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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
I'm only a few chapters into this book, but already my mind is wheeling wtih philosophical questions Orson Scott Card poses. When he brings up the question of community, how it defines us and how we identify with one community over another, I literally stopped reading and spent the rest of my commute home thinking over his arguments. I could see myself using this in the classroom.
Enthralling start, really smart world building, but the second half dragged a bit. I wasn’t awed by the big reveal, really, and it just got a bit strange for me. I was totally immersed at first, but once you learn more about what’s really going on it’s just tough to wrap your head around, and that obviously takes you out of it a bit. I like the characters, the way they’re written, but the religion/politics of Trondheim get a bit dense and the piggies end up completely bizarre. I enjoyed imagining them like a bunch of Drowzees, though, thought it made good sense to give them a real-world framework for readers to imagine. Some reviewers seem to think the book a bit heavy-handed, to me it’s pretty organic for the subject matter. Just wish the twist/reveal were a bit more understandable. Definitely an author I’ll read more of, though, as the detail in his worlds are really well-done.
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Orson Scott Card you have done it again. So well-written, engaging, and inspiring. We all could only hope to have our deaths spoken so truthfully
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Overall I enjoyed it. Keep going
I will go agains the grain here, not my favorite. It's been a long while since I read this book but I do remember not liking it half as much as I liked Ender's Game. I remember a slow, monologue filled chapters that ended in predictable way. Finished it but I was so put off that I never finished the rest of the series. With Ender's Game becoming popular again due to the movie, a part of me want to retry the original Ender series again. But then there is that other little voice that is warning me off those previously tread pastures.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Would give higher stars if I could. This book is amazing! Ender's Game is one of my favorite books and this one is (possibly, maybe) even better!
If one can set aside distaste for his rabid mormon political views and homophobia which are thankfully not directly expressed in the vast majority of his books, this is some of the best and more unusual Sci-Fi of all time. this book is certainly better than Ender's Game itself. Unfortunately after the third book the series give all of them two were strategy without character development and it is exceedingly dull as is the shadow series. But the second and third books of this serious are spectacular and the alvin maker series is pretty entertaining
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes