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Lost Boys: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Orson Scott Card
Publisher: HarperTorch
Category: Book
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Rating:  156 reviews
Sales Rank: 321016
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 544
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0061091316
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780061091315
ASIN: 0061091316
Publication Date: December 15, 1993
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The Perfect Place To Raise A FamilyFrom the bestsellig storyteller Orson Scott Card comes a gripping story of terror within a small town. Step Fletcher, his pregnant wife DeAnne, and their three children move to Steuben, North Carolina with high hopes. But Step's new job with a software company turns out to be a snake pit, and eight-year-old Stevie's school is worse. As Stevie retreats into himself, focusing more and more on a mysterious computer game and a growing troop of imaginary friends, the Fletchers' concern turn to terror. Young boys whose names match a list of Stevie's nonexistent friends have mysteriously vanished from Steuben. And as evil strikes out from the most trusted corners, it's suddenly clear: Stevie's next on the list.
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 Eh October 15, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Lost Boys is sublimely mediocre. A bland family moves into a bland town in North Carolina where a bland mother stays at home and martyrs herself in a bland, predictable way while superhero breadwinner dad goes to the blandest job of all--computer programming. And yes, we get to hear (sigh) all about it.
Perfect Son Who Never Lies, Stevie, sees imaginary friends. Actually, pretty much the whole book is encapsulated on the back cover, and there's not much more than that to the book, save the surprise ending.
The character of DeAnne, Step's dutiful wife, is ridiculous. "Oh Step, I'll never be as righteous as you, oh head of the household. Now I'm going to go clean something." Yawn. She knows her place and Orson Scott Card makes sure she stays there.
From a plot standpoint, the book just dragged. The minutae of daily life is interesting when written well, but Card's writing is a bland as his characters.
As for the "suspense," I kept waiting and waiting to get interested, to get into it. My sense of dread? Nil. I really didn't even care by the time I (finally) reached the end.
Overall, the book falls flat. Card could have done something interesting with characters, settings, and even his lame plot about 80s computers, but the end result is shockingly. . . unshocking.
 Don't read this book if you don't want to cry October 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
That's all I have to say. If you don't like reading books that cause you to care deeply about the characters and to wind up sobbing at the end, never ever ever pick this book up.
 Interesting September 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Wow. Other than the fact that I was listening to the audiobook at work (very repetitive work that does not require a lot of thought) and was crying at the end, it was pretty good.
Others have explained very well the nature of the book. I agree that it started a little slowly at first, but OSC's ability to carve out such detailed and interesting characters made it easy to keep reading. The foreshadowing was subtle at first, then as the book continued, built the suspense nicely. The end was a little abrupt until I immediately thought back to the previous events and realized what had been happening (a bit like at the end of The Sixth Sense). Then, of course, I cried.
I was fascinated by Card's description of everyday life in the LDS church. I don't think the book was intended in any way to be as advertisement for the LDS church. The audiobook includes a section at the end in which Card explains how the book came about. A large part of the story is autobiographical, not the supernatural or criminal aspect, of course. But a lot of Step and DeAnne's relationship and what they went through as a family originated in Card's relocating for a job with Wired magazine. In light of that fact, the story becomes intensely personal. One can see why it was so difficult for Card to write.
I'll be thinking about this one for days.
Too implausible August 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The story of an average family and their sensitive son had its eerie moments. The end was a major disappointment, which left me unable to tie up all the loose ends.
What Makes this Book so Good May 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
You have the relationship of the family, despite all the things trying to erode them from the outside, teachers, church members, co-workers and bosses. There is their strong faith too that makes the family appealing even to non-believers like me.
There are lines in this book that made my eyes tear up. When I was mature enough to be moved by this book, the ending made me bawl my eyes out.
There were interesting twists and turns in the story. You'll never really expect the end. It will punch you in the gut.
This book is Orson Scott Card at is finest. Writing a powerful story with characters based on him and his own family. It's right there with Ender's Game and Seventh Son, two other fine books by Orson Scott Card.
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