A review by gregtatum
Empire by Orson Scott Card

2.0

Card has written some very brilliant and engaging novels such as Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow. Unfortunately this isn't one of his best novels. It's still a decent and easy read, but it felt like a generic Michael Crichton or Tom Clancy novel. The politics in the book seemed a bit forced, the technology not that interesting, and some of the characters repeated phrases that were just so damn corny. Despite all of this it still wasn't too bad of a book. There was lots of action, and the plot moved forward nicely. It did paint some interesting pictures, but overall I think the book felt a little too forced and artificial.