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It somehow just passed me by, this book and all its sequels. I only picked it up because of the movie, and because it worked for a reading challenge. I'm wondering what took it so long to be adapted, because it's such wonderful visual material. It's also powerful, in a silent sort of way. I got attached to the main character, Jonas, even though for most of the book it didn't seem like I would eventually care what happened to him. I like its concept, of a memory keeper, of Sameness. It was quite
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I'm not a huge fan of dystopian novels. Frankly, I could see them turning into reality if the wrong person is given power. They scare the crud out of me. Having said that, this is a very well-written novel. Lois Lowry did an excellent job of describing this "perfect world" and the changes Jonas goes through as he becomes the Receiver. I was very impressed with the writing and the tale--but it still scared the crud out of me.
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Community is a dystopian world where war, pain and fear have been eliminated; replaced with sameness. Every person's life is lived by rules set out by a Committee and determined by age. At the age of 12 life's jobs are awarded. The Committee observes children during school, play and volunteer activities to make these determinations. The story is told from Jonas' viewpoint as he approaches his Ceremony of 12. When he is chosen to be the next Receiver of Memory he is both proud and apprehensive be
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Feb 04, 2016
Carissa Brown
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it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
dystopia-or-utopia,
young-adult
Jonas lives in a world where everything is the same. People are all treated the same, everything is the same color, you are given a meal everyday that is the same as everyone else has that day. Jonas enjoys his life, until he meets The Giver.
On the day of his 12 celebration Jonas is chosen to be the next Receiver. This comes as a complete surprise to him as he has never really heard of The Receiver and has no idea what he is supposed to do.
Turns out that there is a lot he doesn't know about th ...more
On the day of his 12 celebration Jonas is chosen to be the next Receiver. This comes as a complete surprise to him as he has never really heard of The Receiver and has no idea what he is supposed to do.
Turns out that there is a lot he doesn't know about th ...more
Eleven-year-old Jonas lives in a community that is completely controlled by design. Residents are assigned jobs, spouses, children, and more. Behavior is tightly controlled and the ultimate goal is "sameness”. When children become twelve they are given their job assignments. Jonas is feeling apprehensive and is shocked to discover they he has been selected for the most honored job in the community, Receiver of Memory. Jonas' predecessor, the Giver, is the community's sole keeper of life's memori
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It's a rather weird story and I have to admit, I felt a little let down by the ending. But it IS the first book of a four book series so perhaps the ending wasn't what it appears to be.
Definitely heavy for a YA book. The kind of book that could be used to teach in class or for a reading discussion. Even for adult book clubs. ...more
Definitely heavy for a YA book. The kind of book that could be used to teach in class or for a reading discussion. Even for adult book clubs. ...more
Jonas lives in a perfecr world. Until the fatefull day he is selected to become the new Giver. He willbe a living history of his people. And he starts to find out what is really going on in his utopian society.
May 15, 2014
Shilpa
marked it as to-read
Apr 07, 2015
Andy Gratton
marked it as to-read
May 28, 2015
Alison (Lady Coffin) S
marked it as to-read
Shelves:
with-a-friend,
9-new-author-series
Dec 22, 2015
Jackie
marked it as z-labeled-2015
Aug 24, 2016
XiangYu
marked it as to-read
