A Copy and Paste

The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I listened to this over the course of a month. Being fairly new to the world of audiobooks I found the process rather interesting, listening to rather than reading a book.  As for the book itself, I enjoyed the story, the creation of a new worldview.  The parallel story lines were a clever touch but the wrap-up, the "revelation" at the end seemed forced, contrived, too pat and quickly executed, as if the author was saying, "enough already, let's save something for the next book". I didn't appreciate the small amounts of "junk" added to the book to appeal to the modern teenager, a well-written, engaging tale does not need language and sex to sell the story. That was a disappointment coming from an author I had followed and read for many years. I may or may not continue the series. I am not totally fascinated, waiting with bated breath to see what happens to Danny and the gang, not to mention Wad, but if I run across them again in the future I'll probably renew our acquaintance for old times sake.





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