The Giver

The Giver
By: Lois Lowry

I was very surprised by this book. Lois Lowry has always been one of my favorite authors. I didn't enjoy this book as much as I thought I would. I found it very difficult to grasp what was going on with Jonas and his story of the "The Ceremony of Twelve." I thought the story to be kind of odd. I also found this to be hard to follow along with and I feel that it would be very confusing for children. I know that this is a series of books and that this is only the first, but I could barely follow along with the events told in the first. It made me not want to read the others in the series. I would still put this book in my library so that I would have a variety of literature. I feel that it would be a good book to give to someone who maybe has never considered this type of story. You could learn a lot about what you like and don't like in literature. It just takes the right book to make you realize this. On the other hand, I do know there are children that greatly enjoy these kinds of stories. I think this is a book that you read and either love or highly dislike. Unfortunately, it just wasn't a book for me.