Danielle's review
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
Danielle's review
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Danielle's review
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The beauty of this book is that it's written for older children/teens, yet is engaging and instructive for adults as well. That's not easy to do.
To be brief, here's a list of what I loved about this book:
1. The whole concept. It's fascinating to think about living in a world like the one Jonas lives in, and the pros and cons are so skillfully weighed in the story.
2. The well-written pre-teens. When I read this book for the first time in 6th grade, I totally related to Jonas and his friends. Reading it as an adult, I again felt how accurately the thoughts and concerns of that age group were rendered.
3. The tightly-woven hypothetical. One of my biggest pet peeves about fantasy or other novels that hinge on a big "If" is the plot holes they so often bring up without resolving. I thought Lowry did an excellent job of making her alternate world believable, without really bringing up and making us wonder about the things that didn't so much make sense.
4. The unbiased sto...more
To be brief, here's a list of what I loved about this book:
1. The whole concept. It's fascinating to think about living in a world like the one Jonas lives in, and the pros and cons are so skillfully weighed in the story.
2. The well-written pre-teens. When I read this book for the first time in 6th grade, I totally related to Jonas and his friends. Reading it as an adult, I again felt how accurately the thoughts and concerns of that age group were rendered.
3. The tightly-woven hypothetical. One of my biggest pet peeves about fantasy or other novels that hinge on a big "If" is the plot holes they so often bring up without resolving. I thought Lowry did an excellent job of making her alternate world believable, without really bringing up and making us wonder about the things that didn't so much make sense.
4. The unbiased sto...more
