Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, Yeah I've been in a love/hate with Card ever since I started reading his stuff. Some of the stuff I love, I really do love it a lot. Ender's game I've reread close to 7 times. The two Empire books also really struck a chord with me. The first two Alvin books I really enjoyed. After that I didn't like where Card went with any of his books. While I'm of the same faith as Card, a lot of his writing about religion/society/books and stuff makes my skin crawl. Anyway this is just me explaining how I feel about Card.
So yeah, I thought he was pretty patronizing and seemed to still consider Brandon a newb author( Probably me being slightly to defensive, but everyone else noticed soooo)
I didn't mind the comparisons between the different series, but thought that they were off topic. Ummmmm, I guess I liked his praise about leadership and stuff and I do take that seriously because Card, Modesitt, and Brandon are the only authors I've seen who really do it well. I guess the tone of the review bothered me a lot more than the review itself.
Over all. Three stars ***