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The Giver (The Giver, #1)

Lois Lowry

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Apr 05, 2014 Maida rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, coming-of-age, ya, socio-psychology, socio-political, socio-economic, trauma, dystopian-or-post-apocalyptic, science-fiction, amazon-100-books-to-read

This novel was published in 1993 (LONG before the huge influx of YA dystopian novels in recent years), & it's been on my to-read list for over a decade. I really loved the novel, & I only wish that I had read it sooner. If I had, then I would have definitely given Ally Condie's novel, Matched, a much lower rating.

There are many aspects of the Matched society that are directly lifted from The Giver. Of course the notion of “arranged marriages” is present in many dystopian novels, so that part di ...more

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Jul 07, 2008 Cheryth rated it really liked it

Shelves: dystopian

This book was one that I definitely had to think over. As most of the characters are being oppressed and it's mostly by their own doing, it creates a slightly dark and insightful book. I wouldn't suggest it as a light read. ...more

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