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Summary: This book sucks
Review: After reading and falling in love with Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, I decided to try some of Card's other books. I made the giant mistake of reading Wyrms.
This book sucks. There's no way around it. How can you enjoy a book about sex with an alien??? How can you write an entire book about sex with an alien??? Wryms is either very boring or very disgusting.
After dragging myself through half this stupid book, I finally realized that no one was forcing me to finish this load of garbage and I stuffed it under my bed, never to be looked at again.
If you are considering reading Wyrms, I suggest you do yourself a favor and go read Ender's Game instead.
Rating:
Summary: This book sucks
Review: After reading and falling in love with Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, I decided to try some of Card's other books. I made the giant mistake of reading Wyrms.
This book sucks. There's no way around it. How can you enjoy a book about sex with an alien??? How can you write an entire book about sex with an alien??? Wryms is either very boring or very disgusting.
After dragging myself through half this stupid book, I finally realized that no one was forcing me to finish this load of garbage and I stuffed it under my bed, never to be looked at again.
If you are considering reading Wyrms, I suggest you do yourself a favor and go read Ender's Game instead.
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Summary: How does he do it?
Review: Again, and again, and again. Can this man write a bad book? Card's worlds are so complete, so intricately detailed, and populated with such believable people that I despise the fact that I live in such a mundane realm, by comparison. Card's fondness for biological science manifests itself here as usual, though not with the density to be found in Speaker for the Dead or Xenocide, and he comes up with some rather amusing and original science-fiction concepts as well (the heads). Story-wise, it's an engaging read, a bit short, but there are no loose ends left over and Card shows he can be concise and to-the-point as well as epic as in Ender or Alvin Maker. As anyone will tell you, this book is not for young kids. In true Card fashion, it exists also beneath the surface, raising questions and promoting thought on religion, motivations, and displaying wonderfully complex situations. Want a great afternoon read (and a side order of inferiority complex for aspiring writers)? Go for this one. No, it's not perfect - sometimes it drags a bit and a couple of the character developments are a little hard to swallow - but if you can push your normal "willing suspension of disbelief" a little further than usual, this'll do quite nicely.
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Summary: How does he do it?
Review: Again, and again, and again. Can this man write a bad book? Card's worlds are so complete, so intricately detailed, and populated with such believable people that I despise the fact that I live in such a mundane realm, by comparison. Card's fondness for biological science manifests itself here as usual, though not with the density to be found in Speaker for the Dead or Xenocide, and he comes up with some rather amusing and original science-fiction concepts as well (the heads). Story-wise, it's an engaging read, a bit short, but there are no loose ends left over and Card shows he can be concise and to-the-point as well as epic as in Ender or Alvin Maker. As anyone will tell you, this book is not for young kids. In true Card fashion, it exists also beneath the surface, raising questions and promoting thought on religion, motivations, and displaying wonderfully complex situations. Want a great afternoon read (and a side order of inferiority complex for aspiring writers)? Go for this one. No, it's not perfect - sometimes it drags a bit and a couple of the character developments are a little hard to swallow - but if you can push your normal "willing suspension of disbelief" a little further than usual, this'll do quite nicely.
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Summary: My first CARD book
Review: As I read this tale of quest and sacrifice, I was moved beyond words
by the sheer beauty of it's construction. Truly each word here was
lovingly chosen by an author who loved English. I didn't think
it was possible for the author to write a better book--of course
the WORTHING SAGA proved that wrong, but this was the first brick
in the YELLOWBRICK ROAD which has read to reading his other classic
novels, and short stories like: "Unaccompanied Sonata"; "Freeway
Games"; and the truly horrifying short story in "Maps in a Mirror..."
"Lost Boys".
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Summary: Orson Scott Card succeeds again!
Review: I am not even finised with this book and already I am amazed by it. Orson Scott Card is such a fine writer it boggles my mind! I cannot really say anything that has not already been said. Like OCDs other books there are many facets to humanity exposited on and issues of how humanity relates to the world. OCD not only entertains but makes you think without preaching or forcing it upon you.
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Summary: awesome but disturbing
Review: i devoured this book in about 5 hours; absolutely could not put it down. The characters are, per usual for OSC, extremely well developed, esp. considering how short this book actually is, and the whole story just streams forward. the world created is really original, and i was all set to give this book 5 stars til I got to the ending. there is a DEFINITE gross out factor in the ending, i was seriously repulsed, i think i may have trouble sleeping tonight, ugh. well, i may exaggerate, others may not think it's so bad, but for me i was just like NASTY NASTy YUCK. and while the ending ties up the loose strings, something about it left me dissatisfied; it just seemed too pat. but overall this is a very good book, it's about a thousand times better than most junk you read out there. if you're an OSC fan, or just a fan of intriguing, gripping fantasy, read this book! and lastly, regarding the reviewer that gave this book 1 star and said that it involved "the hero's raping a barely postpubescent girl in public" ...well s/he kind of muddled that part of the book, cuz it had nothing to do with "to become heir to her father's throne", as s/he stated. so ignore this confused reviewer, and go with the general high regard by which this book is held by most reviewers so far. have fun, cheers
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Summary: His best work
Review: I feel that this is his best work. The intricacy of the characters and the imagination in genetics is amazing
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Summary: That's Card for you...
Review: I first read this book when I was about 13 years old, if I recall correctly. Now, looking back on it, I realize I was much too young to appreciate this novel. I would definitely not recommend it to anyone under 16. At the same time, I knew this book was really very good after I had finished reading it, and I knew that the affect it had on me was exactly the affect intended by Orson Scott Card. Some reviewers have said that they were offended by this novel, but I think that's an awfully strong feeling to have about a book. Instead, I was left vaguely disturbed, as if someone I knew closely had lost part of her humanity to fulfill a crucial mission. I cried at the end of Wyrms; if you don't want a novel that will have that strong of an affect on you, don't read this book. On the other hand, if you want a strong, memorable story that is well-written and that takes place in an interesting world, don't overlook Wyrms. At the same time, though, I had the sinking suspicion that I had read this story many times before, written by the same hand. The truth is, most of Card's plots from his early career involve young geniuses giving up part of themselves to fulfill their destinies, and this novel is certainly not Card's best attempt to portray this story. If you are new to Card, I would recommend Ender's Game or Hart's Hope instead.
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Summary: Not Card's Best, But...
Review: I first read this book when I was about 13 years old, if I recall correctly. Now, looking back on it, I realize I was much too young to appreciate this novel. I would definitely not recommend it to anyone under 16. At the same time, I knew this book was really very good after I had finished reading it, and I knew that the affect it had on me was exactly the affect intended by Orson Scott Card. Some reviewers have said that they were offended by this novel, but I think that's an awfully strong feeling to have about a book. Instead, I was left vaguely disturbed, as if someone I knew closely had lost part of her humanity to fulfill a crucial mission. I cried at the end of Wyrms; if you don't want a novel that will have that strong of an affect on you, don't read this book. On the other hand, if you want a strong, memorable story that is well-written and that takes place in an interesting world, don't overlook Wyrms. At the same time, though, I had the sinking suspicion that I had read this story many times before, written by the same hand. The truth is, most of Card's plots from his early career involve young geniuses giving up part of themselves to fulfill their destinies, and this novel is certainly not Card's best attempt to portray this story. If you are new to Card, I would recommend Ender's Game or Hart's Hope instead.
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