Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Giver by Lois Lowry

18 reviews

melist6's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Gun violence, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

amsswim's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

 I'm surprised I didn't read this earlier or I was not required to in school. I absolutely loved this read, I haven't read Lois Lowry since middle school, but now I think I'd like to return to her books. Her world building and descriptions are perfect for a dystopian story. This was an easy read while still being meaningful and thought provoking.

The audiobook on Libby was only 5 hours, so this was a great weekend/day ready. Highly recommend to everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

reread :))

i wish this book was longer! i love jonas <3 

this book will always make me reflect on how it is a gift to be able to feel love and happiness and how as humans we are lucky to have so much diversity to celebrate.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Murder

Minor: Racism

breedawnwriter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This is just a really powerful and beautifully written story. 

It’s a hard book to read, but it is—quite possibly—one of the most important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

genny's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, War, and Injury/Injury detail

abitofapoet's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This was really easy to read fast, so it definitely kept my attention but it doesn’t seem like the kind of book i would be thinking about for a long time. It was an
interesting concept, but not written well enough to feel completely thrown into this utopian world and needing to know what happens next. Also talk about an unsatisfactory ending!

I’m glad it seems to have ended well for Gabe and Jonas but UGH endings written like this are my biggest pet peeve.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and War

isabella_boytsan's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief

alyssadavis's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

They were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrance his own was taking on. And he was angry at himself, that he could not change that for them.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail