Review Detail

Jonas lives in a perfect world. Or, as he is to discover, not so perfect. There is no colors, just black and white. Ever had a crush? Well, here they take pills to prevent themselves form having these "feelings". All the kids are assigned a job when they are twelve, according to what they seem to want to do. They keep that job, and never trade it. This is hardly the ideal world, but it is all Jonas has known. He doesn't know what people do to keep this world "perfect." 

Soon Jonas faces challenges. He sees glimmers of, red. Sucha vibrant color. Also, his fmaily takes in Gabriel, a baby boy. But, every family is only allowed two kids, one boy, one girl. Gabriel is illegal, and they need to keep from crying, toherwise, he will be sent into the other world. And finally, Joans is chosen to be the next Giver, the keeper of how the world was before they made it monotonous. Jonas enjoys his job, recieviong memories, and learning what blue is, what pain is. He realizes that people can NOT tell the truth, they can lie. But then, Jonas learns a terrible secret about where they are sending the old, and some of the babies. So what happens to Jonas and Gabe? Read to find out. 

Pros of this book:

I thought it was very gripping. You don't know where Joans lives in the beginning. You don't know that anything is different from his world than it is in ours. But slowly, the writer clues you in. I liked Jonas from the beginning too. It just helps when you connect with the characters. Um, what else? Well, the writing, I thought, was good. The writer was very descriptive when it was needed, and cut to the chase when that's what I wanted her to do.

Cons of this book:

I didn't like the ending. It just didn't seem to tie off the book for me.

Well anyway, I hope this review helped you!