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Original Title: | Son (The Giver, #4) |
ISBN: | 0547887205 (ISBN13: 9780547887203) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | The Giver #4 |
Lois Lowry
Hardcover | Pages: 393 pages Rating: 3.99 | 77640 Users | 8337 Reviews
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They called her Water Claire. 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. Son thrusts readers once again into the chilling world of the Newbery Medal winning book, The Giver, as well as Gathering Blue and Messenger where a new hero emerges. In this thrilling series finale, the startling and long-awaited conclusion to Lois Lowry’s epic tale culminates in a final clash between good and evil.Be Specific About Appertaining To Books Son (The Giver #4)
Title | : | Son (The Giver #4) |
Author | : | Lois Lowry |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 393 pages |
Published | : | October 2nd 2012 by HMH Books for Young Readers |
Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Fiction. Fantasy. Childrens. Middle Grade. Classics |
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There is a lovely story in Son, all about a girl who has forgotten her traumatic past, slowly finding herself and redefining herself at a leisurely pace in a small and very rural coastal village. I was enchanted by this deliberately reflective middle section. Lowry's talents were in full bloom: a pastoral scene was perfectly set and a meditative mood established; the sweet peacefulness of this community and its potential for kindness - for human kindness in general - was illustrated while theSon is made up of three parts: Before, Between, and Beyond. If I were to name them, I would gather them into one book and name it Boring.WHY THE HELL WAS THIS NOVEL 400 PAGES LONG!?! The previous three were about 200 pages. If you delete the double spaces, this book would be 300 pages, and from there, pointless descriptions and subplots would be easily cut down to 200 pages. Yes, I'm serious.I mean, we spend 140 pages with Claire JUST TRAINING TO CLIMB THE F*CKING CLIFF!!! I DON'T GIVE A SH!T
Son brings us back to the original community we read about in The Giver, and tells us the story from the perspective of Water Claire and ties up the questions about the place where Jonas and Gabe were born.Everyone in the community is assigned a job at the age of 13. Claire was given the job of Vessel. Vessels carried Products (um, babies) and at 14 Claire produced her one and only product in the form of a Son. There was an issue with the birth and she was relieved of her vessel duties, but she
I think my rating is a bit of an emotional one, rather than strictly rational. If I stop and think/critique SON, there are things I didn't understand or care for ... but as soon as I picked up the book, I was immediately captivated and couldn't put it down. And as I finished it, I think back on it fondly *Ü*The book is divided into three parts .. Before, Between and Beyond. Part 1 takes you right back to The Giver. Back to the community, with Jonas. You get to see the same things from another
Son (The Giver Quartet #4), Lois LowrySon is the final entry in The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry, first published October 2, 2012. It was preceded by Messenger, the third book of the series. The book follows Claire, the mother of Gabriel, the baby seen in The Giver. Son is written in three parts, each with a subtitle: Before, Between, and Beyond.Before takes place in the same location ("The Community") and at the same time as The Giver. Claire's assigned occupation in the community is Birth
The Finale In Son, Lowry returns to the original socialist village from whence Jonas came and traces the story of Claire, who was also in the Village. Claire was a fourteen year old birthmother, who lived in the birthmothers house and was tasked with producing products (babies) for the nursery to then be distributed to families who qualified for another child. Claire gives birth to a son and longs to rescue him, but her son, Gabe, is taken by Jonas on his sled to a new world. This is Claires
no no no no no no no No No No No NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NONONONONONONONONONONONONONO NO , Lois Lowry! NO. No. This cannot be how you chose to end the quartet. I am flabbergasted and bereft and... cheated. I feel cheated. In the same way Suzanne Collins ruined The Hunger Games trilogy in its crummy final act, so too has Lowry with Son. Despite being weaker efforts, Gathering Blue and Messenger felt like stepping stones toward an ending that would seamlessly combine disparate storylines.
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