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A dystopian community with a cover up as a utopian society. How perfect! Everything seems ideal. People are safe, everyone gets along, no one is sick, homeless, etc and everyone has the perfect job that suits their personalities. In many aspects, it sounds ideal. Yet it is all just facade for the most part.
As Jonas moves on to his twelfth year is is given the title Receiver Of Memory for his community. but with this new title comes some unexpected rules and conditions. He is to learn there is so ...more
As Jonas moves on to his twelfth year is is given the title Receiver Of Memory for his community. but with this new title comes some unexpected rules and conditions. He is to learn there is so ...more
I was a bit confused by the book to start with but it made me curious enough to keep going. I really liked the world building and found it very interesting.
However at the point where Jonas finds out about releasing I felt the whole book changed. It seemed like the author had given up on the book and was trying for a quick way out. I would have given this book 3 or 4 stars if not for the ending. It just ruined the book for me.
I would read a sequel if I found out a about the ending but looking a ...more
However at the point where Jonas finds out about releasing I felt the whole book changed. It seemed like the author had given up on the book and was trying for a quick way out. I would have given this book 3 or 4 stars if not for the ending. It just ruined the book for me.
I would read a sequel if I found out a about the ending but looking a ...more
Among my reading goals for the year, I included "Re-read five old favorites." This one was the fifth. I found it interesting that I didn't enjoy any of the five as much this time around as I had originally; two of them I found rather dull. I am learning how much of my opinion of a book depends on my own stage in life and what other books I read first. I still liked The Giver, but it wasn't as fresh or interesting a second time through, partly because it reminded me of several similar books I hav
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Wow! I didn't know what I was expecting when I started this book, but I was enthralled and couldn't put the book down. The descriptions that the author gives are vibrant and detailed and I felt like I was feeling them for the first time. Incredible!
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Jun 20, 2012
Veronica
marked it as to-read
Jun 05, 2014
Maria
marked it as to-read
