The Actual Review – Book 4 Journeyman, Tales of Alvin Maker Orson Scott Card

So I promised the review of the book, Journeyman by Orson Scott Card, the fourth book in the series, The Tales of Alvin Maker.  This book was another intermediate story type of book.  The middle act of the play if you will.  There was not a lot of advancing in the understanding of the main character, like a popup blocker gone bad blocking the main character development.  In fact the twenty something Alvin Smith (Maker) seemed to be finally going through his teen years and having to learn how to deal with women, or in particular the love of his life.

For all the wisdom he seemed to have in book 3, he seems to have lost it all in book 4.  The book covers his lawyer, a new character and its in this coverage that the book has the majority of its interest.  Card seems much more adept in talking about people learning how to deal with their talents in the early stages and mostly lost when it comes to dealing with characters that are looking to evolve their talents through and past the intermediate stage.

One thing that is also missing from this book is more story line relating to Tecumseh and Native Americans in general.  That was definitely one of the charming aspects of the first couple books and its absent almost entirely in books 3 and 4.

Story Addicts: Just Finished Book 4, Tales of Alvin Maker