#gathering blue

[haveyoureadthisfantasybook]

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vote no if you have not finished the entire book.

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[wilhelmina-murray-harker]

something that like fundamentally changed me in about fifth grade or so was the naming system lois lowry used in "gathering blue" where a syllable gets added to your name the older you get

the main character is named kira, but when there's flashbacks and people address younger her, her name is kir. the oldest character we meet is named annabella, and kira talks about how impressive it is to have a four syllable name. pretty much all of the adults have three syllable names

i think about it a lot. i have so many questions about the practicality of it. i think it's so cool

[books-to-add-to-your-tbr]

Title: The Giver

Author: Lois Lowry

Series or standalone: series

Publication year: 1993

Genres: fiction, classics, dystopia, science fiction, fantasy

Blurb: In a seemingly utopian futuristic world, 12-year-old Jonas is singled out to receive special training from The Giver, who alone holds the memories of the true joys and pains of life.

[valeovalairs]

Throwback to the one time we had to give a presentation on our favorite book in class, read an excerpt and explain why it’s our favorite book. So I thought I’ll do Son by Lois Lowry (I ADORE that book), literally no one knows that the Giver is a series, no one knows about the Giver Quartet. Great time to share and convince others to read and nobody will know about it guarantee.

The first person goes.

She reads Son by Lois Lowry.

I found the one other person that has read that series.

[living400lbs]

I have now read The Giver Quartet, by Lois Lowry.

(No, I wasn't assigned it in school. The Giver was published in 1993. I graduated college in 1990.)

[12bleupwhat12]

I always forget people usually don’t headcanon Kira as POC (I hc her as half Indonesian) so I always get white girl jumpscared :’0

[sage-green-kitchen]

I’ll never understand why school will make you read The Giver and maybe Son by Lois Lowry but skip over Gathering Blue and Messenger, both books that are equal if not better than the other two. Plus Son makes so much more sense having read them.

[3lectra-he4rt]

"lois lowry is a bad author" maybe you're just too stupid for her books. /notsojoking

[kitkat-the-muffin]

Is there a Discord Server I can join for fans of The Giver Quartet?

I wanna discuss it more and bounce headcanons around like tennis balls

[sweaterstitches]

i have a normal amount of thoughts about kira gathering blue

[double-o-donut]

anyway turns out the book i've been thinking of for over a decade and couldn't remember what it was called i've had it on my bookshelf this whole time

[rachel-sylvan-author]

"Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry Book 2: the Giver series. Thank you @northwestbooksies for the rec! ❤️

[am-molloy]

Book Review: Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

Actual rating 3.5/5 stars.

I was not expecting this to be a companion to The Giver. Barely anything was similar to the first book. I know it's a companion, and it's another village, but a little callback to book one would have been nice. (Although it's implied right at the end Jonas is alive and with the MCs dad). But this could be a brand new world and I wouldn't have known it. I'm not sure how this is part of the series.

That being said, there was some great world building once again in this book. You can for sure tell it's a distopian future with a distinct culture. I don't think this world was as interesting as the one in The Giver but it was still cool to read about it.

While this story was interesting, I don't think it was as interesting as the previous novel. I think I was expecting more since the first one was so great. I was also a little shocked to see no mention or tie ins (that I know of) to The Giver, be it it's characters, or greywashed world. I don't mind a companion book to have compleatly new characters. In fact, I expect it. It's just this is part of a series and so I thought there would be more of a tie in raher than feeling like a completly fresh book. Perhaps they will all blend together more in the next two books.

I still enjoyed it, however. As mentioned, it wasn't as interesting but it was still a compelling enough read. I will admit that I didn't care for how most of the characters talked, however. It was a bit hard to read. I mean, it helped built the world and such, but like I said, a bit hard to read. But that is a mino nitpick.

All in all it was still a decent book to read.

[xxplastic-cubexx]

something about first impressions idk

bonus:

[valeovalairs]

finally convinced my friend to read the giver quartet. They made a mistake by telling me.

one tangent later (in the form of extremely long notes that I screen shoted because I’ve thought about this, they’re long)

[felsicveins]

"I'm okay John, I promise."