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not_dead_7214 t1_ixtzofy wrote

I read a post mentioning The Giver quartet, too, and most of us (even you) share the same sentiment.

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not_dead_7214 t1_ixtzr50 wrote

Oh, and this was my personal take.

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wealy OP t1_ixuaj49 wrote

Interesting that you liked the 3rd. I think 2 was okay ish but 3 was like a weird seemingly desperate attempt to connect the in universe. Like Lois Lowery wrote Gathering Blue then decided to try and connect it to The Giver afterwards

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not_dead_7214 t1_ixuk9y8 wrote

Oh, I kind of get your point. Haha! Because it really felt that way. How do I put it though... For me, the messenger is an active character in book 2 that he deserved his own arc, and I think he was given justice in book 3. At least that's how I see it, and maybe because I am also partly a sucker for lowkey selfless characters. I have to agree though, that book 3 was such a poor attempt to connect to The Giver.

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