Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

'Gathering Blue' by Lois Lowry

It is a society ruled by savagery and deceit that shuns and discards the weak. Left orphaned and physically flawed, young Kira faces a frightening, uncertain future. Blessed with an almost magical talent that keeps her alive, she struggles with ever broadening responsibilities in her quest for truth, discovering things that will change her life forever.

REVIEW

This is the second book in 'The Giver' series. I wasn't sure if I was going to read the rest of the series after reading The Giver and finding it just an ok read but after some discussion about the book with a friend she encouraged me to finish the series as they get better and the story is a really good one. So I started this one thinking that it was going to carry on where The Giver left off with Jonas and Gabriel surviving and finding a community where colour, music and happiness/love was. But that was not the case at all!! Lowry doesn't put our mind at ease giving us the knowledge if Jonas and Gabriel survived but instead this book explores another community in the future 6 years after The Giver, in a village where we meet Kira. This community is hostile to young children and casts out damaged individuals to the Forest. We find Kira at the beginning of the book orphaned and at the mercy of The Council of Guardians. I liked the plot of this book but wasn't taken by the characters as much as the first book and once again I was left with a cliffhanger not knowing the fate of some of the main characters. I will read the third book just to find out how the books tie in together!

Once again, another ok read.

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