THE GIVER QUARTET BY LOIS LOWRY

15/3/2015

Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the Community. When Jonas turns twelve, he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now, it is time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back.

I quite enjoyed the simplicity of this book. Each book told of a different story from someone else's point of view, yet in the end they are all connected together and brought together the story through different perspectives. The main moral of the story explains how our lives and the way we live can sometimes be the outcome of how some misguided leaders think problems in the world should be solved or eliminated, though there is no such thing as a perfect world, and even if there was, it wouldn’t necessarily make us any happier. Those misguided leaders who try to control and change the world mostly end up causing more problems that we need to fight against to protect the meaning of our lives. Evil is always lurking near by and can only be overcome through happiness, which is accomplished when we help and support one another, and use our gifts to make the world a better place.

The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry:
BOOK 1: The Giver
BOOK 2: Gathering Blue
BOOK 3: The Messenger
BOOK 4: Son

44 Comments

Gabbi Wooten

15/1/2015 04:19:15 am

Yeah the book bascially evolves around that idea.
I really enjoyed it alot

Lousie

15/1/2015 04:34:47 am

I remember reading that for school! It was like the only book I ever bothered reading

BooksareLife

2/5/2015 03:14:11 pm

I forced my mum to buy it claiming it was for school 😂😂

Lousie

3/5/2015 03:48:43 am

I always tend to do that with iTunes cards, and then go ahead and purchase music. (We have iPads at school)

Zoe

15/1/2015 05:26:49 am

I enjoyed this book though I still dont like the cover

Katy Benson

15/1/2015 01:35:36 pm

Great book to read

Nicole Safak

16/1/2015 03:10:45 am

I really enjoyed this series

BooksofWords&Wonder

16/1/2015 03:17:36 pm

I remember how the 1st book left so many unanswered questions

Shaye

24/5/2015 06:06:03 am

I actually found that quite frustrating myself.

Ratchetray

17/1/2015 10:02:56 am

Nice blog :)

Abooktopia

22/1/2015 04:57:19 am

Thank you! (":

Ratchetray

14/3/2015 06:27:29 am

of course

Ratchetray

29/3/2015 06:45:30 am

Anytime luv

Tatiana May

19/1/2015 06:13:56 am

I didnt like the book much even though I really wanted to like since so many other people do including my friends

Carolyn Hembe

19/1/2015 01:03:10 pm

I wish you got to read about how Kiara changed the village and about her relationship with Jonas

Asha

14/3/2015 06:28:02 am

That would have been really nice

Natasha

20/1/2015 06:37:59 am

I found this book to be a bit boring but it was a good book in its own ways

Julia Morrise

24/1/2015 11:05:33 am

Lois Lowry drives a deep message into our hearts when we read her book The Giver and the many more after.

Olivia

26/1/2015 03:10:52 am

I believe this is a worthwhile book series to read in schools and its a shame that not many do. Mice of Men is another great novel that talks of friendship and loneliness. I believe these 2 books should be read side by side as it sends a strong and powerful message to the mind that is relevant in our lives to success and survive.

Simon Hiddelson

31/1/2015 10:12:49 am

I actually disliked this novel, but than again I dislike all the books we are forced to read in school as part of our curriculum. I might one day try to reread the book again and see how it goes but I dont know If Ill ever get the chance

Camilla Livic

9/2/2015 05:54:58 am

You nailed the moral. Good work =D

Abooktopia link

2/5/2015 03:36:48 am

Why thank you! :D

Carol

21/2/2015 12:21:29 pm

What!? How come some people got to read this for school? I had to read Mice of Men and Romeo and Juliet which were pre boring

Jacky

24/2/2015 10:19:05 am

I know how you feel. I also have to read of Mice and Men and Macbeth

Carol

2/5/2015 03:35:32 am

It's totally unfair. Why do other people get to read better books? At least Macbeth is better than Romeo and Juliet.

Sally

24/2/2015 10:30:52 am

I loved this book. You've definitely nailed the moral of the stories.

Emily Brown

25/2/2015 04:57:51 am

I found the second book to be really quite boring. This is your shortest review

Skyler Fairchild

28/2/2015 09:33:40 am

I swear it had the second book diagnoses

Teagan Hall

24/3/2015 12:04:49 pm

It did. I hate it how the second books rarely ever live up to the expectations. This one was just terrible. I struggles for month to get through the second book...

Shaye

28/3/2015 06:16:20 pm

It did *X*

Ana

17/4/2015 04:57:41 pm

When a sequel doesn't suffer from the second book diagnoses, you know it's a good book

Vicky

14/3/2015 06:26:53 am

I found this book to be very slow paced and not at all of an intriguing story.

Teagan Hall

24/3/2015 12:16:35 pm

Spot on moral!

Abooktopia

28/3/2015 06:15:27 pm

Thank you!

Teagan Hall

24/3/2015 12:16:52 pm

It's also your shortest review

DarkHunter101

14/4/2015 01:31:34 pm

This book just didnt do it for me... It was much too slow in my opionon

Elisa Tuck

20/4/2015 11:20:48 am

There's so many mixed emotions for this novel. Yes it was boring, but it still was a really good book.

Nolly Kerkswartech

26/4/2015 04:56:45 am

Just did not like this book..... The movie trailer looked really good, so it was a massive disappointment to see how the movie ended, and the book wasn't any better for me.....

Lilian Archletch

27/4/2015 01:51:15 pm

There's so may positive stuff about this book, yet so much negative stuff about it being extremely boring. I shall have to see for myself.

Delilah

1/5/2015 03:42:15 pm

I see quite a lot of slight negative/neutral responses to this book. Sure some parts were slow, but that was what was great about it! The moral was fantastic and was really strong. I believe it is a must read as it drive a strong moral.

Maddie

3/5/2015 03:50:10 am

I personally really enjoyed this book. I loved it so much that I ask my Grandmother to purchase me the 30th anniversary edition which I love! The moral is fantastic. I hadn't even relised there was a moral until I read this review. I guess I will have to read them again in different eyes.

Delilah

24/5/2015 06:07:26 am

The 30th anniversary edition is gorgeous. I just own the regular paperbacks in the box set.

kate802tibbs (instagram)

13/9/2016 09:41:55 pm

The Giver series is one of my favorites!

Abooktopia link

13/9/2016 09:42:24 pm

I love how all he books are interconnected and come all together in the last book!

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