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Summary: This book was very exciting, a tad confusing at times.
Review: After reading this book, The Giver, I can say that I really enjoyed it, and would recommend it to anyone. This book tells about a perfectly planned community. The community was planned from their jobs to their families. I also liked the one part of the story when a kid named Jonas, who became the new receiver of memory, tried to escape from the community and save a baby's life. The receiver of memories is someone who gives memories of events that happened before the community was perfect to the new receiver of memory. He also tells the Chief Elder what to do when the Chief Elder doesn't know how to settle something. This book would be enjoyed by anyone who is imaginative and likes excitement.
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Summary: A futuristic novel , suspense up to the end !
Review: After the first boring pages you almost cannot put it aside . It is set in a strange world where everything is predetermined . At first it seems to be an interesting way of life but more and more you get to know how it really is . The book is writen very realistic because you think , that you are a part of the action . It is only a pity that at the end there are still so many questions left. But all in all I have to say : Read it or you will regret it !!
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Summary: An Air to Hope
Review: Ah, The Giver is one of those few books which can completely captivate the mind and soul... and can do so with such simplistic and discernable writing.The Giver is the story of a futuristic society where choices are premade, emotions are fake, and human urges are supressed. Jonas is the novel's protagonist. He is an intelligent child who quickly finds out that this 'utopian' society is much more of a dystopian hell. As I read through this book, I was able to find shades of Orwell's 1984 or Huxley's BRAVE NEW WORLD; however, The Giver is quite distinct. Though it's concepts are not new, the way in which they are presented are quite spectacular. My advice would be to not read the reviews... for they will only ruin the book for you. As I read the book (having not previously known the action of the story) I was actually shocked and almost driven to tears at points. I was amazingly affected by this spectacular novel. Finally, to clear up the misunderstanding about the book's ambiguous ending. This ending NEEDED to be the conclusion. Thus we can truly decide if this novel should be considered a utopian or dystopian world. Compare this to the other great 'dystopian' novels 1984 and BRAVE NEW WORLD... both have a definate ending. This novel gives the reader a chance to believe... a chance to have faith... but most importantly, it gives the reader hope: a hope which The Community would never be able to 'release.'...
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Summary: What an AMAZING book!
Review: all i can say about this book is WOW. it is, and always will be the most amaing book i've ever read. the way lois writes it, and the way he describes his charators. i literally couldn't put it down. it is so amazing! i just hope you'll come to see this too after you get a copy of your own. i believe lois is apsolutally amazing at writing.
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Summary: Not the best but certainly a classic
Review: Alright, I'll admit I did read this book three times and yet I only gave it four stars. It is a wonderful book it just can get boring sometimes. It's about a supposed "utopia" if that's what you want to call it, where all the people are organized and their differences curbed. Once they reach a certain age they are all placed into jobs picked by the leaders of their communities. Jonah, the main character, has special qualities and that's where the story gets weird. I don't want to get into details so I'll stop writing. I just want to say, before you buy this you might want to check it out at the library first.
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Summary: a great pre-teen book
Review: Although adults can certainly enjoy the wonderfully written book, it's best audience is young pre-teens. For those aged 10-13 it's an excellent book to get them to enjoy reading, instead of them simply doing it for school. One of my personal childhood favorites
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Summary: Right up there with harry potter!
Review: although i like reading, i rarely find books that i can really get into. i loved the catcher in the rye, and some other books, but i really loved the harry potter books. i read each one of the harry potters in 1 day. but the giver was right up there with harry potter. i couldn't put it down, and although some people have said bad things about the ending, i thought it had a GREAT ending! it really made you think, whether it was in a good way or a bad way. i would definitely recommend this book!
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Summary: Lots of questions
Review: Although I like suspense and thrills, this book left me with too many questions and really left me unsatisfied. They never really focused on one thing or went into description on what I thought were some very important issues. It is "The Truman Show" and "Pleasantville" combined.
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Summary: "shared remembrance" & The Giver appropriate for folklore
Review: Although in the beginning of the story Jonas is portrayed as an average kid in his society, he has been given this immense task. Throughout the book the idea of sameness angered me more and more, Jonas's society thought that through nothingness they they could avoid pain. This is true, but they are also avoiding the happiness that they could have. I think that having your own wonderful memories is one of the best parts of life, and it seems almost not worth living if we can not have them. The Elders in the book think that they are learning from past mistakes and bettering the lives of people, but they are not, you have to take the good with the bad. The concept of "shared remembrance" should be very important to each and every culture, this is how we learn, as well as how we are entertained. The Giver is an appropriate book for the study of folklore because it shows the importance of being different, like almost all cultures are. If we were all the same life would be boring.
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Summary: The Giver Gives You All
Review: Although Ron Rifkin's voice seems monotonal at first, as you listen further, it becomes apparent that the sound fits the text. The society in which the main character, Jonas, resides is also lacking variation. The society in Lois Lowry's, The Giver, is one which frowns upon those things we honor so greatly-- love, compassion, emotional attachment, freedom, creativity,etc. When Jonas turns twelve, he is assigned the task of receiver of memories. Thus begins his transformation and, in the end, Jonas learns too much for his own good. Or maybe not! You have to read it to find out. The writing is superb. I couldn't wait, each day, to listen to this audio book.
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