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Summary: Well Written but Uneven Plot
Review: I finished HOMEBODY yesterday and I'm left feeling like I walked into the middle of the story and I don't have all the pieces of the plot. Card is a good writer...no doubt. But HOMEBODY left me feeling like he didn't uncover a key plot point or two that would've left me feeling satisfied at the end of the read. The tunnel under the house...because we were told in the prologue it was an Underground Railroad passage, I kept expecting it to be anything but that. I expected something sinister to come out about the Bellamys..but nothing ever did. I really liked Cindy's character...but did not like the way Card left her; a fractured soul huddling in her bed like a scared little girl because of a seduction gone awry. And Don Lark's inconsistency...he lost his attraction to Cindy when she confessed a past "sin" of wanting to harm her child, although she was able to resist the urge, but he ends up madly attracted to Sylvie, who hadn't resisted a harmful urge and had cracked someone in the skull with a rock and believed she had committed murder. Where's the difference? HOMEBODY is a quick, easy read, but don't expect it to make sense if you think about it too much.
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Summary: Interesting
Review: Interesting story, lots of character development...but it lacks the Card oomph.
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Summary: Card has found his genre
Review: I have read just about all of Card's books. Most I have enjoyed immensely. This book sends him off into an interesting genre--a better one, I think, than sci fi or fantasy for him to express his imagination. Lost Boys seemed to be the first of this sort, and was good, but this one takes it to the next level. As for pure storytelling, this matches Ender's Game and Seventh Son. I don't think anything can compare with Ender's Game, but he deserves a couple stars simply for the innovation of this book.
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Summary: The Mighty Has Fallen
Review: What happened? Did OSC finaly lost his Midas-touch? I just hope that 'Homebody' will never happen again! This book is empty of substance and weak in every way. Okay, addmit it, OSC DID NOT really write this book; it was his evil brother's doing.
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Summary: Look Not Here For the Heart of Orson Scott Card
Review: The author of the Ender Saga and other great novels such as Pastwatch is virtually nowhere to be found in this story. Instead of great storytelling and philisophical food for thought this novel provides nothing but time wasted.The characters are strong and the actual mechanics of writing are pure good ol' Orson Scott Card but after that the reader is left with a humorless, suspense impoverished and bland novel. I spend chapter upon chapter hoping someone would do something half-way interesting. If you are looking for a great novel by this author then check out his others because this is not the one to measure his talent by.
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Summary: Ending Sucks
Review: It was a great book to begin with, but the ending was horribly dull. Whatever happened to Cindy who was all the rave in the beginning then never mentioned in the end? It wasn't suspenseful, and whatever happened to Card's trademark humor?
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Summary: Recreate your imagination through his magical touch.
Review: I do not normally read Orson Scott Card's books on a regular basis. When I read his previous book, LOST BOYS, it became one of my favorite books. I recommend LOST BOYS, as well as HOMEBODY. When this book caught my eye at the bookstore, I bought without hestitation. From the first chapter to the last, it was like eating chocolate because each page became as addicting as previous one. Thank you, Mr. Orson Scott Card for writing this book.
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Summary: One of the Best Books I've Ever Read!
Review: This is number 2 in my list of best books, a close number one. It was all so beliveable, the characters were so human. Card obviously spent time creating detailed and real lives for all of the characters. The ending was THE BEST I've ever read. All loose ends were tied up. I'm looking forward to reading Ender's Game.
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Summary: Better than Lost Boys or Treasure Box , but...
Review: I have read what I believe to be all of Card's books. Homebody is an improvement over Lost Boys and Treasure Box, both of which I felt left too many implausible ends loose. Impossible is great, improbable is just trite. Fortunately, the gooseflesh I experienced upon Sylvie's discovery in the tunnel was worth wading through the rest of the book--it was like the dream you can't shake in the morning--exquisitely dreadful! I am hopeful for continued improvement in non-SF offerings. Card's science fiction is in a league of its own--please read one if this was your introduction to Card.
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Summary: Disappointing read
Review: This was a surprise--I was hooked by Ender's Game, so I thought this would have some merit. It is a fast read, but not interesting. Don's response when he realized Sylvie was a ghost was without emotion. I couldn't believe he accepted her presence in the house in the first place. I find it confusing that Card introduced Cindy and removed her just as quickly--certainly a romance with her would have been more believable. I never realized men are attracted to women who wear the same dirty dress day in and day out. I am nearing the end of the book, and I will be glad when it is over. It will be difficult to pick up another Card--unless it is the sequel to Ender. Maybe he should stick with science fiction.
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