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Summary: My review of the book 'The Giver' from Lars Ebmeier
Review: The Giver by Lois Lowry is about the life in a strange community, where everything is the same. The book deals with the living conditions of the people in the community, with climate control and the controlling reproduction. It also talks about the problems, which originate from total sameness and the living with no differences.
In my opinion, it was a very interesting story and it was easy to read, because of the well-known action and the problems which are discussed in the book. Moreover the book motivates the reader to think about his life, the life of other people and the whole development of the human society, because we are already in a time, where genetic food manipulation and the manipulation of the genetic code begins to be normal. This is a point you must think about the lots of scientists, who say they do their work only for helping the people and if this development is the correct way in the future.
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Summary: An intrguing, exiting book
Review: The Giver by Lois Lowry is an AWESOME book. I was assigned to read it for my Freshman Pre-AP English class. It was kinda slow in the beggining but after about 10 pages I couldn't put it down! This book really opened my eyes to how horrible it would be to not be able to chose anything and see absolutely no color! I even shhhed my mom a few times while I was reading. On a scale of 1 to 5 I give it a 10. It is a MUST READ! I know that it deserved every award it recives!
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Summary: good story but bad end
Review: The Giver by Lois Lowry is an entertaining book, but it is not very realistic. The main person, called Jonas, should become the new Receiver of Memory. He is the only person in his community, who can see colours, and has feelings (besides the Giver)and so he learned how terrible it is to be the only one, who feels love. At the end of the book he decided to do something for the people in the community, but you don't know what happens to him and the community, because of this open end, you have to think about Jonas and his future life.
So it is quite interessting, but I was not very lucky about the end.
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Summary: the giver reviewed by Jacqui
Review: The Giver by Lois Lowry is an exciting and adventurous book. Some of the characters you will meet are Jonas,a twelve year old boy who wants change, gabriel, a toddler who is in a life threatning situation, and the giver, a wise, sensitive, old man.They all live in a perfect community in desperate need of change, pain, and love. Everything is precise and orderly. when Jonas gets chosen for a very honorable job,the giver transmits memories of the old world. I enjoyed this book and thought it was a page turner. I couldn't put the book down when Jonas and the giver had to make a life changing decision for the good, or bad of the community. I would recomend this book to kids 10 and up.Any younger and they might not undertstand the advanced langauge. It uses words like chastisment and ominous.
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Summary: The Giver - A novel for everyone?
Review: The Giver by Lois Lowry is an interesting novel, I read it with my class in 11th grade, but I think I would have read it even if we hadn't done this in class. I like science-fiction stories, so I could compare it to "1984" and "Brave New World" while reading. First of all I have to say that in fact it IS a novel for young adults, its quite easy written and I think easy to follow the story. I liked especially the great imagination of the author, who created a whole new world which is really frightening sometimes. However I detested the open ending, in which the reader is left with a lack of information. Some fantasy-elements, like memory-transmitting, are disturbing the sf-atmosphere, like I want it to be. In contrast to "BNW" and "1984" I can hardly imagine any solution or advise for our future which the author might have been thinking of while writing this novel.
All in all it is a good experience to read but if one is one of this hardcore-science-fiction readers (like me) one is dissapointed. My suggestion: read it, if your less than 17 years old!
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Summary: The Giver On the Inside
Review: The Giver by Lois Lowry is awesome, I give it five stars. It's filled with action, suspense and drama. A boy named Jonas lives in a town with very strict laws and very weird ways. People have no memories, see no colors, and everything they have is the same. People here live in dwelings with one of each a mother, a father, an adopted son and daughter. The adopted son and daughter come from birthmothers who are the only ones who give birth. Jonas lives with his mother, father, and sister Lily. Jonas is worried becuse he is soon going to get his assignment. An assignment is a person's job for the future. When Jonas gets his assignment he becomes Reciever of Memory. The Reciever is the most important job there is, Jonas will soon hold all the memories of the past and will hold colors to see with. Jonas will hold good memories but also bad ones. Jonas soon starts training from the old Reciever that Jonas calls the Giver. Jonas continues training for about a year, when he finds out what happens during a release. A release is when an elder, a new child, criminal, or anyone goes on to another place. What Jonas finds out is horrible. So Jonas and the Giver devise a plan to get away from the release process and getaway from sameness, but does the plan work? Read The Giver to find out!
