Shannon Lewis Lewis itibaren Bear Creek, NC 28539, Birleşik Devletler
I'm really being generous here when I say that Earthborn was "okay," but to say I disliked it would also be too extreme I feel. If I could, I would say it's somewhere in the middle. When I first started reading it, I was horribly disappointed. The book is set about 500 years after Earthfall, the last book. The only original character that is left is Shedemei. The rest are referred to as ancient heroes by the people in Earthborn and very few know the true stories of the Heroes, though Nafai inscribed his experiences on gold leaflets. (To me, this was an allusion to the Bible, especially because there were so many interpretations of it by the people in Earthborn). Yet again, Card tries to deal with multiple controversial topics in this novel, gender roles and agnosticism/atheism being the two main ones. He does it in such an obvious way, however, that it becomes quite distasteful and rather ineffective, almost immature. Though the series as a whole was a fun, light, easy read, I must say this is probably the worst work of Card's that I have come across so far. Still, I will continue to read him not only because he has interesting topics that he makes the subjects of his books, but also in the hopes that something else can live up to half of what the Ender saga was.
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An engaging read on a few 'bad' places in the world. Enjoyed Tony's observations and candour.
you appreciate this book after you're done reading it more than you do while reading it.
I got this some time ago as a gift (and a very nice gift it was). On some days I can pore over the pages of one or the other of these two rather large tomes for hours. Essentially a list of Paris streets (including some defunct ones) with the date of their inception, their prior names, if any, and famous addresses along them as well as noteworthy inhabitants.