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What does /lit/ think of The Giver?
It was one of my favorite books as a child but I want to know how tinted my nostalgic glasses are.

>> No.1539392

I read this book in 7th grade and then again after I graduated high school. I loved it both times. I'd like to read it again, though, since it's been a few years.

>> No.1539412

I called him Jonas (Joenus) back then, but when I reread it a month ago I called him Jonas (Yonas). It's really great, and probably influenced my current writing more than I know.

>> No.1539476

Honestly asking: why did you like it?

>> No.1539481

>>1539412
>I called him Jonas (Joenus) back then, but when I reread it a month ago I called him Jonas (Yonas)
loling right now because that's such a weird thing to just throw in there

>> No.1539622

>>1539476
why not? It was a fun read.

>> No.1540179

I never read it as a kid, but one of my friends got me to read it because it was his favorite novel as a child. I liked it, but the sequels were shit.

>> No.1540189

I like the end more as an adult. woo ambiguity.

otherwise, it's good for what it is (YA lit)

>> No.1540200

I prefer my hopeless dystopian literature of a more Orwellian brand...

>> No.1540203

Molestation

>> No.1540204

>>1540179
There are sequels?
Oh god why?

>> No.1540209

>>1540204
they aren't literally sequels.
They just appear to take place in the same world

>> No.1540212

>>1540209
That still sounds like an awful idea.

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>> No.1540231

I read it a couple years ago and still loved it. Also, I didn't think the sequels were bad.

>> No.1540241

made me cry when i read it in 8th grade

>> No.1541325

i fucking loved this book back in 6th grade. i haven't read it since, so i can't tell you whether it stands up for "adult" reading. but it's one of those books that always makes me smile when i see it in a bookstore, and i always kind of turn it facing out so someone will notice it.

>> No.1542033

I loved this book. Although it was geared towards children, the message for me wasn't understood until years later. Lois Lowry is a master writer.

>> No.1542075

I hated this book in grade 7 because we HAD
to read it. Literally every book I've read in school I've hated because you are assigned certain chapters and reading becomes a chore. I think this is a fucking terrible way to teach children about literature.

>>1540200
>Orwellian
I think this book could be described as "Orwellian", I read it again in grade 10 English, and had read 1984 since the last time I read the giver, and I really noticed a lot of parallels. If you think about it, the giver takes place in a more fully developed Orwellian type world, where newspeak has done its job and the very idea of rebellion is literally unthinkable. Even as a reader, you don't think about those people rebelling because their society is set up in such a way as to prevent even METArebellion!