If You Loved "The Giver". . .

Son by Lois Lowry

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was so excited to see that Lois Lowry had written a conclusion to the "The Giver" series. Of the three prior books written ("The Giver", "Messenger" and Gathering Blue"), Giver has been my favorite. I was eager to see what, if anything would be revisited in "Son".

Son is divided into three "books".

• Book One revisits "The Giver" but from a different perspective.
• Book Two deals with "Water Claire" and has what I thought was a truly shocking ending. Not sure how I managed to go to bed and wait another whole day to read Book Three.
• Book Three brings the quartet to conclusion.

I left feeling unsatisfied with the ending (which is why this review is 4 stars and not 5). Not necessarily with how it ended, but it seemed a little rushed to me. I've still been thinking about it though, so I must like it better than I thought.

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