The Giver

De: Lois Lowry

Narrado por: Ron Rifkin

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

Reseñas de la Crítica

"A powerful and provacative novel.”
-- The New York Times

Excellent story that unfolds before your eyes

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

I liked Ron Rifkin as The Giver but not as Jonas, a little too whiny at times with his voice.

Any additional comments?

The book was amazing at bringing you along for the ride, the most sad part was Jonas seeing what the 'release' was. Really good character development and would recommend to anyone. As with others, the cheesy music was really bad and sometimes made it tough to hear the story.

Absolutely Fabulous

I found this book in the library one day, and couldn't put it down. The Giver is a fascinating story, and Lowry draws you in. Even though the wold is completely foriegn, you understand it completely, and it doesn't confuse you. Soon after finishing it, I devoured the two sequels. Lowry is a wonderful author, and I completely recomend all of her books, especially this one.

Made it much easier to get into the book

I loved the performance because when I started reading the book for school I couldn’t get into it and had trouble actually reading it and than I came on here and listened to it and I actually liked it a lot. Didn’t love the music was distracting and didn’t under stand the end.

Good story and plot

Good book and plot
Scary at times but good over all
I need 4 more words and done

Loved the Book

I absolutely loved the novel itself. The recording was a little dull, but the voices and music helped greatly. Emphasized key moments well.

It was ok

I guess I was expecting more because of all the great reviews and things people have said about this book. It's a short book and I did enjoy it. I purchased the book on the 3/2 trilogy sale and will read the next 2 in the series.

Intriguing Vision of a Twisted Future

The Giver offers a vision of the future that is grim and weird, but always intriguing. In books like The Hunger Games or Feed, it is easy to see how current trends lead into the strange future worlds of those stories, but The Giver is less clear. Why family and community life is so regimented and twisted in this world is never fully explained; was there a great war or the rise of a dictator or what? Also, how big is this world -- are we only reading about one city-state? Are the other communities (like the one on the other side of the river) much different than this one? These ommissions don't harm the story, as it remains highly readable and consistent, but they do muddy the waters when it comes to figuring out what inferences we should draw and what moral the story is driving at.

But hey, I loved the story, and I thought the narrator did a superb job. I plan to get the next books in this series.

Why the music?

I loved the story and the narration was great. I just disliked the periodic music.

Where's the rest of it?

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I didn't enjoy it. It felt really short and I hated the ending.

If you’ve listened to books by Lois Lowry before, how does this one compare?

NA

How could the performance have been better?

It could have been edited for the extra sounds like breathing and swallowing. It was distracting.

Did The Giver inspire you to do anything?

Maybe to look into writing my own dystopian novel. It also inspired me not to see the movie.

It's a great book!!😃

I definitely met my expectations my favorite part was when Jonas left with Gabriel for the journey and the narrator made me feel like I was there watch the story happen.