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The Giver

I gave this book a one because some of the ideals in the book are different from my personal beliefs, for instance when the newborn twins were weighed and one was killed because weight was less.

Are you completely dense? Did you not understand that the point of this book is that this sort of thing is a bad thing? *smitesmitesmite*

This book needs serious help. Lois Lowry started out with a good idea but turned it into an oversentimental, childlike sci-fi wannabe. Plus, it has a similar plot to another one of her books, Gathering Blue. An author can't make money off of two books that have an almost exact plot, except with different character names. I was told that Gathering Blue is a COMPANION, but note that it was never said it was a prequel, sequel, or even book in the series. Take a breath of fresh air and read something else.

Gathering Blue really doesn't have that similar a plot... among other things, she doesn't live in a supposed utopia. And yes, authors can and do make money off of two books that have almost the exact same plot. It happens all the time. Witness the awesome success of Goosebumps in its heyday.

Newberry Awards are most useful for telling a reader which books to avoid. This is an example of a 'book' that wins an award for appealing to literary intelligentsia rather than because it's a 'good read'. There's no sense of wonder, no sense of adventure, but everything is very *PC*.

It is? That's news to me. I didn't see anything especially politically correct or incorrect about it. Guess I don't scan my books for secret messages.

wish authors and publishers will come to realize that you don't have to have darkness and death in a book to provoke thought and emotion. Books with a light subject matter can be just as entertaining!

Entertaining is NOT the same as "provoking thought and emotion". Please, if you wish to make a reasoned complaint, do so using the English language.

How sad that we give medals to books that have no message other than that of a liberal perfect world.

This was the message of The Giver? What? Am I missing something here?

Would you want your child to be reading a book where a boy dreams of bathing a girl in his sleep? If I could, I would ban this book in any library or store.

I sense something deeply ironic in here....

The deep dark secret of Jonas' community is euthanasia - unwanted or unfeasible babies and the extremely aged and fragile are injected with death-inducing drugs. This seems to be a veiled attempt to poison the impressionable reader against abortion and the right-to-die, by playing on his/her emotions

Now, I thought that the dark secret of Jonas' community was control, that they didn't leave any room for imperfection or humanity. I don't think she ever said anything about abortion, or people choosing to die (except for Rosemary, remember her?)

This book so poignantly illustrates the liberal socialist agenda to ingrain even into our youngest the propaganda that some life is better off without living. It is disgusting and I am appalled that our children are forced to read this garbage, and that our society praises such garbage.

*cracks up laughing* Compare this person to the one above...

Gathering Blue

YOU'LL HATE IT UNLESS YOUR A FEMAL. ALL MALES DON'T READ IT

Thank you, sir, for your thoughtful analysis of the book.

And that's it. No more really funny reviews. Okay.

I have a question, now. Are teachers now requiring students to put reviews on Amazon.com or something? Because more and more of these reviews are of the "book report" sort where the person explains every detail of the plot like they think this is useful or helpful or wanted.