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A review by marysasala
Sarah by Orson Scott Card
3.0
When someone tried to expand upon a classic, do you praise them for their shortcomings.
This was certainly a valiant effort to retell the story of Sarai, Abram and Hagar. It is obvious Card spent a lot of time researching and studying the original source.
An issue I've had with past retellings of Biblical stories is by "humanizing" them or in an effort to make them "more real" they make them unlikable and down right bad people (I'm thinking of Russell Crowe as Noah).
Card did not do that. If anything he made them more sympathic and more heroic by adding real life emotions and reactions. Somehow he was able to make Sarah, Abraham and Hagar all sympathic.
A fun, fast read. Great for those wanting a better grasp on Genesis or those interested in historical fiction.
This was certainly a valiant effort to retell the story of Sarai, Abram and Hagar. It is obvious Card spent a lot of time researching and studying the original source.
An issue I've had with past retellings of Biblical stories is by "humanizing" them or in an effort to make them "more real" they make them unlikable and down right bad people (I'm thinking of Russell Crowe as Noah).
Card did not do that. If anything he made them more sympathic and more heroic by adding real life emotions and reactions. Somehow he was able to make Sarah, Abraham and Hagar all sympathic.
A fun, fast read. Great for those wanting a better grasp on Genesis or those interested in historical fiction.