I have wanted to sit down and type up a lovely review of these books. For months I have been meaning to. But, usually when I get the chance to sit down at a computer it is to do data entry and organizations for myCub Scout pack (can I get a round of applause?). However, my computer died this week, so with no fix in sight I figure that it is time to buckle down and at least share a few comments.
Has anyone read this series? This is actually the first Orson Scott Card that I read and I am very glad that I did. Awhile after reading these, I gave in a d read Enders Game. Which while I was very intrugued by the story line, I hated. I hared the relationshil of the brothers, but especially the portraya (author notes) that that is how kids behave. That is not how hralthy (emotionally) children behave. I could go off on a rant, but back to the original thought:
I really enjoyed this series. There are so few details written I the bible about these women, or their lives. It was so li ely to me to be placed in a story that included details of what their lives may he been like. It is always so amazing for me to think on how much different life us for women now, and how much the same as well.
I read these a long time ago!! I agree with you that it was interesting to see how Orson Scott Card imagined their lives and families.
ReplyDeleteI did have an issue with the second one (it is Isaac who is married to Rebekah, right?) I had an issue with how insecure Isaac was and how he thought Abraham tried to sacrifice him because he hated Isaac. I get that would be a pretty traumatic event, but I always thought that Isaac probably had some idea of what was happening. Not to mention that seeing an angel would probably help things along as well.
I agree with you on Enders game. Actually, one of my favorite books by Orson Scott Card is called Enchantment. It is a fairy tale/modern story mix, and I loved it!
I am reading Enchantment, about a quarter of the way in, and I am not sure I understand your love of it. Care to expound?
ReplyDeleteI am reading Enchantment, about a quarter of the way in, and I am not sure I understand your love of it. Care to expound?
ReplyDeleteOf course! I think what I loved most about enchantment was the melding of several different fairy tales. There is of course the sleeping beauty aspect, and that is a nice retelling, but I also loved the Baba Yaga parts, since Baba Yaga is a huge fairy tale character in Russia that we rarely hear about here. I also liked the exploration of "what happens next?" That I thought Card did an entertaining job of exploring. "Okay, so I have woken up this lady from the deep sleep she was in... what now? Do I just go back to my everyday life?"
ReplyDeleteNow, granted, I read Enchantment my first year of college, so I could have forgotten a lot of stuff that goes on in the story. :) It could in reality be a terrible story, but at the time, it was the right story for me, so I fell in love with it!
(Also, it doesn't hurt that Orson Scott Card came to BYU--I and spoke to us, so I tried to get my hands on everything he had written...)