A review by bookswithlydscl
The Giver by Lois Lowry

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

A highly effective YA dystopian science-fiction story about growing up and learning to make decisions. It is blunt, gets to the point quickly, and enables the reader to make their own minds up about the ending. I love getting to know more about the society behind the story in books like this, so I would love to have more there (a prequel with a behind the scenes view would fit that perfectly for me) but for the purposes of this book it would have taken away from the heart of the story being told.

I don't feel the need to read other books in the quartet as I am satisfied with my interpretation of the ending and how the story as a whole ran. It may not satisfy all but it worked for me.
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