Freddie deBoer | Substack

Book Club

section of the website where subscribers can participate in a weekly book club

New Top Community

It really works, for me, the end of The Giver. I’ve been a little on the fence about the book on a reread, but Lowry saves the best for last, and I…

Aug 31

Setting aside more narrow readings in the tradition of dystopia, I think The Giver is fundamentally a book about parenting and what we owe children…

Aug 24

JONAS. JONAS. JONAS.

Aug 17

my name is Jonas

Aug 10

I have a weird relationship with The Giver, Lois Lowry’s abstract and imagistic portrayal of a very particular dystopia. There’s no reason why I…

Aug 3

vote for next book coming too

Jun 29

It won’t surprise you all to learn that I really loved this book. I wrote in my Goodreads review This was on my to-read list for years and years. I…

May 2

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts