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Jonas lives in a world that is perfectly structured and controlled. All aspects of your life, from your job to your family, are chosen for you based on your skills and personality. When Jonas turns twelve he is selected to be The Receiver, to hold the memories that have been eradicated from the collective consciousness in order to create the perfect society. For the first time Jonas is exposed to pain, hunger, war, and sadness -but with these experiences Jonas also discovers choice, individualit
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Even though I liked it, it was too YA for me to give it a higher rating. I like dystopian literature and this wasn't bad either but when finished, it felt like I'd only skimmed through a book. It was slightly eerie reading about people living without colors and taking pills to suppress their emotions. But after the dystopian worlds of Orwell and Bradbury, this just seems too meager a read.
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