its about some guy named jonas who lives in this world with controlled weathering and everyone has their birthdays on the same day and stuff

its really cool look it up at ur library

7th grade reading ftw.

That sounds like a dumb story... everyone having their birthdays on the same day? ok...

Rofl? That's a good reason to think a book is dumb.

You think the book is amazing all the while skipping the major parts of the book.
It's a complex moral statement, about how important color and emotions are to the world.
Bad execution, good idea.
The ending completely ruins the book, which is a 4 out of 5 until that moment.

I wholeheartedly disagree with this review. First of all, I have no idea what you're talking about in your first sentence; second, you seem to be missing the point of it. "The importance of color and emotion" isn't really the major theme here, it's a statement about utopias and how it is impossible for such a place to exist. It's similar to Brave New World and 1984 in many ways, if you've read either of them. It could be a statement about communism. The ending is a pretty good one, imo: although unclear, it allows for the reader to think about it on their own.

This post was edited by Alexander the Great on Oct 23 2007 01:12pm

Felt too "hollywood" for me.
Anyway, the o/p missed the meaning of the book more than I did. It isn't Shared Birthdays that's important.
I think the book would have been served better if he would have been like The Giver, instead of running away.

Perhaps true. Also, I didn't even realize what OP said... lol.

LOL i know the book blows , i was seeing who has all read it and what not