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Originally Posted by Lin2412
Hunger Games was a great series. It was the genre-opener for me. I've began to read other books like Delirium because of it. As of now, I still haven't found a YA book that's as good as it, and I've already read a lot, some with too forgettable story line.
I've heard good things about The Giver. Is it that great?
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The first and second book of
The Hunger Games were really good, but unfortunately I wasn't able to get into the third one,
Mockingjay, and so I abandoned it halfway.
The Giver is a quick and easy read and can be finished in one sitting. I found the story intriguing. Basically, it's set in a community where everything is safe and perfect; citizens don't know what war and hunger are and everything is in order and the citizens' lives (job, spouse, etc.) are chosen by Advisors in order to protect them from making poor decisions. The author also wrote three companion books but I haven't read them.
There are people who find the book inappropriate and disturbing. It has been challenged and in some parts of the States, banned. There are some who think that it promotes infanticide and I wonder if they've really read the book. I personally didn't find it disturbing and I don't think it needs to be banned.