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Summary: This ones a keeper!
Review: I couldn't put this book down and was sad when it ended. I can't wait to read the next one! This is also a book I would want to keep in my bookshelf so I can read it again! Enjoy!
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Summary: Very Interesting
Review: I found this story very interesting and spell binding. I felt I was there with Sarah and Abram and there were made very personal to me! Alot of this may be fiction but seemed to carry me back to those times and forced me to go top my bible and read it! I am looking forward to his next books of Rebekah and Rachel!
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Summary: A Truly Magnificent Author, but.......
Review: I get that he doesn't know women so much. I love the way OSC can create characters or bring humanness and depth to real people. His "Stone Tables" is one of my favorite novels of all time. Yet in "Sarah" I could not relate to her or the other female characters. They seemed paper-thin, weak sometimes, and without passion or deep power. Maybe he didn't go deep enough, or maybe he's caught up in all the patriarchal illusion of the Church. Or maybe he, like many men, doesn't really know women. I couldn't wait to read "Sarah" to get to know her. But I found I didn't like her much. I think I'll wait to meet her and the other great women in person. Or write the novel myself.....hmmm!
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Summary: Simply Amazing
Review: I have never been a strict religous person, even though I have attended Catholic School, but this was one of the best books I have read in years. It was wonderful to see all the characters of this bible story, mostly Sarah, come to life on the page. Card did an amazing job of portraying the thoughts and the emotions of Sarah. If you haven't read this book yet, what are you waiting for?
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Summary: Sarah
Review: I have often considered the Bible as a whole to be the greatest and long-lived piece of Science Fiction ever written. That being said, who better to write an accessible and entertaining retelling of one of it's most beloved tales from the Old Testament then Orson Scott Card himself? It is obvious that Orson Scott Card believes in the lives and deeds of the characters of which he writes in "Sarah." He approaches the subject matter in "Sarah" with a delicate, simple and reasoned approach. I can't imagine anyone taking offense to this book. The appearances of God throughout the book are subtle and take place for the most part out of view of the reader, with the exception of the arrival of angels in and destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. My views on the Bible aside, one must give Orson Scott Card the proper credit for the effort of writing this book, developing biblical characters into mainstream popular fiction cannot be an easy task. I would recommend this novel to anyone who seeks clarification of the story of Sarah as told in the Bible. This is a good retelling of it.
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Summary: Breathing Life into the Ancient Story
Review: I have read historical novels, and biblical novels in particular, all my life. This ranks right up with the best of the genre. Card makes these larger than life figures into real people that we can relate to today. In particular I felt that he portrayed the feelings of Sarah extremely well. The frustrations of her barrenness....the doubts she had of God....the daily grind of running a large household. Through it all we see a person, not unlike ourselves, who conquers her doubts to become a true heroine. I highly reccommend this book to any student of things Biblical. For that matter I highly reccommend this book to any one who needs a spiritual lift...no matter what your personal belief system. Because, above all, this is a story of the strength of the human spirit.
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Summary: SARAH
Review: I have very little time to read for enjoyment. I picked up a paperback copy of Sarah at a grocery store. I have been studying scripture for many years. This book was wonderful !! I couldn't bear to put it down. It made Sarah, Abraham, Hagar. Lot really come to life on those pages. I will be looking forward eagerly for Rebekah and Rachel. Marilyn Smith
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Summary: Is this the same book???
Review: I just finished this book and I am wondering if it is the same book; by the same author. The book was a very quick read. I would almost rate it a young adult book. There was nothing great or special that would make this book stand out. The characters are the same. There is no backsliding, no nation destroying lapses of faith by these folks. The good are good, and the bad don't change at all.There is no Drama. On the whole I would recomend this book because I like OSC, but this is not his greatest. It is a good weekend read.
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Summary: Awesome Book
Review: I love this type of book, and Orson Scott Card does it so well! I read "Rachel" after I read this one, and I plan on reading "Rachel and Leah" as soon as it is released in paperback. Both "Sarah" and "Rachel" cover the lives of their respective biblical characters in such depth and understanding. For a man to penetrate so deeply into a woman's mind who lived so long ago is truly inspiring. I really enjoy Card's interpretation of events. It seems to match my own fairly well. He sticks to what's in the Bible, but adds and interprets based upon his knowlege of human behavior. Buy this book and read it over and over! Prepare to go on a journey into the characters, with the characters, and outside of the characters.
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Summary: Awesome Book
Review: I love this type of book, and Orson Scott Card does it so well! I read "Rachel" after I read this one, and I plan on reading "Rachel and Leah" as soon as it is released in paperback. Both "Sarah" and "Rachel" cover the lives of their respective biblical characters in such depth and understanding. For a man to penetrate so deeply into a woman's mind who lived so long ago is truly inspiring. I really enjoy Card's interpretation of events. It seems to match my own fairly well. He sticks to what's in the Bible, but adds and interprets based upon his knowlege of human behavior. Buy this book and read it over and over! Prepare to go on a journey into the characters, with the characters, and outside of the characters.
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