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by Lois Lowry
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Ms. Garcia's Library
Ms. Garcia's Library rated it 6 years ago
Matty has lived in Village and flourished under the guidance of Seer, a blind man, known for his special sight. Village was a place that welcomed newcomers, but something sinister has seeped into Village and the people have voted to close it to outsiders. Matty has been invaluable as a messenger. No...
A Throne of Books
A Throne of Books rated it 9 years ago
4/5 stars Lois Lowry writes well, and I think the fact that amazes me the most is that she turned this story into a good quartet when she never intended for there to be more books after The Giver. Admittedly I gave this 4 stars when it probably deserved 3 but I can’t help it. I know if I read it w...
TsalagiWriter
TsalagiWriter rated it 9 years ago
Matty lives in Village with Kira's father. Life is good there and he knows the forest better than anyone since he is sent through there often.But, something weird is going on in Village. People are changing and so is the forest.This isn't a very long book, but it took me a little while to get throug...
Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it 9 years ago
Oh man, the ending, all the feels.
PillowByRiver
PillowByRiver rated it 9 years ago
This is my favorite book of the Giver quartet. The fact that Matt and Kira's father, from book 2, lives safely in the village, along with Jonus from book 1, made me so happy for them. What I love most about is probably Matty becomes the leading character in this book. As I finished book 2, Matt and ...
Nithou's Readings
Nithou's Readings rated it 10 years ago
Partagé. Autant c'est un plaisir de voir réunis les deux univers précédents, autant la fin me paraît tardive et bâclée, voir un peu trop facile. Dommage. On verra ce que le quatrième et dernier donne :)
The Caffeinated Diva reads...
The Caffeinated Diva reads... rated it 10 years ago
This is the third book in The Giver series, this time centering around Matty from Gathering Blue. We revisit Jonas and Gabe in this book, too, although their part of the story is not the focus. This, too, is a new utopian/dystopian society, formed from the outcasts from other supposedly utopian soci...
JackieLoz
JackieLoz rated it 10 years ago
Best of the series, so far.
The better to see you, my dear
The better to see you, my dear rated it 10 years ago
Loved, loved, loved that all previous threads converge in this volume. All those open ends? Addressed. Serious christian overtones to this one. Had to keep from weeping at the end. Sobbing in the bus might have risen uncomfortable questions (No, no tragedies but the book I just read, sniff).
Emerjas
Emerjas rated it 10 years ago
I ended up reading the entire Giver Quartet (The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger, Son) almost one right after the other and found that what I wanted to say for each book was so similar that it made more sense to just put all four books in the same review rather than repeat myself. Each book focus...
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