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The Giver by Lois Lowry
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The Giver by Lois Lowry
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Just wondered - how many read this in school? I think it's a good choice for high school, and I await discussions!
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I just finished it too and I really enjoyed it more than I expected to. (view spoiler) I can't wait to read the rest and I hope we vote for that for June. Either way I'm reading the series.
I haven't seen the movie and I'm afraid of being disapointed in it but who knows, could be good. I'll probably watch it when I'm done reading the series.
Sandhouse wrote: "I haven't seen the movie and I'm afraid of being disapointed in it but who knows, could be good. I'll probably watch it when I'm done reading the series."I saw the movie first and I don't think either is better but they do certainly diverge in some noticeable ways. I look forward to both reading and seeing the next items in the series.
I thought it was odd that no one saw anything in color. I didn't see the movie so I assume this would stand out even more. I can understand no color in clothing or on houses or general items, but how does the general population keep from seeing a blue sky or green grass? I had a hard time believing this aspect of it.
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I watched the movie 2 weeks ago, after re-reading the book. It stays fairly close to the major events in the book, and gets the "gist" of it. Like many movies made from books, it is it's own. I try to appreciate the movie for what it is - a movie BASED on the book. The one major complaint I had was the head person in the movie (Meryl Streep). There was no all-powerful ruler in the book - it was more by committee and the whole community policed itself. Meryl was a bit all-knowing and, well, a bit of a big ole bitch. And she suddenly had a huge army/police force on motorcycles to chase The Receiver. That threw me - the village was all bicycles, and then WHAM - motorbikes! I also didn't like that his friend was given a different job than in the book, but I suppose they had to, to make a suspenseful escape scene at the end.
Yes, the slow gaining of color by The Receiver was pretty cool to see on film - very much like I imagined it after reading it. I didn't have a hard time with the general population not seeing color - but then again I was brought up to eagerly await the once yearly screening of The Wizard of Oz, on our NEW color TV. Watching this reminded me of that experience.
I hope they continue the movie adaptations of the rest of the series.
I have read all four and enjoyed them very much. The Giver has a chance to become a modern classic. I think it may be one of those books for today's young that be passed to their children.
I just finished this book! I love it! I still wait the indonesian version of the 2nd book
Febrian_Admaja wrote: "I just finished this book! I love it! I still wait the indonesian version of the 2nd book"The 2nd book is a completely different story from the 1st but the 3rd ties them both together.
When I added new categories (turning one book pick a month into three) I made a post laying out new rules. I said that if we pick a book in a series we will automatically extend the pick to two months long and read the whole series. I think it's a better idea to take a poll about it. In order to provide ample time to read it all in case of voting yes, I'm going to put up a poll immediately for deciding whether this series will extend into June for YA. Remember that you can change your vote at any time.
Happy reading!