![]() ![]() ![]() She leaves much undefined, so her readers can draw their own conclusions. Lowry’s story, or perhaps it is an openness, that allows the reader to bring their own experience to it. In her alternate world, she starkly reveals the reality of both in our own world, and she encourages her readers to strive toward making our world a better place. ![]() Lowry does, both in The Giver and in Messenger, is stress the importance of goodness and morality by creating a need for it. So I am certain I have missed a great deal. I have read The Giver (and would recommend it), though it too feels dark and hopeless, but I have not read the book in between, Gathering Blue. Messenger is the third in the trilogy that begins with the Newberry-winning story, The Giver. So, though I did not care for this futuristic world, I would give my definite recommendation on the strength of Ms. And among the dark, tangled evil dwells honor, and compassion, and sacrifice, and a longing for – a desperate attempt at – redemption. ![]() It was magnificently crafted, with the beauty and imagery and suspense she is well-known for. ![]()
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