smith-jones reviewed on 3/8/2013 + 47 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

Lois Lowry is a fantastic storyteller, she had me glued to the Kindle turning pages faster than I expected. Son tied the three previous books together in the sense that I learned what had happened to Kira, read a lot more about Matty and Jonas. The way she weaved the characters was masterful and I enjoyed the book a great deal but not enough to bump Messenger to second place in the quartet. I felt a bit unsatisfied by the way the final chapter concluded, I wanted more. I wanted to be taken back to how Jonas' society developed after he left. That was left unresolved but I did learn what became of him as a man and whom he loved. Claire was the new character and although there was a point where I thought her story was turning her into a contestant for a fight to the death, that was done and she emerged from her physical quest yet on the grounds of a third community. I would have loved to see Claire claim the young man she fell in love with but I guess when you are on a journey to reunite yourself with your sentenced to be released baby, a man can wait.

Read the book, I'm not disappointed, just a bit hungry still for more story. The end was not bad, it just needed more fireworks.

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