melanieyu

This is my first Orson Scott Card book and I picked it up because I had heard that he is a fantastic writer and I liked the few pages that I read of it. Overall, it was an easy read but it didn't suck me in and leave me wanting more. I understand that this is going to be a series and while I look forward to the next one, I'm not chomping at the bit for it either. His writing style is clear and enjoyable, there is plenty of entertaining dialogue, but there are moments when I felt that there was a bit too much cheese, particularly at the end. The main character, Danny North (or Silverman), is a likeable character (especially as he gets older) but Card injects too much wisdom into him at 15-16 years old. I was expecting to see him struggle with certain aspects of growing up, considering how he spent his formative years, and he didn't. He seems too well put together to be truly believable by the last half of the book. To sum it up: it was good, but it wasn't fantastic.

2022-10-21 05:21