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Summary: Interesting but incomplete
Review: This book starts off well with a great story line. Jonas lives in a society where everything is controlled by rules. The rules were decided long ago to eliminate any individuality, any fear, any worry or anxiety. But, as he learns when he is made the Receiver of Memories, a lot has also been lost. There is no color, no music, no love and no pain. However, what starts off as a great story with great potential quickly looses its thrust. It's almost as though the author didn't know how to end the story and grabbed the first thing that came to mind. The ending leaves the reader with many questions. That in and of it self is not bad as long as they are thought provoking questions. But these are not. Rather, the reader is left asking where the rest of the story is. This book leaves the reader flat. There is no closure. Perhaps that is what the author wanted but, if it is, then she chose to give up the story for the sake of a momentary effect on the reader.
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Summary: I Just Couldn't Stop
Review: This book starts out in the twentieth century just like us. Everything in their own little world on earth is the same. There is complete control over everything and everyone. No one in their community has any choices of what they can do or what they can feal. They have lost it all and only one person in their community is holding all of the memories to advise their town on choices that they may have. HIs name is the Giver and he starts to pass on the memories to the new reciever named Jonas. Jonas experiences happy thoughts and pain that he has never felt before. As he recieves these new memories he relizes that this isn't the way to live and he tries to change it. Jonas and the Giver come up with a plan to send back all the memories to the community so that everyone can feal happiness and pain again. I give this bok a four out of five stars. The author cought my attention and held onto it though out the whole book. The author did a good jod with not going into deep detail. She was very concise though out the book. SHe explained the characters with good detail and the setting of the book. I would spend hours reading and telling myself, "just one more chapter". The only thing that bugged me a little was the ending. They got me all worked up in the end and i really wanted to find out what happended next but the author ended it kind of in a funny way. After i was done I wished that she had written more and not ended so soon. That ending bothered me for awhile and I had to read another book to get that one off my mind. I recommend this book to all ages.
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Summary: An enlightening book that makes you contemplate our lives.
Review: This book struck me in a deep way. I'm not a heavy reader, but this is a rare book which I thought about after I read it. I highly reccomend this book for anyone who is unsure of their place in life,is feeling lonely or left out. This book is amazing.
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Summary: What can I say?
Review: This book surpasses words. As a 12 year old from New Jersey, I thought that this book left just enough to the imagination to keep one thinking about it for the next few years. I read this book just months before I read 1984, and the settings matched almost perfeclty. If anyone isn't convinced, it is a great book to introduce before a novel like 1984. It puts the reader in a mind-frame that isn't to harsh and just mature enough.
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Summary: This is a wonderfully written book.
Review: This book takes place in a community.This is about how children are raised and grow up. The two main children are Jonas and Lily. We compare this book to our life. It is slow in the beginning but it gets exciting.Jonas seems like a good character because he seems nice and very helpful. If you want to compare it and enjoy a great book then think about The Giver. I liked the book because I like to compare it to my life. I also like to learn how other countries and different centuries live or did live. Whenever I have free time I sit down and read a couple of chapters of it. There is so much i could say about great book. I liked Jonas because he seems nice like my best friend and he acts kinda like her. Give this book a try!
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Summary: THE GIVER
Review: This book tells the story of a boy that gets a job. The most impotent job in the whole community. That job is the giver. The Giver is a story that you never want to read. The book has no description. It is a waste of time. This book is about a boy named Jonas. Jonas, his friends, and his family all live in a strange community. In the community you all have the same birthday. This community has no time for mistakes. The Giver is impotent he is the only one that can see color, have feelings, have memories, ect. This book has no life in it. I would not recommend this book. If I were you I would never look at the book. Some people might like this book but I didn't. I hated this book. It is the worst book to read no questions asked. The book is realy, truly, and positively is not a good read.
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Summary: The Giver
Review: This book the giver by lois lowery, I personally think that it is a great and facinating book. If I had to rate this book I guess I would rate 5 stars, because the author is very descriptive. So if she said something like how the muffin made jonas's mouth water everytime he felt the warmth of the muffin bounce of his hip as he walked. You could she a muffin bouncing of his hip as he walks. Other reasons I would give this book a five is because she leaves you hanging and in suspence, it also makes you wonder what happened to the person or how he/she got thetre or got out safely. Plus another reason is the vocabulary is like words you never knew existed. The book makes you feel like you are really in jonas's utopia. I think that everone should read this book but mostly people that like cliff hangers and suspence.
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Summary: The collest book yet!
Review: This book The Giver is the best book that I have read all this summer. I'm in the 8th grade at Lainer Middle School, and are language arts class read this book. At first I was not so shure that this book would be good but after we started to read it I just kept on wanting to read it and read it.I gave this book A 5 star cause it's wort it .This book always keeps you wondering what is going to happen next. There are also somethings in this book that are just sick in some ways . There for you is my REVIEW on this wonder full book The Giver... I wish that everyone would read this book it well make you think about what you have .
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Summary: This book kept my students up all night.
Review: This book turned students who did not like to read into readers!
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Summary: Jonas has to make a decision that can change his community.
Review: This book was a great book. The intensity and realism of the book made me want to read and read and read. There was something about the book that didn't make it so mickey mousy. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to have a good laugh.
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