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The Gate Thief
by Orson Scott Card
Mini-Review:
Yup. It's a YA series. =P
The afterword made a slight impression on what I thought of the book. Not a lot happens in the first half of the book. It's a bunch of introspection, hashing out the past and vague tangents about frivolous day-to-day events. Yet those were the bits that built up the characters, the connections between the magic, the threats and the level of importance of friends vs family vs magical domination from more than one front.
Freeze frame on a resigned eye-roll.
That's was my response to a majority of the book because the story is told in a very teen centered manner. It's not like Danny is drawn out to be someone that I would like instantly. He's the latest Loki. You love and hate that guy. It's how it goes. You can't help but want to trust him and yet know that you should not.
I take the way I responded to the book as standard and felt more or less the things that the author had desired from the reader. In that manner, this book is great. On the level of enjoyment? Eh. It was okay. It wasn't as good as the first book and not a fav like Ender's Game.
I thought the meat of the story was really towards the end of the book and I felt very engaged by that. It's why I will go on to read book 3.
Fun series but aimed towards a younger audience.
Yup. It's a YA series. =P
The afterword made a slight impression on what I thought of the book. Not a lot happens in the first half of the book. It's a bunch of introspection, hashing out the past and vague tangents about frivolous day-to-day events. Yet those were the bits that built up the characters, the connections between the magic, the threats and the level of importance of friends vs family vs magical domination from more than one front.
Freeze frame on a resigned eye-roll.
That's was my response to a majority of the book because the story is told in a very teen centered manner. It's not like Danny is drawn out to be someone that I would like instantly. He's the latest Loki. You love and hate that guy. It's how it goes. You can't help but want to trust him and yet know that you should not.
I take the way I responded to the book as standard and felt more or less the things that the author had desired from the reader. In that manner, this book is great. On the level of enjoyment? Eh. It was okay. It wasn't as good as the first book and not a fav like Ender's Game.
I thought the meat of the story was really towards the end of the book and I felt very engaged by that. It's why I will go on to read book 3.
Fun series but aimed towards a younger audience.