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Summary: This is a Great Book
Review: I found the Giver a very interesting book. It really made me think about what life would be like in a world where everyone is the same. It's a great discussion book, and I really reccomend it for people who need a good read.
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: At first This book is not interesting, but then after reading more pages you get cought on the book because you want to know what's gonna happen on the next pages of the book cause' he receives special training from The Giver.
He must receive training to understand pain and pleasure for he could have not done it alone because he thought life was just enjoyment until met up with The Giver.This is a powerful and capturing book which should be read by people of all ages.
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Summary: "The Giver" Forwards a Chilling Message
Review: In "The Giver", a 12-year-old boy, Jonas, is selected to be the new Reciever of Memory in his Community. He soon finds out that the world he lives in is not "perfect" as it is intended but full of murder, infanticide, and suicide. The people in the Community can also not see color or have feelings. Jonas decides to do something about it. If you look in the dedication section of "The Giver" It says, "To all the children to whom we enrust the future." This made me realize that if we are not careful, the children of today could let our world become like this. They are making the history of tomorrow.
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: This is the best book I have read in a long time. I was pleasantly surprised with the lyrical writing and thought provoking topics covered in this young adult fiction book. This would be a wonderful book to use for stimulating a discussion of modern-day values, a must read for youth!!!
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Summary: Interesting, but not the best.
Review: I think this was a rather interesting book, mostly due to the fact that it takes palce in the future. I usually like futuristic stories, and out of all of them i have rea, this has to be one of the wierdest by far. First off, the settting takes place int his little town that has a bundle of rules that the whole town has to obey. The main carachter, Jonas, is assigned to the role of the reciever. He recieves memoreis from this old dude and realizes how much the community is messed up. It's a good book, and it keeps you interested in the story, though through the middle of book, it starts to get alittle boring. Good news is that is starts to get more exciting when he leaves the town. The only thing i didn't like about the book was the ending. The author left us hanging there, but i guess the point of this ending is to let the reader think of the ending.
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Summary: I could not put it down, thanks to my child's teacher !
Review: It was my child's assignment to read this book but as I was just listening to her read it, I got hooked and had to finish it off by myself! It was excellent and I could not put it down! What a great way to open up one's mind to a different way of life. Things are NOT always as they appear to us when we look from an entirely different perspective! What an important lesson for our children and ourselves (parents) to realize. Jonas had a DREAM of freedom and he was able to attain it against all odds! We CAN to ANYTHING if we believe in our HEARTS and want it bad enough! Pick a terrific DREAM for you life and you CAN do it.
If you are looking for something really practical and a very different way of seeing life by creating everything you want right now WHAT EVER you would like (gold medal in gymnastics, horseback riding lessons, turtle, nute, dog, my children's creations...) try "The One Minute Guide to Prosperity and Enlightenment" by Sri Siva. You will need a very open mind for this one because one of the governing criteria is that your life will NOT have any suffering or anything negative in it. It's a great way for children to create the life they want without bringing along all the garbage us adults have! and... it only takes a minute!!!
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Summary: The Giver is Brilliant writing!
Review: This novel is a brilliant work with deep insight into the future should humanity continue to try to control nature. There are unfortunate things that happen and that is just as important and exciting a part of life as anything else. The book gives us a look at the moral choices of a 12 year old boy that makes decisions that todays adults should be proud to have such integrity to choose. The ending is absolutely brilliant. It allows the reader to think whatever he or she chooses happened to Jonah. Lois Lowry herself said that the end is up to the reader. If you haven't read this book do. It is far above its reading level. Every adult out there should take in this quick read - it has a heart we all need.
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Summary: A Marvelous Book
Review: I read a great book, The Giver by Lois Lowry. The Giver is a page-turner. It is so suspenseful it kept me reading the whole book through.
In The Giver, I think the message is, "Be thankful for what you have." The people in The Giver live in a colorless world where you get assigned a job for life. Other people control your life. In The Giver you can get, children; but they won't be related to you and will come from someone who was assigned as a birthmother. The people who are old live in a special place. There are also a set of rules everyone has to follow. Another thing; there are no more regular holidays (Easter, Christmas, etc) and everything you do is monitored by a speaker. All the good things of today were where taken away to stop wars and starvation.
In this colorless community where the weak children are killed, Jonas is selected to be the new Receiver of Memory. He is given memories of things long taken away. Jonas wants everyone to have the memories. He also wants to do something about it. He wants grandparents, snow, sledding and all the things that have been taken away.
Even though this book doesn't start out in an interesting way it sure does get better. The Giver has a lot of mystery, action, and suspense. The main character, Jonas, shows a ton of courage and strength. I never would have guessed the ending in a million years. The Giver is a great book. I couldn't put it down! Be sure to read it. It was marvelous!
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Summary: the less you know the better
Review: I thought the giver was an O.K. book. The only thing that I didn't like about it was that it left you wondering at the end. It tells about a whole new journey on their way somewhere else but it doesn't tell what happened in this new place. The mystery in the middle of the book was good but the beginning was really confusing. I didn't understand what was happening until the third paragraph. My suggestions for any one who is going to read this book is don't give up after the first paragraph because it does get better.
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Summary: A cautionary tale of extreme political correctness.
Review: What an interesting story! We need this now. I think anyone from the age of ten and up would benefit from reading it or hearing it read by the wonderfully expressive, Ron Rifkin. This is a cautionary tale about a society in which political correctness has been taken to an extreme. With just a few twists to the kind of yuppie-liberal, correct way, of behaving and thinking that seems to prevail at least in America now, the community of The Giver could be our own. Younger readers could find more meaning in this story of a utopia gone bad, if they can discuss the book with other youngsters and adults who have read it also.
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