The Giver review

"Call me the Giver."

This is what the Giver told Jonas when he asked him what he was supposed to call him. All through out The Giver, the supposed utopia that Jonas lives in comes under fire in his mind, and he wonders if this is how the world really is. The Giver was a strange book, but the underlying theme that it had was familiar and comes into many aspects of our lives today.

The setting of The Giver was one of the aspects that caused me to become more involved in the book. The world Jonas lived in had no color, no landscape (flatlands), and had everything planned out for them. The community council chose the jobs for the people, created commities to run the town, and even determined when children could do normal tasks, like ride bicycles or wear different clothes. Every detail, like the food they ate to the people they married, was taken care of for them. This just baffled me at how something like this could work.

The story in the book was another element that interested me. The way Jonas goes from being a normal kid to becoming the receiver of memory is very interesting, and then what he does with his memories helps to add tension to the story. Jonas' night escape from the community also complicates the plot further, especially the ending.

The ending did make me a little mad though. I hate it when books leave you hanging at the end of the story. It's just like AAAANNNNNDDDD..... But I guess this helps your imagination to come up with an ending, so that works too.

The Giver was a fairly good book that showed how everything may not be how it seems. So, if you like crazy, future stories like this, then by all means read this book. I won't stop you. Maybe.