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Title: Prentice Alvin (Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 3) by Orson Scott Card ISBN: 0-8125-0212-4 Publisher: Tor Fantasy Pub. Date: 15 December, 1989 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.87 (15 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great characters, good continuing story of Alvin Maker
Comment: I originally read this several years ago, but decided to re-read this when I got the new book in the series. This book was very good, both as the continuing story of Alvin Maker as well as the new story in this book with Arthur Staurt.
I really enjoyed the new depth to some of the characters that were introduced in previous books, but were more central to the story in this book. Also, the new characters, such as Arthur Stuart and Mock Berry were very good as well. The only thing I didn't like about this book was there is a point where Alvin has to do something very difficult, and while it is a very clever solution to the problem at hand, it seems like there was a much easier solution available that was not even mentioned. But that was just a minor problem, and didn't detract much from a great story.
If you've read Seventh Son and Red Prophet, you should definitely continue the story with this book.
Rating: 4
Summary: The series continues with solid levels of quality
Comment: Alvin has begun his "prenticeship" and though he comes to Hattrack river mostly to speak to the girl, Peggy, who, as a torch, had the ability to show him his futures and is likely the only person who can help him figure out how to be a real Maker, she flees before he even arrives.
This is a split story for most of the duration, flickering from Alvin on one side, to Peggy on the other, and converging near the end. Alvin's apprenticeship is very interesting, but it is Peggy's story I'm really starting to enjoy more. Peggy is a torch - someone with the knack to see futures in the heartfires of folk, and her own future is intertwined with Alvin's. But when she sees that her own future is a loveless one if she waits for Alvin to arrive, she does the unthinkable - she runs away, to find a way to at least have love for Alvin, if not love from him. Her determination to thwart her own gifts of futuresight is a joy to read, and her strength of character - somewhat rare for female characters in a lot of fantasy works - is a nice change. Very enjoyable.
So is where the tale ends, with a bit more magic than usual, and a set-up for the next story that I'm glad I didn't have to wait years for - like all the other folk who've been reading this series since book one.
'Nathan
Rating: 3
Summary: The Weakest of the Alvin Maker books (so far)
Comment: Enjoying the first two Alvin Maker books I was disappointed in the third. It's not a bad book, it just lacks the energy and thoughtfulness that pervaded the first two. In Prentice Alvin, Card seems at a loss how to further the character of Alvin. The first book introduced us not only to Alvin but also to his world, an alternate America where hexes work and everyone possesses a "knack," or paranormal ability. In the second book, we're told the story of the Prophet, a variation of Tecumseh's brother, and his effort to form a Native American safe haven. Here, Alvin apprentices as a blacksmith and his hopeful wife (introduced in the first book as a young girl when Alvin is born and fully aware of Alvin's abilities) learns how to be a lady only to return disguised as a teacher. When and where she "learns" Alvin is a maker and "decides" to teach him is surprisingly bypassed in the storyline. One minute Alvin is learning geometry, the next he's getting maker advice.
Hopefully the next two books will much like the first but for now this one ranks lowest of the first three at least.
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Title: Seventh Son (Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 1) by Orson Scott Card ISBN: 0812533054 Publisher: Tor Fantasy Pub. Date: 15 June, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Crystal City (Tales of Alvin Maker, Book 6) by Orson Scott Card ISBN: 0312864833 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 10 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: First Meetings : In the Enderverse by Orson Scott Card ISBN: 0765308738 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Shadow Puppets (Ender, Book 7) by Orson Scott Card ISBN: 0765340054 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker IV (The Tales of Alvin Maker, 4) by Orson Scott Card ISBN: 0312850530 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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