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Imagine a monochromatic existence in a world of sameness...the purpose being to foster peace, cooperation and general well-being but the flip side is that it eliminates things that make us uniquely human, such as ambition, choice, discrimination, desire, pride.
This is a world where everyone is equal and everything is chosen for you.
This is the world of The Giver.
On starting the book, I found it somewhat slow... and I wondered, where is this going to? But then it began to pick up and became ve ...more
This is a world where everyone is equal and everything is chosen for you.
This is the world of The Giver.
On starting the book, I found it somewhat slow... and I wondered, where is this going to? But then it began to pick up and became ve ...more
Read in two sittings; suspect the target group would be impacted like I was with early scifi. Finished it and had to reread the ending because I wasn't sure what happened... but the ambiguity is part of the story. Woke up thinking about it... so I've given in an extra star :) Review to follow.
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A funny little story, but I enjoyed it. Well written and engaging. Nice character arc, from supporting the world order at the start to opposing it
Dec 28, 2014
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