A review by hlau
Shadows in Flight by Orson Scott Card

5.0

As an end to Bean's story, it is so evidently clear that OSC still has all the talent that so many of us know he has. I have no problem envisioning Bean speaking with his genius children and at last getting the resolution to his long life that he so richly deserves. Perhaps the striking thing is that he manages to tell the story in half as many pages as all the Shadow books but has driven home the points he wants faster than ever before. The dialogue is as vibrant as I expected and the banter just as real. Card still excels at putting the voice and character in each person in his books.

Perhaps most striking is his ability to express a character's vulnerability and help us see through their eyes the distance in emotion and relationship that can happen. And he expresses real joy through his excellent prose. This was a fitting end - except that I dearly hope it isn't.