nullitas@smartreads.ca reviewed The Giver by Lois Lowry
Thoughtful book
Although the book is meant for children it's worth reading for adults.
Hardcover, 226 pages
English language
Published Dec. 9, 2004 by Thorndike Press.
The Giver
by Lois Lowry,
Lois Lowry
4 stars
(35 reviews)
This novel is set in a future society where a young boy named Jonas lives in a seemingly perfect world. But when Jonas is selected to be the "Receiver of Memory" he starts to see the cracks in the carefully constructed society. The Giver won the Newbery Medal in 1994.
JJ.Boston@bookwyrm.social reviewed The Giver by Lois Lowry
good book, more for YA than adults
4 stars
Decent book. Well written. More appropriate for YA readers, but as an adult I can still appreciate it. Wish I could give it 3.5 stars instead of 4 (or 3), but rounded up to 4 because I probably would have liked it more in my youth.
Nerywood@tomes.tchncs.de reviewed The Giver by Lois Lowry
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3 stars
I first read this book in high school, but I'm glad I picked it up again to read.
At the beginning, the author throws you straight in, which can make the reader feel like an outsider and not sure about anything.
The copy I had (e-book) had a number of missing spaces between words, and weird line spacing (where the line would finish, then the next word would be on the next line). Both of these happen multiple times which sometimes may for some frustrating reading.
There are a number of things that happen in the book that happen in real life,
"But the committee would never bother The Receiver with a question about bicycles; they would simply fret and argue about it themselves for years, until the citizens forgot that it had ever gone to them for study."
There are a couple of times where the author moves forward …
I first read this book in high school, but I'm glad I picked it up again to read.
At the beginning, the author throws you straight in, which can make the reader feel like an outsider and not sure about anything.
The copy I had (e-book) had a number of missing spaces between words, and weird line spacing (where the line would finish, then the next word would be on the next line). Both of these happen multiple times which sometimes may for some frustrating reading.
There are a number of things that happen in the book that happen in real life,
"But the committee would never bother The Receiver with a question about bicycles; they would simply fret and argue about it themselves for years, until the citizens forgot that it had ever gone to them for study."
There are a couple of times where the author moves forward (or back) a length of time without indicating it to the reader, which comes across as confusing.
When I finished the book (which I did in one day) I'm not sure if it ended on a positive or negative note. I was almost in a haze for the rest of the day.
"Jonas frowned. "I wish we had those things, still. Just now and then.""
"It's the choosing that's important, isn't it?"
"The life where nothing was ever unexpected. Or inconvenient. Or unusual. The life without color, pain, or past."
TaxideaDaisy2 reviewed The Giver by Lois Lowry
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2 stars
Really disappointed. Finally read this super-popular book, and it went along nice and fast and neat and .... then just...
#nope
Pi reviewed El dador de recuerdos by Lois Lowry
Review of 'El dador de recuerdos' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Tengo sentimientos encontrados, pero al menos puedo decir que quiero saber como continúa.
Kadomi reviewed The Giver by Lois Lowry
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4 stars
I am a big sucker for dystopian stories, and on that front this society of Sameness didn't disappoint.
The ending was highly unsatisfying though.
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- Social Issues - General
- Study Guides
- Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
- Control (Psychology)
- Ethics
- Juvenile Fiction
- Social control