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El Dador

Lois Lowry

4.08 AVERAGE

ajybranr18's review against another edition

5.0

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I am astoundingly surprised that I never came across The Giver in my youth especially considering I read Number the Stars in elementary school.

I find that The Giver is the dystopian novel before the mainstream dystopian novels. I normally despise an over-fixation on setting over plot. However, Lowry pulls back the curtain in a way that kept me guessing.

I feel as though there are a number of themes related to childhood and adulthood, knowledge and ignorance, free will and control. Somehow it seems that our world closely wants to resemble one that prefers ignorance and control and associates age with wisdom. However, we would lose sight of the love and color and freedom that we enjoy by becoming complacent with the status quo.

Great read overall!

corey22's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

spritefiend's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jadely16's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

wedlee12's review against another edition

4.5

fast-paced

evelynkonrad's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

_b_d_'s review against another edition

5.0

mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

aimee_ru's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

jaclarke25's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

krystalthebookdragon's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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My first time reading The Giver since elementary school.
It's amazing how time (and age) shifts your perception of things. For some reason I didn't recall the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gaslighting

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail