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Summary: Not just Sleeping Beauty
Review: I loved this book the first time I read it (couldn't put it down). The only other Orson Scott Card I had read was Ender's Game and most of the Alvin Maker series (which began with promise but disappointed me in the end). Enchantment is very different from the aforementioned. I love the way he weaves in classic Russian fairytales and makes it an incredibly involving tale about personal change and development (whereas Ender's Game and Alvin Maker I feel are more societally-focused stories). Additionally, I always have much respect for Card's characters and their morals, and this is no exception.
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Summary: Unfinished and undisciplined
Review: If you think that Card's quality has declined since Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead, then stay away from this book as well. Card's editors just don't demand enough from him. Enchantment feels unfinished and unedited, overly long with surprises popping out of nowhere. Characters are not up to Card's standards. It's also consciously gender-roled (only women have magic at all), and the end dodges all the cultural conflicts set up in the beginning for a suddenly smooth "happily ever after."
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Summary: love it!
Review: I have never heard of the author, but regardless I don't really take note of any authors of all the books I read. But this book, the cover and the title stands out. Yes, i judge a book before i read it. I truly didnt think i would enjoy reading it, but i did. Since the first time i borrow from the public library to read it, i went out to purchase the book and read it three more times. The story, with a mixed of fairy tale and mystery was enough to lead me to finish the book in one sitting (well actually one day). its really a wonderful book if one likes to read a modern day version of fairy tales. A little romance, a little magic, a little mystery that keep you guessing until the end.
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Summary: A must have book!
Review: It has been so long since I read this book, but I highly recommend it. In fact, instead of loaning it out to people like normal, I actually bought it for two of my friends that I knew would appreciate it as well. This is a modern day "Sleeping Beauty", but it is so well written. I was first introduced to Orson Scott Card in college with "Ender's Game", which was an excellent book and then read "Lost Boys", which I did not feel was as good, but still worth the read. This book and perhaps "Dogs of Babel" by Carolyn Parkhurst would definitely be two I would like to have on a deserted island.
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Summary: One of THE best books I've ever read
Review: When I say this is one of the best books I've ever read, believe me, it's a compliment! I'm an avid reader, and I average a book and a half a day, so I've read a LOT of books. While this book does have a great love story, it's actually not JUST a love story. It's very lighthearted-even the violent parts tended towards being satiric. The characters are AMAZING. The're extremely likeable, yet not "phony" like so many of the books I've read (A compliment that has thus far only been reserved for the Master himself, Stephen King). Even the villans were likable, you didn't want them to win, but it doesn't it seem such a shame to destroy them? Overall, I found myself laughing out loud many times. It's really hilarious. I think this book really reveals a new depth to Orson Scott Card (for me, at least). The Ender's series tended towards being serious. I didn't even know he was capable of this kind of work! It may disappoint hard core sci-fi fans, but anyone who likes bestsellers or fantasy or romance should throughly enjoy it!
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