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Whoa whoa whoa! I need more. What just happened? It was beautiful, I felt this spiritual parallel to Christ Throughout the story. I didn't realize this was a series when I finished it. I'll be checking out the next one for sure.
Ok, now that a few days have passed and I've stewed over this....yep....I still love it! I've had this book for a very long time on my shelf. I picked it up because it won The Newbery Medal, which is a pretty high honor and must mean than it caught some good attention fr ...more
Ok, now that a few days have passed and I've stewed over this....yep....I still love it! I've had this book for a very long time on my shelf. I picked it up because it won The Newbery Medal, which is a pretty high honor and must mean than it caught some good attention fr ...more

I've read this before, long ago. Loved it just as much, understood it better.
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LOVED this book. I read it in three hours; I couldn't put it down! Loved the message it sent, and the writing was fabulous. Easy reading and thought provoking. And on the "Bad Stuff" scale: I'll recommend it to my mom. And that says something!
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Very interesting with alot to think about. A friend suggested that this book is what it would be like if we were living Satan's plan. I really looked at The Giver as a Christ figure with him taking all the memories upon himself so that the people would not suffer.
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