I liked this book better than Gathering Blue but that's probably because I read The Giver originally in 8th grade and wasn't guessing ahead as to what would happen. This book was actually one that didn't feel long enough for me. I was reading and something happened and my thought was, "I thought this happened at the end of the book... Oh, this is the end of the book. Shoot." I think Lowry could have made the book longer but given the age it is meant for, it is probably best as it is.
I don't want to have a good/bad stuff section for this one. There was not anything overtly bad, there wasn't anything good that I didn't mention for Gathering Blue. But I really liked the Giver and next I'm going to read Lowry's sequel to the both of them (I think): The Messenger. After that is either 'The Earth, My Butt and other Big Round Things(it's a controversial book for my Kiddie Lit class) or Brat Farrar(which I started two weeks ago and haven't touched since).
Rating: Great.
Read again? I just did.
Should you read? I would hope you already have; if not, then yes.
Other's comments: H.L. says- She hated The Giver because it was too "sterile". We both agreed the part in which his parents talk about how love is too general but they "enjoy his company" drove us crazy. She understood that this was basically teh point of the book but she still hated it. I think her words were basically it "made her skin crawl". Then again, she thought the 7th Harry Potter movie was too dark.
(Nobody I know has a blog account so I'm putting their comments up for them.)
1 comment:
ha ha ha at the HL comments. I like this book a lot. This could come right after A Wrinkle in Time for Me. I agree it is too short, but because its short its succinct and more effective therefore.
btw: I love you.
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