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Title: So Much Potential Falls Flat
Review: As much as I wanted to love this book, I cannot.I adore sci-fi and dystopic novels, but this books writing was just awful. Lowry leaves an absurd amount of questions unanswered and it's seriously like she just gave up on the ending. It's almost as if she decided it would be better left like that, so all the school kids who have to read this worthless book are forced to write an ending as part of their grade for "The Giver"'s unit.I don't believe in censorship (it basically says to teenagers "I'm banned! Therefore, I MUST be good if your teachers don't want you to read me."), but I definitely don't believe this book belongs up there with all of the other great classics that kids are required to read, like "To Kill a Mockingbird". If you are interested in bringing young adults into this genre, I suggest "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins.Such an amazing idea falls flat on its face.1 out of 5 stars.
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