The Giver | Literary Qualities
Writing in the New York Times, Karen Ray has described the style of the novel as "appropriately flat yet expressive." The novel is written in an accessible, almost journalistic prose which contrasts with the intense, lyrical descriptions of the memories that Jonas begins to receive from the Giver. The novel is gripping, able to hold tightly the reader's attention until the end. The most powerful part of the book is the ending in which fact and fiction, the present and memory, blend together as Jonas struggles to bring Gabriel safely to the outside world that, so far, only exists...
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