Audiobook Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2) by Lois Lowry in the ListenBook app
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Book description
March 12
Dear Reader,
I just finished Gathering Blue on audiobook, and I'm still sitting here, the silence of my room feeling too loud. Lowry's words, spoken with such quiet intensity by the narrator, didn't just tell Kira's story-they made me feel the cold stone of her village, the weight of her loneliness, the fragile hope in her hands as she worked the loom.
I'd read The Giver years ago, but this? This is different. It's heavier. Kira's world isn't just controlled-it's hungry. They discard the weak, the flawed, the ones who don't fit. And here's Kira, orphaned, with a leg that's never quite right, left to survive in a place that sees her as broken. But Lowry never makes her a victim. She's fierce. She's crafting her way forward, one thread at a time. The audiobook voice-soft but unwavering-made every moment feel intimate, like Kira was whispering secrets directly into my ear.
What stayed with me? Not just the mystery of the village, or the danger Kira faces, but the quiet of it all. The way Lowry writes about connection-how a single act of kindness, a shared glance, a thread of cloth woven with care-becomes revolutionary. It reminded me of her own words: "the vital need of people to be aware of their interdependence." This isn't just a story about surviving; it's about choosing to see each other, even when the world tells you to look away.
I kept pausing the audiobook just to sit with it. When Kira finds her purpose in the loom, when she realizes truth isn't just spoken but woven into the fabric of life-that moment, the narrator's voice dipped just enough, and my throat tightened. It's not a grand, shouty moment. It's small, like a single stitch. But it's the kind of thing that stays with you, long after the last chapter.
Lowry's own life-her childhood moving across the world, her loss, her belief in caring more-is woven into this. You can feel it. The way she writes about Kira's quiet courage, her determination to make something out of brokenness... it's not just fiction. It's a lifeline.
I've listened to it twice already. The first time, I was racing through Kira's journey. The second, I slowed down, listening to the spaces between the words-the way the narrator's voice softened when Kira found a friend, or hardened when she faced danger. It's the kind of audiobook that doesn't just tell a story. It lets you live inside it.
And the ending? Not a tidy bow. Just a quiet, stubborn yes to hope. Like Lowry's own wish: "for all those of their generation... caring more, doing more." That's the heart of this book. Not a warning. A call.
You'll hear Kira's world in your head long after you've finished. It's not a place you escape. It's a place that stays with you, teaching you how to look at your own world-really look-and see where you can weave something better, one thread at a time.
- A listener, still thinking
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