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Title: Great book, bad ending
Review: A marvelous dystopian future, with most of the "sci-fi" stuff hidden behind the scenes. The writing is wonderful, and the protagonist someone we can all identify with. My only complaint is the somewhat abrupt and unsatisfying ending. This is a rather famous book, and should probably be in any serious reader's collection. I recommend for age 12 and up. Older teens probably won't appreciate it, but once past the "I don't read kids books" phase it can be read again for more depth and analysis. For some reason, Giver gets banned a lot, which I can't fathom. The only thing I can think is an issue; there is one particularly distressing scene. Parents should probably read this first so that can both decide what age is appropriate for the child to read it and to be prepared to discuss some major issues.
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