Gathering Blue
Ratings206
Average rating3.7
Summary: Kira is a girl with a twisted leg and an extraordinary gift for weaving who lives in a cruel, callous town and who discovers that the town is hiding a darkness even greater than what can be seen on the surface.
Thankfully, this one turned out to be not as heart wrenching as The Giver. But it still had similar difficult questions raised.
Curious to find out how it all works out to be a part of a whole in the end. So far, haven't noticed any evident connection to The Giver.
A bit confused as to how the second book fits into the same world as The Giver, other than it being some alternate form of society, too. But while it has a bit of a caste system at play, it doesn't have the same twisty, almost dystopian feel as the first story. Almost halfway through the book, it's also unclear whether the two siloed stories take place in the same world and if they are related at all. Then when looking at this as a standalone story, it still comes off as a very basic tale of a young girl displaced who is trying to find her place in a minimalistic, centuries-old type setting that has a few odd rules and dynamics. It is supposed to feel like a big reveal and conclusion at the end, but instead feels very anti-climactic and even uneventful after said ‘surprise'.
This was an interesting book that didn't seem really related to the first book (The Giver) but seems like another type of civilization in a future time period. In the giver the boy did wonder if there were other communities somewhere and wondered what they would be like. Maybe this is one of them? I was disappointed in the ending... well, there wasn't really a real ending at all. I am hoping the next two books will fill in some gaps there. I'd love to learn what happened to the boy from the first book and the 3 artists from this one. I do like how this book, like the first one, gives you an idea of how different life could be. Sometimes the grass is actually greener where you are when you are dreaming of a better place and life.
After reading some of the other reviews, I was hesitant to read this book. In all honesty it is very different from the giver, but it is a good book.
The best way I can tell you how to read this book is to assume it takes place in another village outside of the giver village or just forget about the giver when reading this book. This book revolves around a girl that has a handicap with one of her legs, she experience loss, she grows throughout the story and learns the truth.
I found this one slightly harder to get into as I was continuously looking for the link back to the first book. However, even on its own the characters are so believable, it was very easy to empathise with Kira and the life she was struggling to build.
it had nothing to do with the first book - not only because the setting and characters were not the same, but also because it was uninteresting and slow.
Nouvelle dystopie, même si j'ai du mal à voir le rapport avec le Passeur (peut être dans le tome 3?) l'univers décrit est très intéressant, tribal, violent, a l'opposé totale de la société décrite dans le premier volume. Les personnages sont attachants et l'histoire, bien qu'elle mette du temps à se mettre en place, est très intriguante. Impatient d'embarquer dans le troisième volume.
This book is a confusing sequel that pays if you keep reading the series. Although as a series I find a lot of disconnect, I find Gathering Blue to be strong on it's own. A story I wish I would have read when I was younger. Strong female role model, self discovery, and standing up for yourself. I would recommend to anyone who has read The Giver and young children.
In this sequel to The Giver, we meet Kira, part of a dystopian society where any malformed or diseased person is left out to die. Kira, who has a club foot, was spared at birth by her mother's political clout, but now that she's dead, Kira must find a way to make herself indispensable or will suffer death by starvation and exposure. Fortunately, she is skilled with needlework, and is recruited by the village elders to refurbish an ancient robe depicting the history of the people. As she learns the art of dyeing thread, Kira uncovers dark secrets about the leadership and her society. While I very much enjoyed this novel, it didn't have quite the impact that The Giver had on me, possibly because the climax wasn't as intense. Recommended for anyone who enjoys dystopian literature.
I loved this one even more than The Giver! I wish these books were longer! I so wish to see how Kira changed things from her point of view, but nonetheless the story was wonderful.