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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Death, Suicide, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
pretty good book overall. kept me hooked.
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a very accurate adaptation of the giver. I liked the black and white style (fits the story) and found the black and white pencil art fit the story very well.
It brought back a few things for me.
I think Kurt Vonnegut had a story about mass voluntary chemical chemical castration. I know its fiction, but its just one of those things that I can't imagine a society getting people to do without coercion on a mass scale. Coercion is occurring here. people get euthanized for failing to follow the rules, but I think it would take more than that. Maybe putting the drugs in the water supply, food supply, and randomly testing people.
It also made me think about the possible benefits of forgetting. I think a lot of victims of abuse, PTSD sufferers, and addicts might benefit from giving away all of their memories of a trauma.
What would kind of mayhem society wide color blindness cause? Traffic lights wouldn't work, most warning labels and signs would be less effective, it would be harder to tell what was ripe/spoiled, cherry and lime kool-aid would look the same, telling cats/dogs/possessions apart would be harder requiring labels on lots of things.
It brought back a few things for me.
I think Kurt Vonnegut had a story about mass voluntary chemical chemical castration. I know its fiction, but its just one of those things that I can't imagine a society getting people to do without coercion on a mass scale. Coercion is occurring here. people get euthanized for failing to follow the rules, but I think it would take more than that. Maybe putting the drugs in the water supply, food supply, and randomly testing people.
It also made me think about the possible benefits of forgetting. I think a lot of victims of abuse, PTSD sufferers, and addicts might benefit from giving away all of their memories of a trauma.
What would kind of mayhem society wide color blindness cause? Traffic lights wouldn't work, most warning labels and signs would be less effective, it would be harder to tell what was ripe/spoiled, cherry and lime kool-aid would look the same, telling cats/dogs/possessions apart would be harder requiring labels on lots of things.
I really enjoyed reading The Giver the first time. It was such a unique dystopian story. Seeing it illustrated was amazing! The artwork was beautiful. I loved the illustrator decided to draw most of the scenes very bland but when Jonas started to see color, we get to see it along with him. The graphic novel stuck very similarly to the book and it was a fun and quick read!
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A beautifully faithful adaptation of one of my all-time favorite novels. P. Craig Russell does an excellent job of presenting a world of Sameness while still providing engaging art. It is certainly a different (somewhat lesser) experience from reading the novel, but I think it can successfully exist along side the book.