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acourtofsaraflames 's review for:
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
challenging
emotional
fast-paced
Even though I’ve read this in middle school almost 20 years ago, it was like reading it for the first time now. I remembered so little. The only two things that I remembered were Jonas throwing an apple and noticing it “changing” and that he was meeting with an older man to receive memories/visions. Maybe I didn’t pay attention or comprehend what I’d read or maybe time just erased what I’d once read. There’s one quote towards the end of the book that I really liked: "If he had stayed, he would have starved in other ways. He would have lived a life hungry for feelings, for color, for love."
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Murder
Minor: Death, Suicide, Grief