RATING AND RANKINY BOOKS IN THE GIVER QUARTET CUZ IM. A NERD
SPOILERS UNDER CUT
1. The Giver
10/10
- this book was a masterpiece
- everything the world building, the characters, the pacing, the plot, it all flowed together so well
- Jonas the absolute goat š his character development was handled so well. They did him so dirty in the movie though
- Gabriel and Jonas are just such a cute duo I love them to bits
- I have no words, this book just blew me away. The first time Iāve ever cried in class over a school assigned book.
- we need to kill jonasās father
2. Gathering Blue
8.5/10
- to be honest I at first didnāt really like this book.. idk why it just threw me off and was hard to follow at first but I got the hang of it eventually
- Kiraās arc is insanely well written.
- the blind old man being her father shocked me to my core
- Jo and Thomas are such cuties I wish we got more content on them!
- it is a very good sequel to a book as good as the giver.
- Kiraās community was WILD like Iām crying what was their problem
- Matty is the GOAT for getting her that blue at the end
- disabled female protag gaining independence? And having a well handled arc? YES PLEASE!!
- loses a few points for my boredom at the start
- I could make so many connections to the giver as I read
3. Messenger
7/10
- OH MATTYYYYYYYY
- RIP Matty the absolute goat
- Seer and Matty reminded me so much of the giver Iām missing them like a BITCH
- Jonas feels like a whole other person in this book. Maybe itās the whole different name but I just donāt feel like connection to him as much as I did in The Giver
- I loved it, it was a nice book and its plot was really nice
- Kiraās independence again, handled insanely well
- how do you write commentary
- Jean and Matty were so cute
4. Son
5.5/10
- oh my god where do I even start?
- I donāt think Iāve ever seen a character that was ruined just as much as Jonas was in this book.
- Kira and Jonasās romance was insanely rushed and it should have never even happened???
- part 2 was such a mess, I hated it, skimmed over all of it.
- it was always contradicting itself and made things that just didnāt make sense for what Lois Lowry was trying to write here.
- why was Kira just a housewife??
- part 1 is this books saving grace
- itās an insanely lazy and messy ending in my opinion
- Gabriel deserved SO MUCH BETTER. Why was his arc just teenage angst? Why did he defeat the trade master by just talking at him? Why was his power barely even expanded on? Why was he dumbed down in his own home to just āthe baby Jonas savedā?
- I just donāt know what there thing went wrong. I thought itād be a nice ending butā¦ wow. Iām trying to find the heart to be kind about this
- ruined almost everything
- āthe thrilling conclusion to the giverā honey describe āthrillingā
Literally my exact thoughts on the books. Especially son. Part 1? AMAZING!!! Loved seeing another persons perspective on the dystopian world from giver. Part 2 and 3 just were such a total downgrade from part 1. Iāll some of my own rankings not as detailed tho.
The giver: 10/10! Changed my view on the world
Gathering blue: 8/10! Not as good but kira was a nice protagonist and matt and thomas were good characters.
Messenger: 7.5/10 really good but has points taken as the last chapters of the book were just matty and kira suffering
Son: 4/10 couldāve been a 3 but gets a point for part one being amazing
Oh my GOD. Body, i am a TEENAGER. I dont even WANT kids. So why the fuck do you punish me every month for not getting pregnant??? And even if i finally satisfy your desperate need for me to duplicate youāll still punish me for not having MORE children. Nononono!!! I have to wait till im 50 years old to get you to give up your monthly torture.
I'm debating on making another side account that's like this account but I doodle a BFDI wlw ship like every other day(instead of daily to keep my motivation up lol) where I'd actually accept ship requests and stuff. Would people be interested in that?
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