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Summary: Earthborn a philisophical touch with a nice finish
Review: AgainC ard does his classic philisophical book with the 5th in this Homecoming series. He has taken all of his previous characters and placed them into the past, and only bringing along a minor character as the bridge between the two. This allows him to continue his heated church vs. state debate in this 5th novel. He grows his family vs. family argument, good vs. evil, chuch vs. state, and nature vs. nurture argument and wraps it all into one overbearing opinion. If you don't happen to closely agree with Card in his opinions, you might not enjoy this book all that much. But if you do then you will most definately get a kick out of this final chapter in the homecoming series.A cstrong finish to a good series. I was sad to see it go, but glad that Card did a better finish with it than the Ender series. you will not be disapointed in this book.
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Summary: An adequate book but disapointed me after the first four.
Review: As usual Mr. Card is an excellent writer but I was very disapointed that he didn't continue the characters from the previous four books which were absolutely wonderful. Please, Orsen write volume 4.5 to let us know what happened to our beloved characters. Volume 5 was good but a let down from the first 4.
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Summary: Card's books offer a new view of literary characters
Review: Card's Earthborn is a masterpiece that illustrates to every reader the idea that all human are imperfect. The characters
are all human and none are completely perfect, or completely evil, allowing the reader to see heros and enemies that more closely reflect the adventures that we face everyday.
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Summary: Not a fitting conclusion to an excellent series
Review: Coming after four books which I had enjoyed immensely this was a huge disappointment. All the questions which were posed in the previous books just seemed to be completely ignored and left me feeling cheated. Mr Card please spend some time writing a proper conclusion to this series.
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Summary: What's the problem with the Spanish edition????
Review: Compré el primer libro de la saga en España y realmente me encantó. Por eso, cuando llegue a Argentina (donde vivo) me compré el 2do, 3ro y 4to. Tuve muchísimos problemas para encontrar la edición en español del 5to, de hecho, NO LA ENCONTRE. Qué pasa con las personas que no saben inglés? Se quedan sin el final de la historia? Me parece que tendrían que solucionar ese problemilla. Igualmente, los felicito por los otros cuatro!
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Summary: Card understands the human condition
Review: I completed this series about a year ago. This series was excellent from book 1 through 5. I disagree with the critics who wanted more of the same old characters from books 1-4. Book 4 adequately resolved the conflicts between those characters and there was simply no more to tell. Book 5 makes a seamless transition between the old and the new characters. It is classic Card, impressive in the depth of its character development, and in the exploration of human motivations. More important however, it showed that Card has great skill in setting mood and describing the environment. The question of who or what is the keeper of the Earth is finally answered, and I am somewhat suprised that some readers can't appreciate the answer. This is a fitting conclusion to a very good series. I just hope that Card leaves well enough alone and not spoil this body of work by writing another book in this series, as he did with Alvin Journeyman.
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Summary: Earthborn -- I WANTED MORE
Review: I couldn't believe that it was all over after I finished Earthborn. After feeling so close to the original characters from the previous four novels, I was so saddened to see that all but one were gone. It was so dissapointing that I almost never read Earthborn, but that is Card's style to twist things like that. (I replaced that book with Ender's Game and found that this was his style. After realizing this I later returned to Earthborn). I am so glad that I did. The conclusion to this story is so beautiful, while your reading you'll remember the past novels and feel like those memories are really your experiences, another of Card's styles. When it was over, I became attached to the new characters, and wanted more. Thank you Mr. Card for creating such an amazing story and characters. For the first time while reading did I truely feel like your creations were from my heart. Homecoming is genius and should always be treated as such.
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Summary: Did it end?
Review: I don't think it was such a bad book. Some of the reviews on here almost scared me into not buying it. It was weird adjusting to the all new characters, but you find some similar qualities between the new and old cast. The worst thing about this book is that it never came to a solid conclusion. Like the rest of the Homecoming books, it left you wondering what was next. I thought the end of a series was supposed to come to a more solid conclusion. I DO suggest you buy it.
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Summary: This is a great series.
Review: I enjoyed this book, but as other reviewers, I did wonder what happened between the fourth and fifth book, being so attached to the characters. The only character that did survive from the first book really isn't that interesting. The rest of this book has some really strong points, and is well written. I don't think that most of the people who read this really gave it enough credit. Also, you'll like this better if you believe in the Book of Mormon, which gave Card the inspiration for the whole series. Otherwise, it sounds like Card is preaching his own dogma, which might sound arrogant and moralizing to some, and not a scriptural dogma that is based on Eternal principles, which, when read with this insight, can be quite edifying.
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Summary: Real life characters, real life story
Review: I felt that this series was wonderful, and I think that I enjoyed 5 the most (partially for the same reasons as the "reader from Texas"). I read them all in less than two weeks. I am also a Mormon and so I had a wonderful time "guessing" the outcome of the books because I already knew what would happen from the Book of Mormon. The Keeper of Earth is obviously God. The magma, etc. is only one of the tools he uses. To refute those who are angry at Orson Scott Card for discontinuing the story of Naifi and his brothers, that is where the story leaves off in the Book of Mormon, also. I'm sure he didn't write more about them because that's all we know about the lives of the real Nephi and his brothers. I believe that they were people that actually lived, as does he, and I understand that he didn't want to write more about them because obviously that's all there was that was important because that's all that Nephi wrote about his own life. Life is not always wrapped up in a neat package. Nephi and his brothers, Laman and Lemuel never came to terms, so neither did Naifi, Elemak, and Mebbekew. I felt that he did a very good job bridging the gap between books 4 and 5. Many reviewers said they didn't like the "moralizing" and the anti-climactic resolution of the story. They said that Akma was "obviously a metaphor for an atheist." Akma was not a metaphor for anything! Orson Scott Card was simply writing the story of Alma the Younger as it is found in the Book of Mormon. Akma's story actually happened! And if you don't believe that, please respect Orson Scott Card's beliefs anyway. I would recommend this book to anyone, and especially to members of the LDS church. For those who hunger to learn more about the peoples in the Homecoming Series, read the Book of Mormon! It adds to Card's stories of Nephi (Nafai), and tells much more about Alma (Akma) and how he became chief judge over the people.
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