jieyoung

This is really more of a religious and political commentary than a science fiction novel. Card has some really interesting characters and tells a good story, but unfortunately his books have way too much Mormonism in them to completely appeal to a non-Mormon audience. Although it seems like the ends of the series are more religious than the beginnings. Perhaps he is getting more sure of himself with regard to using his religion in his books. In this book the Mormon imagery just gets out of hand, and a lot of the book isn’t even action but tons of dialogue or discussion about religion and government. The “bad guys” in this book are the ones who want to separate church and state! But no worry, they experience a vision from God (okay, it’s actually just Shedemei in her starmaster’s cloak, but she was sent by God, after all), and they reform their ways and go around preaching the true gospel of equality and, presumably, theocracy. I do think the three species of people are pretty cool, though.

2022-11-14 16:16