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This book really grew on me as I read it. It still carried a strangely harsh tone of "me against the world," made interesting by the author's apparent Mormon roots. Based on the Mormon's early American persecution, it made me curious to probe connections between O.S. Card's faith life and his writing.

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I'd wanted to read this for a while. I heard it spoken of very reverentially among scifi fans. I can see how it would impact a reader of a certain age/the same age as the protagonist. It taps into the early teen feeling that the world is a strange and foreign place, and the sense of isolation that comes with that. The tone of the story is surprisingly savage. I wonder if it has a Lord of the Flies influence, in terms of how cruel kids can be to one another.

I'm about halfway through...reading on...]]>