Yey or Nay?

The Giver:

Our group has decided that we all liked the novel as a whole; however there were few parts that we disagreed with. Grant believes that since the book set in a futuristic world, that a bicycle is not the most efficient way of transportation within and between communities. Thomas didn't like that after Jonas left, he was never able to see the Giver again. Abbie disliked the fact that near the end of the book, Jonas never got to go back to his community, and see everyone again. Nick disliked that the author never went into full detail of how communities interact with each other. But along with all these things that our group disagreed with, there were many aspects of the novel that we all enjoyed: The plot was well thought out and had amazing structure to support it. For Grant, it is probably both the most sophisticated dystopian novel (in means of how to world was set up, and how everything was regulated; the world as a whole), but also the simple novel as well (it was very very simple to understand what the author was trying to get across the the reader. The setting was also well described by the author by both dialogue and the interactions between the characters and their surroundings. As a group, we've giver the book 4.5 out of 5 stars. We all recommend the novel to really any age group. The book was no where near as complicated to understand as any other novel we have read all year. All in all, the book was entertaining for our group to read and only took a short amount of time to complete.