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Treasure Box
by Orson Scott Card
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I didn't hate this book in the same way that I don't hate the movie Sharknado, it was such a train-wreck. I wanted to keep reading to see how far my levels of incredulity could go. The plot line and genre of this book kept on changing. Rather than a full-fledged story it seemed like an unedited dream, like Orson just woke up one day and wrote down his strange dream, and didn't decide to make any more sense at all.
If I hadn't read the description of this book I would have though I was reading a political drama/mystery until HALFWAY THROUGH it turns out to be some sort of filler Supernatural episode with an unfulfilling ending.
I had a lot of problems (spoilers ahead):
1) the reason he first is attracted to his future wife is because she reminds him of his dead older sister
2) His wife turns out to be a power-hungry politician
3) Then it turns out, his wife doesn't actually exist
4) His wife is actually a succubus created by a witch to trick him into opening a box that contains the devil
5) We thought it was an adult witch, but the witch is actually 10 years old, meaning, he was technically married to a ten year old. This kid was also using his sister's spirit to draw him in.
So if you can get past the fact that his marriage was technically both pedophilia and incest without him realizing it, and feel comfortable with that, the rest of the story is not great either.
Again, the action only really starts on about page 150, and then a character that the author tries to get you attached to for all of 10 pages dies unnecessarily.
None of the lore is explained, you're just supposed to somehow pick it up. I just don't understand how this book came to be. Like his writing is good, his characters are also pretty good, this book is just using none of Orson's skills in the right proportions.
I didn't hate this book in the same way that I don't hate the movie Sharknado, it was such a train-wreck. I wanted to keep reading to see how far my levels of incredulity could go. The plot line and genre of this book kept on changing. Rather than a full-fledged story it seemed like an unedited dream, like Orson just woke up one day and wrote down his strange dream, and didn't decide to make any more sense at all.
If I hadn't read the description of this book I would have though I was reading a political drama/mystery until HALFWAY THROUGH it turns out to be some sort of filler Supernatural episode with an unfulfilling ending.
I had a lot of problems (spoilers ahead):
1) the reason he first is attracted to his future wife is because she reminds him of his dead older sister
2) His wife turns out to be a power-hungry politician
3) Then it turns out, his wife doesn't actually exist
4) His wife is actually a succubus created by a witch to trick him into opening a box that contains the devil
5) We thought it was an adult witch, but the witch is actually 10 years old, meaning, he was technically married to a ten year old. This kid was also using his sister's spirit to draw him in.
So if you can get past the fact that his marriage was technically both pedophilia and incest without him realizing it, and feel comfortable with that, the rest of the story is not great either.
Again, the action only really starts on about page 150, and then a character that the author tries to get you attached to for all of 10 pages dies unnecessarily.
None of the lore is explained, you're just supposed to somehow pick it up. I just don't understand how this book came to be. Like his writing is good, his characters are also pretty good, this book is just using none of Orson's skills in the right proportions.