At any rate, by the time I had to return the book, I was done reading the book. I'd gotten to the part of Abraham and Sarah's life when she gives birth to Isaac. And, there was so much "fluff" getting to that point that I was filled to the brim with the story. Really.
Orson Scott Card can tell a fantastic story. Only, I didn't like how much artistic license he took with this biblical story. He gets all the major parts of the story right, but then embellishes them. I understand what he was doing ... trying to fill in any gaps in our knowledge based on the Bible (and Book of Abraham), and coming up with his own viewpoint on the story, but there were a few things that I didn't like. For example, I didn't like how Card portrayed Sarah. In my opinion, Sarah was a strong woman who had a faith of her own in Abraham's God. But, the Sarah that is in the book still relies heavily on Abraham's faith ... continuing to question that there is only one God even when she is giving birth to Isaac (which, let's face it, she was not a naive young woman at the time). There were other things I didn't like about the story, but I won't mention them because I don't want to give too much away in case any of my friends/family want to read it.
Rating: 3 Scoops ... only because the story was engaging enough to keep me reading it
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