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A review by ghostbird
The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card
2.0
This is a 3.5 star rating rounded down. I enjoyed the magical aspects and the way that two narratives that seemed to be mysteriously unrelated wound together in the end. I thought that the scenes in the family compound were interesting and I enjoyed learning about the culture around the magic that developed in our world after they were cut off from the great gates.
There were definitely things I wasn't wild about, though. For example, the sexual assault on the main character who was 13 at the time, why was that included? I didn't feel that it was handled great, or the explanation given for the character that did the assault. It didn't seem to serve any purpose to the book other than the straight male point of view and detailed description of a grown woman assaulting this child. I know it isn't a large portion of the book, but the discomfort stuck with me.
I feel as thought the female characters in general left something to be desired, which alienated me as a female reader. I don't know that I like the magic and fantasy aspects enough to continue if this is what the rest of the series is like as well.
There were definitely things I wasn't wild about, though. For example, the sexual assault on the main character who was 13 at the time, why was that included? I didn't feel that it was handled great, or the explanation given for the character that did the assault. It didn't seem to serve any purpose to the book other than the straight male point of view and detailed description of a grown woman assaulting this child. I know it isn't a large portion of the book, but the discomfort stuck with me.
I feel as thought the female characters in general left something to be desired, which alienated me as a female reader. I don't know that I like the magic and fantasy aspects enough to continue if this is what the rest of the series is like as well.