A review by lemeilleurs
Visitors by Orson Scott Card

2.0

I was really disappointed in this book. Granted, the first two in the trilogy weren't anything to jump hoops through, I did enjoy them and found the concept intriguing. With this final installment, it was painfully obvious how much Orson Scott Card likes to talk in circles and carry on pointless arguments Round and Round in the characters. The worst part, however, was the anti-climactic ending. The last two books are to figure out how to save the world and the answer is right in front of them, but it's actually not. The answer is something random that is pulled from no where. And I'm not talking about how in mystery novels the murderer isn't who you expect. At least in that situation there are clues throughout even if you don't see them. In Visitors (and the whole trilogy) the enemy is no more than a curveball thrown at you as the last pitch in the game!! I could continuously rant about this book and this trilogy. I had some high hopes after I liked the second book better than the first, but the third has me wishing I never even bothered if that is the ending we get.