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Summary: A Potentially great novel gone wrong
Review: The Giver by Lois Lowry is just another example of a potential classic destroyed by lack of any interest whatsoever. Social-Science fiction writing is by no means Lowry's strength. She should have stuck with those Anastastia books I recall reading in the 2nd grade. Anyway, within the last four years or so I've grown an affection for those types of books that are all aimed at explaining "alternate universe/societies" that we should be glad we don't live in. For example, 1984 by George Orwell, and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles. If I had not previously read these, I probably would have liked The Giver a lot more. The problem was that Lowry left too many questions unanswered for the book's own good. Sure, with a story like this it's always good to leave some things open for you to consider, but Lowry led it to the point where parts of the book lacked continuity. Another thing that bothered me was how the Giver "gave" the memories into Jonas via telekinesis. That was somewhat understandable, but when it got to the point where Jonas saves Gabriel's life by giving him the memory of warmth. That crossed the line in my mind... plus all the other things thrown in to it... so, Ok, let me see if I've got this straight... no heat, no cold, no hills, no weather, no sex, no choices... and too much unanswered. There also appears to be a lot of confusion as to Jonas' world being considered by its citizens as the "perfect world" or the "ideal society". The problem with that of course is that how would the people know what a perfect world was? They know only their society and no others (with the exception of the Giver himself). However, most of what I just wrote could be cancelled out if Lowry just meant for The Giver to be just a quickly-read little novel for entertainment (it would have dragged on had it been any longer), and I agree it's a good lead-in to other books with the same idea. However, if Lowry meant to write a big, unsettling, revolutionary, thought-provoking book, she could have tried a lot harder. I'm pretty sure that she didn't, though. After reading The Giver I yearned to read something with more depth and theory... so I did. I went and picked up the first book of The Martian Chronicles, and I felt a little better. So to sum it all up, The Giver was a quick read (the chapters are short), and is probably a good book for a twelve year old to read if he/she has a lot of questions about society and what it could be (sixth-grade teachers, this means you!), or if he/she has an interest in social-science fiction. I have just been spoiled (or enriched) with books that do a lot of a better job explaining themselves. Whether or not you found my review helpful, I'm just glad you read what I had to say.
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Summary: "A book even non readers will enjoy"
Review: The Giver by Lois Lowry is just one of those books that just sucks you in; you just can't stop reading it. If you're one of those people who is not really keen on reading, then this is the book for you. If you don't really know what you're taste in reading is and you like exciting and interesting books, this book is perfect. The Giver takes the reader into the future and describes what life would be like with out feelings or LOVE! One boy is singeled out because he is different, and he is taught to become the Giver. Although this book is set in the future, you can stikll relate to it's message. The Giver is a book that I will never forget. by Amanda Tarplin
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Summary: Utopian Society
Review: The Giver by Lois Lowry is one of the interesting novels that I have read. I recommend this book not only 12 years old boys but adults also. This story brings thinking about life and society. The author gives ideas about sameness and difference of society. In Jona¡¯s society, every person has same experience and doesn¡¯t have to worry about basic needs. Also, the society doesn¡¯t have a social gab. It is like a utopian society; however, The Committee of Elder decides person¡¯s entire life. At age of 12, every person is received an assignment by the Committee. Jona, a main character, receives an assignment of the Receiver of Memory. He receives memories of everything, that prohibit other people in Jona¡¯s society, from The Giver. Jona recognizes secrets of the society, and his adventure starts.
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Summary: Great American Novel
Review: The Giver by Lois Lowry is one of the most renouned anti-utopian novels and by far deserves this title. It is about a boy named Jonas trapped in a society commanded by rules and regulations. At the ceremony where the children are to recieve their life long jobs Jonas is given the position of the new "giver". In this position he is to acquire all the memories and feelings of the past from the old giver. Instead of trying to keep the community "alive" with this information, as was the original intention, he now realizes that there is a world beyond the confinds of this community. He tries to use his new intelligence to open the eyes of the people around him. Although he knows that they will have to be faced with the bad as well as the good he believes that everyone should know that there is a reality outside of their small isolated world.
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