since I read The Giver one night back around the time it originally came out. Gathering Blue and Messenger were good, but this one was what I was really waiting for. In fact, I would say that it was not long enough! I loved the first part, re-visiting Jonas' community, but through the eyes of Claire. The second part was good, but it was just building toward the third part, where we get to see what Gabe and Jonas are up to now. My only issue is that I actually want to know what is going on back in their original community. Are things status quo? What happened with The Giver and the memories after Jonas left. (We know that Jonas was sent the books, but what else?) Overall, I loved the story of Claire and then of Gabe.