I totally agree with you. The Giver sucks...Like worst book Ive ever read

I'm sorry but I disagree, it was a very good book in my opinion...one thing I liked was that you never knew that there was no color until the giver said "you are beginning to see the color red."

Here's something: If you want to like this book more, read "I heard the owl call my name." THe giver will no longer be your least favorite book.

I don't understand the number of negative comments on this review.  I believe in the complete democracy of the reader and no one should be criticized for not liking a book, in my opinion. There are lots of popular books and classics that I have read and disliked and I am sure that is true of everyone. I also want to make the point that just because a book has an interesting point or interesting concepts that really make you think, does not mean it is well written.  Has anyone read La Nouvelle Heloise? 

I found this piece engaging and honest and well written and I think that deserves to be mentioned.

I, too, read The Giver, but I'm not quite sure that you and I read the same book. I found it thoroughly engaging, and, in fact, read it two more times. Some interesting concepts were persented, including the idea of a 'utopic' society. Is there any such thing?

As I mentioned, I think you and I read different books. Personally, 'The Giver', by Lois Lowry, is one of the best classics I have read, and would recommend it to anyone.

I actually liked The Giver because of the morals presented within it. First of all, it made me appreciate the things I have. I have the power to see color and read and do many things that the people in that book weren't able to do. I know it's fiction, but it is still touching to know that, "Hey, I'm living here with my family and I'm able to do stuff that children everywhere can't do." Lois Lowry had the power to tell her reading audience that we should help children who are less fortunate than us. Here I am, typing on my computer, and hoping I'll get a laptop for my next birthday. Well, guess what? There are kids all over the world who are dying to see a computer. I get to see my doctor every month, and there are children out in the world who haven't seen a doctor ever since they were born. I get to go to school five days a week, and there are kids out in the world who hope to get an education of some sort, who contain the seeds of inetlligence, but are neglected because no one can help them. They have no roof over their heads, no food to eat, no money, nothing. Only the hope that lies in their hearts waiting to be watered and grow into an adult. But if no one gives them the water, how will they grow? Lowry meant that we should do something about all the things that do not get far in life, and end it. 

Maybe you should try to read the sequel because you just didn't understand the book, and was curious about the ending, and brought it out on the morals and well-written description contained within its simple pages. I applaud Lois Lowry for her amazing book, and hope that it changes the world in some way.