The third book in the Quartet series, THE MESSENGER is a powerful tale with a beautiful message to the world.
What would happen if the earth, wind, forests, flora, and fauna were gifted with powers with which they could retaliate or turn their anger towards us? The beautiful Blue Dot that provides us with abundance is completely being ill-treated and is almost being destroyed. Humans do not understand and acknowledge the weather that we are being bestowed with. Sometimes we see the wrath of nature, sudden earthquakes, cyclones, storms, cloudbursts, etc and we conclude that this is the impending doom. I once watched This show by David Attenborough and was saddened by how evil we humans are! We continuously spoil the earth for our greed, and the ever-increasing human mouths to feed. The main culprit is commercialization and the forever need for space to live.
The Messenger has characters from the previous two books, and they are settled in a place called the village. Many people in the village have different powers. The character Matty from the previous book is a protagonist of this book who seems to be a teenager here as this story takes place many years after the first and the second book. This village and Kira’s village (from the previous book) are separated by a big forest and Matty is a person who knows his way through the forest and acts as a messenger between the two. Matty is taken care of by the Blind Seer, who is Kira’s father.
A very beautiful aspect of the village is that they accept people with all their ‘so-called’ flaws and see the beauty within the person.
What happens in this book? Why do I talk about pollution, angry earth, you should read it to know about this yet another amazing dystopian narrative by Lois Lowry?
Can't wait to read the last one in the Quartet!