Lost Boys

This is an odd book...It doesn't really seem to be about anything in particular until you get to the very end, but it's also somehow a very gripping page-turner. For most of the book, it's just about a bunch of random, disconnected stuff that happens to this family, but Card makes the family so real......more

So let's say you've read the stuff Orson Scott Card is most known for. You've gone through the Ender saga, you've read it's companion storyline the Shadow saga, and maybe you've even read some books from the Homecoming saga, the Worthing series, and the Alvin Maker story. Let's say you're looking fo......more

For some reason I'm rereading this book. At one point this was my favourite Orson Scott Card book but I'm noticing tons of problems. Orson Scott Card constantly switches from third person to first person and it's extremely annoying. Characters instead of asking other characters what is wrong make ass......more

I have strong mixed emotions about this book. On the one hand, I enjoyed Card's writing style, his character development, and the twists in the plot. I also enjoyed seeing regular, everyday Mormons and their day-to-day lifestyle being portrayed favorably in a mainstream novel. On the other hand, the......more

At the writing workshop I attended, Orson Scott Card said that Lost Boys was his most autobiographical novel. He also mentioned that he deeply regretted putting a prologue in this book, and recommended skipping it. I skipped it and then read it afterwards and I agree. His regret and description made......more