Orson Scott Card - Hart's Hope Reviews

Orson Scott Card - Hart's Hope

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  • The high price of mercy.

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Nov 18, 2002
    Pros: Inventive. Great setting and magic system. Tortured characters. Short. Standalone.
    Cons: I’m not sure the structural approach was entirely successful.

    Summary: Premise This is the kind of story I want to write. Characters in difficult situations who try to do what they think is right but sometimes end up doing bad things because they have to, and invariably have bad things done to them in turn. This ... read more

  • A dark tale of justice and mercy

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    May 25, 2001
    Pros: Narrative style; imaginative and gripping story. I cried at the end...
    Cons: A bit dark; occasionally difficult to disentangle prose

    Summary: I've read this book several times, and it always does the same thing to me - it sucks me in and doesn't let me go until I've finished it. And this in spite of the fact that it takes 50 pages to even get to the birth of the protagonist. This is the only ... read more

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