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Title: Would be mediocre if only...
Review: ... you ignore what Card says makes a good leader. Ignorance, mindless aggression, never learning to deal with any challenges, being genetically superior to everyone else and being immune from any responsibility for your actions.Hmmm, a messianic, child Hitler figure is the hero and this is ignored by all those 5-star reviews?I'll ignore the reviewer's debate on what a 6 year old Napolean's behavior would be because who can really know. I'll ignore the predictable ending plot twist and the lack of any real conflict or character development because perhaps this was meant for grade school readers who like simple, easy to read books.What I can't ignore is that the basic point of the book, reflected in the actions and thoughts of all the major characters, that power and brutality are noble and honorable if you are born to them.As a summary, the plot says that it must be cool to be an amoral, semi-divine being. Somehow I don't agree.
