Name: The Giver Quartet
ISBN: 9780544112001

Lois Lowry

Collects the four giver novels about life in a futuristic society in a boxed set.

20th Anniversary Boxed Set: Son / Messenger / Gathering Blue / The Giver

The Giver Quartet

Ley Stanton

The series was written for a much younger audience than I recalled. A good story overall though, I do love how all of the individual books connect in the end.

Collects the four "Giver" novels about life in a futuristic society.

Flavia Louise

4.5 stars
I really liked the way this dystopian story was crafted.

Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians.

3.5 stars
I don't really get how this book relates to The Giver maybe it's explained in one of the other books...
I really enjoyed the story of Kira, Thomas, Matt and Jo. I liked the world-building too.

The Giver: Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. -- Gathering blue: Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians. -- Messenger: In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand. -- Son: Unlike the other Birthmothers in her utopian community, teenaged Claire forms an attachment to her baby, feeling a great loss when he is taken to the Nurturing Center to be adopted by a family unit.

3 stars
Loved seeing everything come together but overall didn't love the book.

In this novel that unites characters from "The Giver" and "Gathering Blue," Matty, a young member of a utopian community that values honesty, conceals an emerging healing power that he cannot explain or understand.

3.5 stars
Really loved how the story got to expand in this installment.

When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a society where emotions and colors didn't exist. That she had become a Vessel at age thirteen. That she had carried a Product at age fourteen. That it had been stolen from her body. Claire had a son. But what became of him she never knew. What was his name? Was he even alive? She was supposed to forget him, but that was impossible. Now Claire will stop at nothing to find her child, even if it means making an unimaginable sacrifice.

The Giver Quartet - Son

This was a gorgeous conclusion to a series which just breathes so much impact. 

Son is split into three parts. The first part reads very much like The Handmaid's Tale. In a similar style to the previous three books, we are introduced to a community within a dystopian world. The community was interesting and thought-provoking. It was enjoyable to read, but had quite a soft, quiet experience. 

The second part was my least favourite. At times it felt too long and sometimes unnecessary. It was enjoyable enough, but I honestly found myself wondering what the point was. Apart from the opportunity to build to a climatic third part of the book. 

The final part of the book was what really pulled the entire book, as well as the entire series together. I absolutely adored how Lowry pulls in characters and settings that the reader is familiar with from previous books. I loved the final 'journey/quest' at the end. All in all it was an incredibly satisfying end to the series. 

Absolutely check this out if you haven't already. I feel like you don't really understand young adult dystopia until you read these books.

The Giver Quartet 20th Anniversary Boxed Set: Son / Messenger / Gathering Blue / The Giver

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