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unpetitcreux 's review for:
Son
by Lois Lowry
~potential spoilers~
Yesyesyesyesyesyesyes! Yes. Everything, I liked it. A lot!
The five stars is for this book. I'd probably give the entire quartet 4.8 stars.
I'm not even sure where to begin. Son does everything that the other three books do not do, which is to say, it filled up all the gaps and plot holes and character stories... in a beautiful, uncontrived way. As with the rest of the series, the author holds on to her innocent, gentle writing style, which gives such a beautiful, never ending flow to the series. Yes, there is pain and suffering in throughout the quartet, but a healing, soothing tone follows it that simply begs the reader to continue and never put the book down.
I loved the societies Lois Lowry created and it was such a genuine pleasure to read Son, where the author returns back to the original world and explores the role of Birthmothers.
I could see how some people might dislike this series: the narrative switches in every book and everything always works out beautifully, neither of which bothered me. Additionally, I think people are way too obsessed with finding THE MEANING of these books and THE LIFE LONG LESSON and THEIR REASON FOR LIVING.... but I think that's a joke. I'm not sure who decided this series needed a bigger meaning and "point", but I don't really think it has an important one past being a really wonderful fantasy story.
This was an absolutely wonderful quartet that I would recommend for reading. My one complaint is that I think the series could have been combined into one book very easily, which would have avoided my disappointment that every book trailed off instead of ending conclusively.
Yesyesyesyesyesyesyes! Yes. Everything, I liked it. A lot!
The five stars is for this book. I'd probably give the entire quartet 4.8 stars.
I'm not even sure where to begin. Son does everything that the other three books do not do, which is to say, it filled up all the gaps and plot holes and character stories... in a beautiful, uncontrived way. As with the rest of the series, the author holds on to her innocent, gentle writing style, which gives such a beautiful, never ending flow to the series. Yes, there is pain and suffering in throughout the quartet, but a healing, soothing tone follows it that simply begs the reader to continue and never put the book down.
I loved the societies Lois Lowry created and it was such a genuine pleasure to read Son, where the author returns back to the original world and explores the role of Birthmothers.
I could see how some people might dislike this series: the narrative switches in every book and everything always works out beautifully, neither of which bothered me. Additionally, I think people are way too obsessed with finding THE MEANING of these books and THE LIFE LONG LESSON and THEIR REASON FOR LIVING.... but I think that's a joke. I'm not sure who decided this series needed a bigger meaning and "point", but I don't really think it has an important one past being a really wonderful fantasy story.
This was an absolutely wonderful quartet that I would recommend for reading. My one complaint is that I think the series could have been combined into one book very easily, which would have avoided my disappointment that every book trailed off instead of ending conclusively.