Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

Title: Gathering Blue

Author: Lois Lowry

Stars: 3

Description: Kira, an orphan with a twisted leg, lives in a world where the weak are cast aside. She fears for her future until she is spared by the all-powerful Council of Guardians. Kira is a gifted weaver and is given a task that no other community member can carry out. While her talent keeps her alive and brings certain privileges, Kira soon realizes that she is surrounded by mysteries and secrets. No one must know of her plans to uncover the truth about her world-and to find out what exists beyond it.

I read The Giver (the first book is this series) a while ago and absolutely loved it. This book...not so much. This book is about a completely new world and not about the same characters. The book ended badly also and it also didn't have as much suspense as The Giver did.

But I am going to read the last book because my mom said everything is dealt out in the last book. The only this that bothered me was that in like two sentences they said they bowed to a worship object. Something real minor, but the violence (which there was very little of) didn't bother me at all.

But to tell you the truth, I think that if the author had kind of finished it up in the first book, The Giver would have made a really good book with now sequel. But some of you might like this book, and some of you might not. But this is my opinion.

Natalie