andizor 's review for:

The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card

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I listened to four of ten discs and couldn't stand to listen to the others. In fact, I turned off the audio in the middle of the fourth disc, sick of listening to the main character's whiny changeable thoughts. I picked this up because I was intrigued by the premise: the gods are alive and well and living on Earth, stuck there by Loki who closed the gate between Middlegard and Westell. The first section was promising, discussing Danny (the main character) and his life seemingly without magic, surrounded by his family, all of whom have magic. When he realizes that he has powers beyond any he imagined, he is told he has to escape. And that's where the book starts to suck. He is whiny and irrational and makes bad choices. Card seems to relish in describing the disgusting in great deal, especially the disgusting that has NOTHING to do with the plot. Overall, extremely disappointed.