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The Giver

By: Lois Lowry
Narrated by: Ron Rifkin
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About this listen

 Lois Lowry’s The Giver is the quintessential dystopian novel, followed by its remarkable companions, Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.

Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns 12 he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now, it is time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back.©1993 Lois Lowry; (P)1993 Random House, Inc., Listening Library, An Imprint Of Random House Audio Publishing Group Dystopian Fiction Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Fantasy Middle Grade

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Critic reviews

"A powerful and provacative novel.”
-- The New York Times
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Gripped. Transported. Inspired. Chilled. A world depicted in convincing detail. Held me throughout thanks to it's execution enthrallingly delivered.

Chillingly believable

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an inconvenience ending I expected more for this book because it was quite good at the start 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼

disappointed

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The story was excellent - such a unique idea.
The storytelling let this down. While the narrator was great for the most part, why near the end of each chapter is there music playing, music that almost drowns out the narrator? And not sure why the narrator ends each chapter saying the last few words extra slowly.
Remove the unnecessary music and this would be a 5!

Griping story

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A good story ruined by irritating intrusions of random music being played throughout with neither rhyme nor reason to its placing.

Annoying music detracts from the narration

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Great concept I which it had gone in longer. I felt attended when we were only just getting started.

Dystopian Concept

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