"The Giver" was a very thought provoking book

(From my original Blogspot)

I just posted my review of "The Giver" on Goodreads. It is a fascinating book. Here's my review below.

I read this in a day and a half. It was quick and very interesting. I don't usually read books that are this "far out" but in this book the society is described as idyllic because everything is the same. There is no pain or disappointment, people are not allowed to criticize or point out differences, and on the flip side, there is no love and no genuine freedom of choice.

Ninety-percent of the book is describing this world and at times I had to really pause and think about how this idyllic society mirrors some of the things that the government or other groups are striving to accomplish in this world: total fairness and no room to fail.

I can see Satanic elements in this philosophy, and at the end of the book, I was far more grateful for the world we really live in where people can speak, uncensored, and fail, uncensored, when they choose to do so. I also am glad I read this as I am on the dawn of hatching teenagers and I might need a good reminder that the ability to make one's own choices must be honored in order to have a civilization that contains beauty and love.