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Summary: Don't stop reading!!
Review: This book gets rather slow at parts, but in the end you are rewarded for sticking with it. There are good parts to the book, and the next three books in the series are excelent! If the books in this series were seasons, Red Prophet would be winter. But spring DOES COME! hang in there!
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Summary: Not as good as the first one
Review: This book was a disappoitment! I really longed to know what happens next to Alvin, and the characters of the first book, but this book doesn't bring anything new to it! It only raises more questions!Now, then. This still isn't a bad book. I liked the ways the indians were developed, I liked Napoleon's brief visit in the book, and I liked a lots of other things in it. This book would have been far better, if it had been a part of the first book. Still, I liked it so much that it is worth of four stars.
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Summary: Better than the first
Review: This book, although a little bit of a let down, was a better read that the first. I am looking forward to the next book in the series, somewhat. This book brings in a few different characters which help to evolve the seiries and help Alvin come closer to discovering what and who he actually is. If the first book tickled your fancy this one most likely will too.
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Summary: The scope widens and bloodies superbly.
Review: This is the second book in the 'Alvin Maker' series by Orson Scott Card, which began in "Seventh Son." Alvin was prenticed off to a blacksmith, and at the start of this novel, he's on his way when he's ambushed by Reds and stolen away. Card is writing a very alternate history of North America, with figures and places that match history, but always twisted just slightly. The Hio River, the Mizzipy, and so forth all make me trip up on my mental tongue sometimes (in fact, I would rather have had Ohio and Mississipi, as it was quite distracting). This world, however, has something different to it: magic, in all its forms, be they faith, nature, hexes, superstition, knacks, etc, all of it works. So when Alvin, the seventh son of a seventh son, shows the same ability to speak and wield the powers of the land like any Red (read: Natives), he is taken by Ta-Kumsaw, and woven into a story that threatens to be bigger than all of them - and likely a tale that will soak the ground with blood. This second book has a lot more characters to it, and the story expands from the scope of just Alvin's point of view. Be prepared to meet various historical figures in this tale, including Napolean and 'Ta-Kumsaw,' and references to many more like Andrew Jackson and Ben Franklin. The drama of the story widens (and is much more cruel and bloody than the previous book, be forewarned). Very well done, but in places, as I said, the tendancy to use almost-right names and locations drove me nuts. I'll keep reading the series (and am looking forward to doing so), but I think I need a break from it. 'Nathan
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Summary: The scope widens and bloodies superbly.
Review: This is the second book in the 'Alvin Maker' series by Orson Scott Card, which began in "Seventh Son." Alvin was prenticed off to a blacksmith, and at the start of this novel, he's on his way when he's ambushed by Reds and stolen away. Card is writing a very alternate history of North America, with figures and places that match history, but always twisted just slightly. The Hio River, the Mizzipy, and so forth all make me trip up on my mental tongue sometimes (in fact, I would rather have had Ohio and Mississipi, as it was quite distracting). This world, however, has something different to it: magic, in all its forms, be they faith, nature, hexes, superstition, knacks, etc, all of it works. So when Alvin, the seventh son of a seventh son, shows the same ability to speak and wield the powers of the land like any Red (read: Natives), he is taken by Ta-Kumsaw, and woven into a story that threatens to be bigger than all of them - and likely a tale that will soak the ground with blood. This second book has a lot more characters to it, and the story expands from the scope of just Alvin's point of view. Be prepared to meet various historical figures in this tale, including Napolean and 'Ta-Kumsaw,' and references to many more like Andrew Jackson and Ben Franklin. The drama of the story widens (and is much more cruel and bloody than the previous book, be forewarned). Very well done, but in places, as I said, the tendancy to use almost-right names and locations drove me nuts. I'll keep reading the series (and am looking forward to doing so), but I think I need a break from it. 'Nathan
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Summary: Really good, but a little repetitive
Review: This sequel was very good, written with the same sytle as the awesome first book. My main problem was the repetetiveness of all the Reds. Okay, we get it, Whites have no feel for the land and the green music, and Reds are the chosen people. It seemed like every other stream-of-conciousness from Ta-Kumsaw was some variatiion on that idea. I also wish that the book had been more about Alvin. Despite these problems, Red Prophet was a very compelling read. It was just cool to see well-known historical figures moved about and manipulated to do things that they never did in reality. Harrison in particular gets the shaft. Also, Ta-Kumsaw's decision to fight the war despite his understanding that the land (which he holds in such high esteem) is against it, was a powerful comment on human nature. Also, Mike Fink's beating of Measure almost made me cry, I had to put the book down and relax for a while. Powerful stuff.
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Summary: brilliant
Review: this was a FANTASTIC follow up to Seventh Son. I found it extremely moving, and at certain key points, i even became teary eyed. i thought it was incredibly interesting how OSC incorporated historical figures into his version of revolutionary/developing America. really cool. Red Prophet and Seventh Son are my favorites in the series so far.
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Summary: A twist
Review: This was a great novel. I feel so grateful for picking up the first in this series and have not been disappointed yet. This book picks up at the end of the first one with Alvin heading off to start to start his apprenticeship and twists from there. He doesn't even make it close. This is a great story showing explaining how magic and the Native Americans works in this world. This book filled in a lot of holes and provided a lot of background and setup for the upcoming stories. This is not a novel you can skip if you are going through this series and along the same lines this is a very difficult to pick this book out of the blue.
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Summary: Well-written, highly entertaining and original!
Review: This was a wonderful book that deserves wider attention. It is set in an alternate early America, during the time of the Tecumseh and the Indian Wars. As much a frontier western as it is a fantasy, this novel will delight fans of both genres. Card is an excellent writer who weaves his story with moral and religious overtones. He exposes the best and worst of the frontier Americans, as well as objectively showing the impossible and inevitable conflict with the Native Americans. Card doesn't ignore his characters. Alvin, Tecumseh (renamed Ta-Kumsaw) and his brother, the Prophet, are all deep and vividly portrayed characters. And William Henry Harrison, notorious in history for being the president with the shortest term, is portrayed here as the darkest of men. If you want to read this book, you will have to read the first in the series, The Seventh Son, also a very good novel, but as you read it keep in mind that you have this one to look forward to. The Red Prophet is a well-written, highly entertaining and original story that ranks among the best fantasy fiction available.
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