The Giver
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The Giver 〰️
I saw my co worker reading this book and when I asked her what it was about I was immediately intrigued. So I went a got a box set of the whole quartet.
Right from the start I was pulled into the story. I love the world building in this far of dystopian future. It never stops but never feels like an info dump. We learn what we need to know right when we need to know it, as we should. Lowry is a master at this. There are some questions that have yet to be answered, such as how society ended up the way it is, but I assume they may be addressed in later books. At least I hope. This one was super short and I finished it in like afternoon.
I'm unsure about the ending though. Was it it supposed to be so ambiguous? Did Jonas and Gabe survive? Did they find another village or die? It was a little unclear for me. Maybe some readers saw more in this ending than I did, but I felt like I was missing something. And for such a great story, the ending felt rushed and unfinished. A chapter more or an epilogue would have sufficed. Maybe in the next book we'll learn more about Jonas and the Giver's fate, as well as the fate of the community they lived in.
All in all, I love books with unique worlds that are easy to understand and dive into. I would never want to live in these types of societies but I love reading about them. Lowry drew me into a great world with her brilliant mind and I'm excited to dive into the rest of the series.
If you like dystopian books and great world building, this book (and hopefully series) is for you.
