The trailer for the new film version of The Giver makes it seem very much like all the other teen dystopias out there, and that’s really not how I found the book. While it’s set in a future society, I found the book in that vein of scifi that’s very allegorical and not much concerned with the technology of the world. And while the society depicted would be incredibly oppressive to us, and indeed ultimately is to the main character, I feel like this is a book that explores how such a society might seem perfectly reasonable to those within it.

FuzzyCo grade: A