The Giver Quartet Gives You the "Ohhhhhhhhhhhh" Feeling From Math Class

Many of us are familiar with the famous book by Lois Lowrey, The Giver. However, many people don’t know that it is actually part of a series. A few months ago I read the Giver Quartet, which is actually all 4 books in the series combined into one large book. What is especially interesting about this book, is that the 4 books don’t follow the same character, instead they each focus on a different character and the main characters from the other books are side characters. I know it sounds a little confusing but trust, it's actually really good. When reading the other parts of the quartet (the different books) it was so exciting to be able to recognize one of the side characters as the main one from one of the other books (again a little confusing, I know). It feels as though you just solved a puzzle and everything clicks and makes sense. Or when you’re in math class and one by one each student gets that click in their head and then goes “Ohhhhhhhhhhh”

(mini spoiler ahead I guess but it's basically what you would find in a book summary at the beginning of a book)

The beginning of the book introduced me to this dystopian-type world where everything is organized and know one asks any questions. The area where they live is in black and white and people do not feel emotions because it is believed that they cause pain and suffering. This is until one boy is chosen to be the next Giver and begins to see things how they once were. I would 200% recommend this book because it gives the reader an interesting new perspective that is not commonly found in other book series, as well as the ability to make exciting connections, not just in one of the books, but throughout all 4 of them.

-Lucia