The Giver by Lois Lowry | Rating: ★★★★☆“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”
Revised review. It’s safe to say that The Giver has been part of many of our childhoods. Whether you read this on your own growing up or in school, it’s likely that you’ve had contact with this book for many years. It holds the standard for what most young adult dystopian novels have to live up to and has certainly inspired many with the sudden rush of emotion in an emotionless world.
I’ve seen many recent complaints over the shortness of the novel or the lack of descriptions so I feel that I need to remind everyone that this is, technically, a children’s novel. I can’t believe I have to remind everyone that this is targeted primarily at the youngest level of young adults but I guess I do. So there’s that. Are we clear now?
Good.
Right, back to the review. The Giver has aged rather well through the years and I still enjoy it even now in my early 20s, like I did growing up. It’s short. It’s got heart. It’s got something that makes it easy in lasting in pop culture. And I’m never going to say that it’s the best young adult dystopian novel, but it is popular and import for a reason.
