Children of the Mind

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Summary: The conclusion to the Ender series is well worth your time.
Review: Even after all the time spent reading the previous 3 books in the series I was a bit apprehensive when I bought this book. To be totally honest it was better than I expected. It was sad to see the end of the Ender series but the four books that there were, are some of the best literary works of this century. Still, you need to read the previous books before reading this one to get the gist of the story but once you take the time to do that, you will enjoy it thouroughly.

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Summary: great, but not as good as Ender's Game
Review: As some people would say that this book wasn't entertaining, I would have to agree- to a certain extent. Although I thought this book was tedious in some places, such as Xenocide, this did have many enthralling parts in it and I think that the things that happened to the characters in this book makes it worth reading. I did find the book slow in some parts but very entertaining on the whole. I gave it four stars because I am judging it against Ender's Game, and it didn't measure up to the overall depth to Ender's Game.

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Summary: Not his best, but then it is hard to improve this series.
Review: This was a great climax to the best sci-fi series ever. I have only one real complaint, and that is that the series had to end at all. This book was typical Card, with a fast beginning, and a mind boggling ending. Though I did enjoy the other books in this series more, this was still a great book. Most authors can only dream that one of their series can be as invigorating and imaginative as this one.

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Summary: sorta entertaining
Review: "Ender's Game", like so many others who have written here, is my all-time fave sci-fi book. Obviously, most of us have caught up to the fact that Card was determined to "right" the capsized-ship of morality. Card was successful in this book, but his success came at the expense of our fave character Ender. I don't agree that Ender's childhood decisions based on self-preservation were selfish signs of cowardice. The constant chatter between the piggy trees and buggers was sorta irritating at the end. Personally, I would've liked to see Ender return to earth with his family and swim in that lake he and val floated on way back when.

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Summary: not worth reading
Review: My time would have been much better spent re-reading the first three wonderful books in this series than trudging through this corny, tedious anticlimax.

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Summary: A fine ending to the story of Ender Wiggins
Review: Orson Scott Card does a fine job of finishing the career of Ender Wiggins. This book has all of the action and fast paced story telling of Ender's Game and the philosophical content of Speaker of the Dead and Xenocide. I finished it in two days of intense reading as I couldn't put it down. I highly recommend it!

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Summary: Good, but a little bit too theological.
Review: I like this book, but I felt that Card is going through a middle life crisis and is searching for the meaning of life. He should get back to the real sci-fi of old.

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Summary: This book was very entertaining , as good as the first.
Review: I thought that this book was very kewl. I am 16 and have loved all of Orson Scott Cards books since 6th grade when I first read "Ender's Game". I have read the whole series many times and find them just as exciting.( I mut say that I did think that "Speaker For The Dead" was a little dreary.

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Summary: Children of the Mind was an enthralling book.
Review: It was an exciting conclusion to the Ender quartet. It is one of the few sequals that is as good as the first book in the series. Children of the Mind is a compelling novle full of multiple intertwining plot lines and riveting twists and turns which will make you laugh and gasp, but probably won't make you cry. Overall, I greatly enjoyed reading the entire series, but the ending was a bit dissapointing.

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Summary: How could this happen?
Review: I dunno--I liked the other three books in the series. For some reason, though, this one just seemed tedious. Character interaction is there, sure, but it seems dull and plodding. Everything about it just seems to lack the spark that usually makes Card so great. I suppose if you've read the rest of the series you'll probably want to read this one too, but don't expect too much. Card's biggest (only?) letdown.