ranks with the "hate it" category. It was very interesting in the beginning, then started to turn weird, and ended down right disturbing. Basically, the premise is that Christopher Columbus, and Europeans in general, were the cause of all the heartache in the world, most importantly slavery. It is also written from a non-Christian point of view, yet ends with the characters helping to convert everyone to Christianity. The logic is just not there to follow the plot in this way. It seems to poke fun at the belief in many biblical figures like Noah and has the characters discrediting everything they did with some scientific findings rather than any belief in God speaking to His prophets.
I had read once that Orson Scott Card is Mormon, but after reading this I don't know how he can be.
Towards the end of this book are also several disturbing occurrences of rape and one horrible scene of self-mutilation. I do not recommend this book, especially not for children or young adults.
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