The Giver by; Lois Lowry Dell Laurel-Leaf Inc., 1993. Genre: Fiction
The Giver is about a family that lives in a certain community. In this community you can only have a mother, father, son and daughter. If you have two sons or two daughters then one of them is taken away. In the Giver Jonas is the main character. He lives with his mom, dad, and his sister Lilly. Jonas is eleven and Lilly is eight, they both go to a district school in the community that has rules to follow. If the young children misbehave then they get hit on their hand with a discipline wand. In this unusual community that they live in they have speakers everywhere that make an announcement for people to take their pill. The pill that they take makes them forget about things that happened during the day. Except for the giver who holds all feelings and memories of people. When the chief elder he becomes the chosen one to hold all memories and feelings of everyone since the Giver is ready to retire chooses Jonas. “ The whole work is seamless, compelling, and memorable- impossible to put down; difficult to forget.”
The writing style of this author is descriptive and very informational. This books really helps you understand what takes place and what exactly is happening. I haven’t read any other books by this author, but I hope to in the future. This book captures what is happening and there is some twist and turns that take place. “ The Giver hesitated painfully, as if saying the name aloud might be excruciating. (140)
I enjoyed this book a lot because I’ve never read anything like this before. It was nice to have a book that kept me thinking what was going to happen. There were parts in this book that I enjoyed and every chapter had something new hat I didn’t know, so it wasn’t like I knew what was going to happen before I even read the chapter. There are a lot of good quotes in this book that brings the characters to life and describes the characters themselves and the scene or objects in the book. I hope to read other books by this author and I hope they are as good or if not better then this book that I read.
The Giver is about a family that lives in a certain community. In this community you can only have a mother, father, son and daughter. If you have two sons or two daughters then one of them is taken away. In the Giver Jonas is the main character. He lives with his mom, dad, and his sister Lilly. Jonas is eleven and Lilly is eight, they both go to a district school in the community that has rules to follow. If the young children misbehave then they get hit on their hand with a discipline wand. In this unusual community that they live in they have speakers everywhere that make an announcement for people to take their pill. The pill that they take makes them forget about things that happened during the day. Except for the giver who holds all feelings and memories of people. When the chief elder he becomes the chosen one to hold all memories and feelings of everyone since the Giver is ready to retire chooses Jonas. “ The whole work is seamless, compelling, and memorable- impossible to put down; difficult to forget.”
The writing style of this author is descriptive and very informational. This books really helps you understand what takes place and what exactly is happening. I haven’t read any other books by this author, but I hope to in the future. This book captures what is happening and there is some twist and turns that take place. “ The Giver hesitated painfully, as if saying the name aloud might be excruciating. (140)
I enjoyed this book a lot because I’ve never read anything like this before. It was nice to have a book that kept me thinking what was going to happen. There were parts in this book that I enjoyed and every chapter had something new hat I didn’t know, so it wasn’t like I knew what was going to happen before I even read the chapter. There are a lot of good quotes in this book that brings the characters to life and describes the characters themselves and the scene or objects in the book. I hope to read other books by this author and I hope they are as good or if not better then this book that I read.
1.)The readers overall impression of the book was she really liked it. She would read other books by this author and she thought it was good because it was predictable.
ReplyDelete2.)The writing style of the book was very descriptive and very informational.
3.)The passage was kind of interesting. i think she could have picked a better one to more showcase the book a bit more.
4.)This book review compares with other ones because it is a little shorter than the rest and a bit less descriptive.
5.) i probably wouldn't consider reading this book just because it isn't really interesting to me... not my style.