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Bryant

Winters, CA, United States | Member Since 2009

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Ruins: Pathfinder, Book 2

UNABRIDGED
- by Orson Scott Card
- Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki , Kirby Heyborne , Emily Janice Card
Ruins: Pathfinder, Book 2

UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 17 mins)

By Orson Scott Card

Narrated By Stefan Rudnicki, Kirby Heyborne, Emily Janice Card

Whispersync for Voice-ready

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(676)
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(599)
Story
(610)

When Rigg and his friends crossed the Wall between the only world they knew and a world they could not imagine, he hoped he was leading them to safety. But the dangers in this new wallfold are more difficult to see. Rigg, Umbo, and Param know that they cannot trust the expendable, Vadesh - a machine shaped like a human, created to deceive - but they are no longer certain that they can even trust one another. But they will have little choice. Because although Rigg can decipher the paths of the past, he can’t yet see the horror that lies ahead: A destructive force with deadly intentions is hurtling toward Garden.
Brian says: "A good follow-up, but could have been better"
"Huge Card fan left slightly disappointed."

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I'll start this by saying I'm a huge Card fan. Ender's Game is my favorite book, and I loved Pathfinder. I counted down the days until this was published, but now I'm left disappointed.

Card's usual depth and complexity are there in the story, and I cannot deny it isn't well written. But he significantly faulted, in my judgement anyways, by making the drama in this book all about the characters and their inabilities to trust each other.

A little bit of resentment towards each others is one thing, but there were whole chapters where the characters would argue or fight or just plain whine the whole time. It was distracting, removed me from the story, and even made me stop listening for chunks at a time. Honestly, it was so bad I wanted to slap the characters. It didn't really feel "real" considering what we'd known about them from the last book.

He's all set up for a climactic book three in which there will hopefully be real drama and conflict. This one felt forced, as though in order to justify a book two he forced out character drama that didn't need to exist and borderline overwhelmed the rest of the story.

I cannot wait for book three and I put my hopes on that one. This one felt as if half of it was unneeded, and downright annoying.

14 of 19 people found this review helpful
Earth Unaware

UNABRIDGED
- by Orson Scott Card , Aaron Johnston
- Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki , Stephen Hoye , Arthur Morey , Vikas Adam , Emily Janice Card , Gabrielle de Cuir , Roxanne Hernandez
Earth Unaware

UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 59 mins)

By Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston

Narrated By Stefan Rudnicki, Stephen Hoye, Arthur Morey, and others

Whispersync for Voice-ready

Overall
(424)
Performance
(378)
Story
(374)

The mining ship El Cavador is far out from Earth, in the deeps of the Kuiper Belt, beyond Pluto. Other mining ships, and the families that live on them, are few and far between this far out. So when El Cavador’s telescopes pick up a fast-moving object coming in-system, it’s hard to know what to make of it. It’s massive and moving at a significant fraction of the speed of light.
El Cavador has other problems. Their systems are old and failing. The family is getting too big for the ship. There are claim-jumping corporate ships bringing Asteroid Belt tactics to the Kuiper Belt.
danny lawrence says: "And then....."
"One of Card's Best"

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I am a huge fan of Orson Scott Card, but I, like many of his fans, worry that he's overdoing the series. There comes a point when I hear he is writing a new Enderverse book and I just groan.

That said, the books are always fantastic, and this one may seriously be my second favorite Ender book (aside from Ender's Game, of course). The characters, the plot depth, it's all vintage Card. I expected it to be rushed, but aside from the ending, it wasn't.

The producers always get the best out of a fantastic narrating cast as well. Props to them for continued excellence.

The ending was rushed, yes. We'll have to see in the final two books if the whole thing could have been stuck together in one book, especially considering WE ALL KNOW HOW THIS ENDS. But it wasn't a let down, it's vintage, fantastic Card.

1 of 2 people found this review helpful
Big Trouble

UNABRIDGED
- by Dave Barry
- Narrated by Dick Hill
Big Trouble

UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 12 mins)

By Dave Barry

Narrated By Dick Hill

Overall
(93)
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(26)
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(26)

A chain of events that will change the lives of each and every character will leave some of them wiser, some of them deader, and some of them definitely looking for a new line of work. With a wicked wit, razor-sharp observations, rich characters, and a plot with more twists than the Inland Waterway, Dave Barry makes his debut a complete and utter triumph.
Scott says: "Classic Barry at his Best"
"Very Ammusing and Well Written"

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Excellent book, very comical. It wasn't "oh my gawd my sides are splitting" funnybut it was clever, well-developed, kept my interest. Easily recommended.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Bryant

Ruins: Pathfinder, Book 2

Earth Unaware

Big Trouble

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