This book moved me, multiple times, over the course of reading it. I read it aloud to my younger son (10) very sporadically--for 10-30 minutes at a time a few days a week, while we waited for my older son to get out of school. I had difficulty reading many of the parts because I became so choked up. I would not recommend taking a month and a half to read this title; that was the only part I didn't like, and that was completely under my control. 
 The Giver is set in a different world, or at least a different place, than ours. Everything works differently than our world, and each aspect is divulged bit by bit, allowing the reader to slowly grasp what the two main characters are dealing with. The book sparked lots of conversations between my son and me along the lines of "how could he live like that?" I don't know that he found it as powerful or moving a story as I did, though it did expand his horizons a bit. Maybe it even gave him some appreciation for his own life and family. He did say that he would give it 4.5 stars. 
 I don't want to say too much about the plot, for I feel that my ignorance of the subject matter played a chunk of a part in how much I enjoyed reading this. Discovering the story is part of the beauty. The pacing is perfect, the characters are extremely well-defined and spot-on, and I can't think of a single flaw in the writing style. I love this book, very highly recommended!!