Book review:Shadow of the Giant, by Orson Scott Card
Now, Card is a great writer, in my opinion, but the fact is he’s got the franchise fever.
This is a good book If you’re into the whole Ender deal. Yeah, there are sixty three of them. Yeah, there are more branches than the Anna Nicole Smith family tree. Still, Card manages to tell the story as only he can- and unlike Dune and all it’s incarnations, Card manages to keep you occupied and does interesting things with the characters.
Don’t read this, of course, if you haven’t read all other sixty three Card books. Won’t mean a thing to you. if you have, and you enjoyed them, read this too. Because then you’ll be able to understand the thirty four sequels that this branch of the book contains- I’m not exaggerating (well, not too much, there are at least six sequels that are clearly delineated in thsi book)
You can’t blame him for making a living. He does so by entertaining a lot of people. Just get another story line, Orson. THis one is becoming more and more like Dune every day.
While I find he tells a decent story, I don’t think he gets into as much depth as I’d like. Of course, who the hell am I to say?
Actually, I like the Bean books far better than I liked the Ender series. Ender got weird after the first book, and was utterly crap by the fourth. Ender’s Shadow was a better telling of than the first series, and the other two books have carried the story to a place where I believe Card should just let it rest. I don’t need to know how this one ends.
I nver got into the Ender series, but enjoyed Card’s Maker series. This Ender series sounds like the whole Star Wars book series. New stuff coming out wbout the sons/daughters of sons/daughters that fought in the great rebellion…UG! What happened to “…and then they were dead.”??