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Pathfinder
by Orson Scott Card
The main character of this book is a young boy named Rigg who has lived his entire life in a very rustic manner with his father as his only role model and more importantly teacher; his father spend his time, while they're tracking animals, teaching him a wide variety of things, but most importantly he teaches him how to control his own special power. Rigg can see paths into the past; any place an animal or human has walked Rigg is able to see that path, no mater how long ago that was. When tragedy strikes and Riggs father is killed he soon finds that there are secrets that have been kept from him. He must leave his small town and follow the path that his father has laid for him. Along Riggs journey he soon meets others that have powers similar to his own and as he works to uncover his own complicated past he has to unravel the darker secret of the world that they inhabit. Along with Riggs narrative there is another one that follows Ram Odin, an astronaut on a ship that is sent on the second of two ships that sent to find a new planet to inhabit. Has Ram's short chapters unfold along with Rigg's the reader is slowly begins to piece together the puzzel of this world.
I really enjoyed this book and the varied characters that appeared throughout; each one felt like a fully fledged character in their own right with complexities and flaws. I enjoyed how strong Rigg and Umbo were and how adaptable they were to the situations, but what I liked most was that even though these boys have extraordinary powers and above average knowledge they still have moments of doubt and vulnerability that have them turn to the adults for help. This helped me in believing that these characters were children.
The one thing that I did have trouble with was how confusing all the explanations where about time travel. I found it a little hard to follow and at times it gave me a headache to think to hard on the concepts of time that were being brought forward in this novel, but what helped was that most of the characters were just as confused about the theories. The reader isn't left behind because they aren't able to understand; they are, instead, brought right along with the characters on this epic journey into time and uncertainty.
I really enjoyed this book and the varied characters that appeared throughout; each one felt like a fully fledged character in their own right with complexities and flaws. I enjoyed how strong Rigg and Umbo were and how adaptable they were to the situations, but what I liked most was that even though these boys have extraordinary powers and above average knowledge they still have moments of doubt and vulnerability that have them turn to the adults for help. This helped me in believing that these characters were children.
The one thing that I did have trouble with was how confusing all the explanations where about time travel. I found it a little hard to follow and at times it gave me a headache to think to hard on the concepts of time that were being brought forward in this novel, but what helped was that most of the characters were just as confused about the theories. The reader isn't left behind because they aren't able to understand; they are, instead, brought right along with the characters on this epic journey into time and uncertainty.