Brill wrote:
I read the first one. Maybe it was just me, I don't know, but I really did not enjoy it. For whatever reason people worship this author and I just don't understand it. I thought the book was extremely slow moving and at points the story was almost painful to read. Just based on my reading the first one I refuse to read any of Card's other novels.
Did you ever just find an author where despite all the rave reviews you hate their writing style? That's where I am with Card.
I've read a great many Card books, and I'm just not sold. His Mormon faith colors his books to such a great extent that I often cannot take them seriously. His attitude is arrogant and his books just don't warrant that arrogance. Sure, Ender's Game is a fun pulpy read... but have you read the sequels? My god such dry pompous preaching.
Perhaps I'm just spoiled by Gene Wolfe. He is a practicing Catholic, most of his books deal with religion on an extremely deep level, but his books are so endlessly creative, imaginative, and complex that I cannot help but consider him to be the finest sci-fi author to ever exist.