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Summary: oh gosh, what a book.
Review: My goodness, I read this magnificent piece of art in grade 8...It is just such a beautiful, splendid book, I urge anyone of any age to read this, it's so pure, it is...It is just one of the most incredable books I have read and is something very sentimental to me, and hopefully to future readers. It's on my top ten list for best books for young readers! Read it. You won't regret it, take my word.
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Summary: The Giver, a very fine book!
Review: My name is Eric and I'm in the 8th grade. We just completed reading The Giver. I found the story very interesting. Though it was confusing at times, as an active reader (with the help of my teacher)I was able to understand some things that were very confusing. Lois Lowry did an exelent job on symbolism. I also like the way that she kept you optomistic. Though you could predict what was going to happen, there would always be a turn in the story that was totally un expected. I urge you to buy this book and read it for yourself. This is one book that blows away all of the others!
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Summary: I enjoyed this book.
Review: My name is Erin Michell. I am a seventh-grade student at Cadillac Middle School. I am writing to you about a book I read of yours , The Giver. This book to me was very interesting. Usually when I read a book it gets boring and I put it down and never read it again. When I started reading The Giver, I thought it was going to be boring, but as I got further into the story it started getting really interesting. I am also writing to you because I have a suggestion . I really think you should write another book about what happens to Jonas.Do they ever find him and Gabe? How do they end up in life? If you could do this I would be really happy, because I really want to know what happens to Jonas and Gabe. I was also wondering if you could write to me at my home address , which is at the top or e-mail me at the Cadillac Middle School, and tell me if you are going to write another book. Thank you for your time. I hope you take this in to consideration. Sincerely, Erin Michell
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Summary: Good book, weird ending
Review: My name is Freddie and i am an eighth grader. I just finished reading this book. In the beginning the book was great, and towards the middle I couldn't put it down. But the last three chapters were boring and the ending could have been better.
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Summary: "A very fastinating view into the future."
Review: My name is Hilary Harris and I am 13 years old. I have read some of your books called Number the Stars and The Giver, and have found them both very fastinating and well written. Although I love the other, I'm writing to you about The Giver. I thought the book was a good view into science fictioned life. It started out very detailed and explanatory, which I like, but toward the end it became a little confusing. Like when Jonas and Gabriel reached Elsewhere. What I thought from that was that you wanted the readers to make-up their own ending, but I think you should help us out and tell us what you thought was going to happen by writing a conclusion to The Giver. Thank you for taking your time to read this letter. I hope you consider writing another book about Jonas, Gabriel, and Elsewhere, and what happened after Jonas stopped taking his pills. Again, I thank you for listening to one of your readers, and I look forward to reading the second book if you decide to write another.
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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read!
Review: My name is Lindsay. I just read the book The Giver. I think it is a wonderful book. It's right up there with the Harry Potter books. I loved the plot. When I first started reading this book, I thought, This would be a good world to live in. There is no pain, everyone is polite, and you always have the perfect parents. Then, when I heard there was no colors or feelings, and the parents don't love the children, I thought, Who would want to live in this kind of world? This is a very good book, and it really makes you think! I recommand it to anyone!
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Summary: Worthy of Awards? I Think Not
Review: My opinion of "The Giver", is the same opinion as theone I have about Puley Shore movies. They're quite entertaining in thebeginning, but after awhile, the plot gets dull and eventually loses its flavor. The idea of having a perfect society is a good idea for a story, but dragging out the idea that the characters have no emotions gets a tad bit annoying. I get the idea that the characters have no emotions, but Lois Lowery has to tell the reader every other sentence. She acts like the reader is going to forget or something. I admit, the beginning of the story is good; how Lowery tells you about the society's rules, and the Giver's job, but after all that is said, she says the same thing over again. And the ending was the worst ever in the history of literature. This is a horrible book. I suggest it to people who like to get cheated when they read or anyone who saw "Lost in Space."
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Summary: The Giver is a very good book and is great for young adults
Review: My opinion of this book is that it was very well-written and you really get to know the characters, and I like that. Books like these are very good for young adult readers and I recommend that if you haven't read this book yet that you get your hands on it now!
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Summary: A children's version of 1984, only more entertaining
Review: My own personal grudge against the book comes from the extent of the writing profession, and how it beared so scary and remarkable a resemblence to one of my unpublished ramblings into the SF genre. I had plans of doing a novel where all emotion is stripped away, set in a world much like THE GIVER. Then when I read it, I was somewhat concerned for my own work. Anyway, this is often comparted to a children's 1984. Yes, while it does bear resemblance to 1984, this book is wonderful on its own terms. The story is the world has been taken down into a utopia, a place with no crime and no feeling, no true feeling. The family establishment is essentially nil with no sexuality at all (this resembles the dominant theme in my own work). Birth Mothers are the source of the population, though it does not give the identity of the fathers. Work and family comes about by selection. Jonas, the hero, has been selected to be the Reciever of Memory. It is here he realises how shockingly sterile and devoid of beauty his world truly is. The ending, somewhat vague, rewards the reader by not giving away to much detail. For those readers who will be travelling on to Orwell after this, go to ANIMAL FARM, my own personal favorite, and then 1984 for when they're older. Like all good children's literature, this book deserves to be read by both adults and children alike. Bravo Lowry! Other significant works by Lowry: Number the Stars. Mike London
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Summary: the Giver, and what I think of it....
Review: My Review consists of the following coments... 1)In the book "the Giver" there were many topics and many characters that made the book so much more interesting and so much more indepth that readers from age 10-100 could read this book and all of them would get something different from it. 2)The author made this book have more then 1 topic which made it so you didn't get stuck with 1 topic and then get bored with the book in the first 15 minutes of reading. 3)When I picked up "the Giver" looking for a good and interesting book to read and I deffinetly got the book I was looking for.Sence my first reading of this book I have read it 5 times, I can't put this book down.I get down with it and then start all over on chapter 1. The last thing that I want to say is thank you Lois Lowry for writing such a wonderfull book, hope to read more of your books.
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