Saints Audiobook

" This has been republished as Saints "

" I thought this book would never end. If it wasn't an audio book I would have never made it through. "

" One star is very high imo. I have read some of the historical fiction of OCS and this one by far was horrible and gives TMI w/ bedroom scenes and personal sexual relationships between people. I did not care for the crude language (even if some of it may be words that I can find in the bible). I also didn't care for how the prophet and apostles were depicted. I really expected to read another good HF novel from OSC, but this one I couldn't/didn't finish and NEVER will. If I read an OSC book again...I will be very leery. "

" Great fiction. I felt like it villainized (is that a word?) in the book, but was an interesting look into polygamy. The language sort of shocked me as well. "

" I didn't realize this was a book dealing with Mormonism when I scooped it up at the library. I almost took it back, but going to the library with 2 kids under 4 is no fun, so I decided to make the best of it. I really enjoyed the first half of the book (before the family became Mormons and moved to the new world). While the rest was historically interesting, I never could get into it. It did inspire me to know more about Joseph Smith (there is a huge Mormon church being built in our neighborhood), so I am now reading Rough Stone Rolling. "

" Great historical fiction for an LDS audience. Remember it is fiction and don't get too carried away! "

" I had a really hard time with this book. I would not recommend this to any of my friends. I feel that it made light of sacred things. "

" Hated the book. Too much liberty taken with beloved real-life people. "

" So far this is the most depressing book I have read...its up there with a million tiny pieces. Hopefully it can only get better or im not going to be able to finish it. "

" An interesting look at polygamy. "

" Author said he got this info from a journal he photocopied in the LDS Church archives. Hmmmmm "

" Also retitled Saints, this is an interesting book about one of Joseph Smith's polygamous wives. It brought up a number of questions about the history of plural marriage and about Joseph Smith himself. It made me want to know more about true LDS history rather than just someone's interpretation. "

" This was an interesting view of what polygamy might have been like for the early Saints. Some might feel uncomfortable with the way Joseph Smith is protrayed. I read it YEARS ago, but I still remember what an impression it left on me. "

" This book was good enough and detailed enough to make me wonder whether the herione was an actual person, whether she was based on an actual person or based on an amalgamation of several people. Liked it. Read it twice. "

" Learned some church history, but mostly learned that I cant let some work of fiction try to portray itself as truth. Be careful if you read this to not get fiction confused with fact. "

" I cannot put this book down! "

" It helped me to view the history of pologomy in a different light.. I read it quickly and liked it for the most part.. Just didn't like the relationship between Joseph and Emma in the book.. Was really well written though.. "

" Fascinating novelized history of the Mormon religion, from Northwest England out to Utah. Great writing as always from Orson Scott Card. Althought he is Mormon, he doesn't flinch from the hard parts. "

" This was a really interesting book - it's about a woman's childhood and how she comes to be one of the wives of Joseph Smith, and later Brigham Young. I'm not really in on the polygamy thing, but oddly seeing it from her personal viewpoint was good for me. "

" I was amazed at the reading of this book about the beginnings of the Mormon church. Fascinating reading! Highly recommended. "

" I cannot put this book down! "

" So interesting. For the first time I actually thought good things about pilligamy after reading this book. Very different. "

" Saints is an engrossing, lengthly book. It takes a certain type to enjoy it. Non-Mormons will be appalled by it, many Mormons who haven't read non-official history will be offended, and the rest will feel a bit uncomfortable by how frankly Card portrays the various relationships. "

" So far this is the most depressing book I have read...its up there with a million tiny pieces. Hopefully it can only get better or im not going to be able to finish it. "

" I read this years ago. Perhaps my first Orson Scott Card books. I've never forgotten it. "

" This is one of those books that is hard to rate. I would call it compelling. I couldn't not read it even though I stopped reading because I didn't like what I was reading I had to keep reading anyways. Not for the weak of testimony. "

" So old. But I liked it. I read it nearly 20 years ago. "

" not a favorite book - "

" I was surprised by how much I actually liked this - considering its topic was a plural wife of Joseph Smith. I felt the pain suffered by so many who complied with that particular command. Card is a very vivid painter, that's for sure! "