A review by abigcoffeedragon
Characters & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card

2.0

There is nothing very new within these pages that help and aspiring writer, unless you have not read any other books. I do like Orson Scott Card and his writing advice, however, everything here he has said before and others will say again. There are simple explanations as to "Show Don't tell," but then after he states the rule, he breaks it. Some of his examples are also very dated, and most new writers today probably have no idea who Elmore Leonard or Spenser is, though they will still know who Han Solo and Indiana Jones are. The examples are decent, but overall this book lacks what it claims to be able to explain. Character and Viewpoint are defined, but nothing is given to illustrate bad form.

There are better books for this out there.