doodlebuginarug's review against another edition
adventurous
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
randomprogrammer's review against another edition
3.0
you know, there's nothing wrong with these books. i certainly enjoy them. and I can absolutely see why I must have enjoyed them as a child. I would have adored all this indian and magic pioneer days stuff. Actually, I have a very rare memory of selecting this series in the library, while looking for another book altogether. And I remember loving the magic, the way he crafted the stone and healed his own body in book 1. It's pretty rare for me to remember stuff from that long ago, much less something only in a book, so this must have left quite the impression. But despite the death and the torture and the grown up characters, this nonetheless feels like a child's tale. Hard to say what it is, exactly. Maybe it's overly moralizing? Hard to say. It's not like I bristle at the moral message, it's just that it has the kind of message an intentionally-crafted children's movie would have.
charlibirb's review against another edition
4.0
I'm really enjoying the Americana feeling of these books, and I'm really enjoying the characters. Working on my first time reading through the WHOLE series now that all the books are out.
pocketholes's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
anubis9's review against another edition
3.0
This book is a mixed bag. I was a little disappointed that we had to go back in time for so long before catching up with all the loose ends from book one, but Card makes it all worthwhile. Well, sort of. He then opens a few more cans of worms before ending the book. Card did his homework however, and there are more than a few key pieces of actual history nicely woven into his narrative.
jsburt's review against another edition
3.0
Better than the first book, but still kind of strange. Not decided on if I will read the next book in the series, but leaning towards not.
zeydejd's review against another edition
4.0
really good continuation of the series, i loved the alternate history aspect of it
craftingrama's review against another edition
1.0
Well after the first book I had high hopes only to have them dashed to bits. I have a habit of laying back into the pillows that has my heating pad on it to heat up my back and relax a few kinks in it while exercising the kinks out of my hands from crocheting all while still listening to the audiobook that I have been listening to while crocheting. For a few seconds I rest my entire body just before going back to work on the project. This audiobook and the narrators (the main one seems to be the one that was doing the preacher in the first book) is so BORING and so hypnotic in his way of speaking that I fell asleep. This does NOT happen often as I am hard of hearing and use everything in my power to hear what I am listening to. I woke up a short time later and got back to work but the book kept making me drowsy and the boring over abundance of detail and the lecturishness of the book just about did me in. I would not have been surprised to hear "you are getting sleepy and you will sleep for a week ......" it was that bad. Audible has some of the worst narrators it seems and the ones they seem to like are the ones with the hypnotic go to sleep voices and way of reading and I detest that. I want life in my books if I wanted to sleep I would listen to a hypnosis tape HRMPH
jenner33's review against another edition
3.0
This book was rarely about Alvin, whom I missed from the story line.
alishaaye's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0