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Summary: The end to an extraordinary series.
Review: This book was a great way to finish the Ender series. Everything turned out just the way it should. I also like it, because it was a very human story. It isn't a happily ever after fantasy. Theres a lot of pain, and problems throughout the book that seem all most impossible for the characters to over come. It also has little hints about excepting life. It really is the best story I've ever read.
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Summary: A truly satisfying closure of the Ender's Game Saga
Review: Many times I have read a book and could barely contain myself while waiting for its sequal, but was extremely dissapointed by its successor. This book -- this series -- however, is quite a different story. While reading each and every book, I could hardly contain my excitement as I read line after line. It was almost too much for me to just read one sentence at a time, as I wanted desperately to take it all in at once. Even though I knew that each line brought me that much more information and detail about the world that Card has beautifully spun through these works, I found it sad to continue to read because I knew that it would also bring that much closer to the completion of the story. A truly great read!
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Summary: I am so glad to give this a 10
Review: I gave Xenocide a 9 because it was a great book but it was very disappointing compared to OSC previous Wiggen books. But now I relise that Xenocide was just in preperation for the finale, Children of the Mind which I am happy to give 10 out of 10 because it really is brilliant and I say WOW all the time while reading it. Though not as good as the first 2, it is essential. Though very sad. And it leaves with a question that MUST be answered but oh it's the final.
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Summary: Wake Up!!!!
Review: Forgive me if it's illegal, but I am writing a review of CotM, and I have not, I confess, read it. I have, however, read the first two books of the same Ender series, and I would really like to say to those who have already posted their revealingly taste-lacking comments that you do not know good writing, masterful plotting, and genius in action when you see it. Orson Scott Card is one of the foremost science fiction writers of our time, and has something very important to show you--maybe relevant to your existence--which you could find if you only listened. Every element in his books--in any writer of that caliber's books, for that matter--is significant: you just aren't trying to see why. None of it, I repeat NONE of it is pointless, unsignificant, or boring. For those of you who actually enjoy great books, I STRONGLY recommend the Seafort Saga, otherwise known as the Hope series, by David Feintuch. His story is compared with the best of Card, C.J. Cherryah, C.S. Lewis, and Robert Heinlein. To those of you who don't recognize those names, they were and are the creators of sci-fi as we know it: the brains behind every trick, plot twist, and improbable circumstance thinkable. They wrote the book.
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Summary: A mind boggling book...
Review: I am a complete fan of Orson Scott Card, and have read dozens of books written by him. Nevertheless, COTM is not the "perfect" ending to the Ender Series. Although I have to admit, I was awed by some of the concepts of the book, I didn't necessarily like the sense of "stoping before the ending." It leaves you wondering what is going to happen with the Descoladores planet, and Peter's new life. Although this is a set-back, I do also have to comment on the good parts of the book. The "super-string theory" that is represented in a different, but similar, way by "philotes" in this book. The belief of sub-atomic particles that are what all life is made of. The only difference is that philotes are in a sense a being themselves. The theory of an "outside" existing is also another theory that is described when one reads into the existence of co-existing dimensions that sometimes overlap on one another (claiming to be a reason for the appearance of ghosts). I believe that Card states many very facinating theories in a very different prespective, but a very realistic point of view.
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Summary: Space Soap Opera
Review: I thought Children of the Mind was kind of boring and disconnected. And why did Ender have to die and go into another person. That soul/body stuff really got boring after while. The one thing that makes this book worth reading is the quotes the characters make and the philosophy stuff at the beginning of each chapter. If you are interested in Card's best though, read Ender's Game or Lost Boys.
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Summary: Wrap the scifi with philosophy
Review: since i'm from israel i had to read all the first three books in hebrew, but took an effort and read the fourth in english. I finished it in 2 days. Orson's writing if flowing and easy to comprehend, even for foreigners like myself. The story is full of philosophical aspects and it enriches the reader, and gives the book the title of a classic noble, and not just yet another sci fi book.
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Summary: More from Card??
Review: Reading through other peoples views of this book and seeing how so many people say that this is the end of a wonderful saga, I remember reading the final pages and hoping there is a next book out sharing the discoveries of the descolada virus and its actual origins. I dont feel this was an ending for me but the beginning of a new discovery with Card and hope he publishes a further book in this saga. Ender's series has captivated me from the beginning and I now look forward to reading many other books by Orson Scott Card. He is truely an outstanding author.
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Summary: A good closing to the series
Review: Although it was not a GREAT read, it was a GOOD read. I tire of all the reviews complaining of Ender's death, and the "lack" of hard science (namely the "auia's) in this book. This is science-fiction folks. Stop complaining about what can be, and starting opening your mind to what could be. Although the ending was a bit blunt, and abrubt, I think the book is a good ending to a fabulous series. Keep up the good work Orson.
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Summary: Are you raman or Varelse?
Review: CotM is a great book, and an excellent read, it exceeds Ender's game and even Speaker. I found that the complaints of rambling are justified, but if you don't understand the rambling you may be unworthy. Ender's meaningless death has all the more meaning because it is meaningless. Still, if you want something more shallow and obvious, read Ender's game. If you've only a little bit of compassion, then read Speaker. And if you enjoy CotM, maybe you're no varelse after all.
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