Messenger

The book the Messenger was an amazing book which I personally fell in love with. The Messenger ties together the novels Gathering Blue and the Giver. Many questions that you might have had from the Giver or Gathering Blue will be answered in the Messenger. Even though questions will be answered many questions will be asked. If you read the messenger you will probably feel the same tension and suspense that the characters feel. Lois Lowry will definitely keep you wanting to read on.

Compared to every book I’ve read with my class, The Messenger by Lois Lowry ended with the most questions asked. What I was not interested in was the amount of fiction. The story line was okay, but confused the majority of my class from the middle to end. When we finished it, I felt like complaining because the age rating seemed wrong. I felt like it was too much of a tragedy, but what we enjoyed were the character personalities. They seemed to have changed since the previous book, Gathering Blue. My recommendation for this book is that you should get it if you’re about twelve or older, and if you’ve read The Giver and Gathering Blue

The perfect blend of mystery and sci-fi, with a pinch of dystopia, and a semi-fantasy filling is Lois Lowry’s very own: Messenger. This novel is just the thing if you need a passionate plot, but not many pages. As for story line, you will get intrigued at some point. Even though the viewpoint is in third person, but is very appealing given that it is based on a kid’s view. Matty has a very bubbly and unique personality; his perspective throughout the story is very interesting. It’s fun to see his old styles back from Gathering Blue, and how he changed as well. Many other characters from the prior trilogies are back. Jonas from The Giver is now “leader”, Kira from Gathering Blue is an important feature at the end, and Christopher (Kira’s blind father) is Seer, Matty’s guardian. This is nice for a little reunion, but also brings a little déjà vu. To its credit, Messenger has some good things to say about selfishness and how it can corrupt an entire society. But it also brought up some weird, unanswered questions. You can only assume, and just go with it. The book's idea is that it takes major sacrifice to change things for good--and yet that touching thought gets a little elaborate in the storytelling. Only your imagination and theories can give you a clue and possibly allow you to continue. In both good and bad ways, Messenger is obviously fiction. It’s nice to look into a realm of greenery as being alive, and with hands and vibrations. On the contrary, too much fiction makes the scenes feel illusory. Some parts seem like a joke, as they have no possibility in reality. It’s best to read the books in order; otherwise, the endings of the first two will be ruined by Messenger. And, this one relies on the prior two books to have a complete story, whereas the first two could stand alone as books. In final words, Messenger would be a great compelling story with many genres all bundled in a cozy amount of pages. It would be perfect “just for fun” read, or something to choose for a book report. If you do read it, I hope you enjoy it(:

Messenger is the third installment to the The Giver series that is written by Lois Lowry. It leaves many questions unanswered.It was good book because it is telling us that world is turning bad by humans. But it is also telling us that we can fix the world. I didn't like that Kira, Matty, and Leader have special powers because it makes the story very unbelievable. It was kind of turning into Harry Potter. I liked whole story except that Kira, Matty, and Leader have special powers.