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Summary: Ugh!
Review: Give me a break! This hunk of junk doesn't deserve to be sequel to a book as good as Ender's Game! It's terrible! The plot was just plain weird, and the author rambles on and on and on and on and on and on about every little topic until you'd rather just read a summary and throw the book in the trash. They totally killed the character of Ender in here, and...well, you get my drift. A word of advice-if you liked the original, this probably isn't the book for you.
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Summary: Some thoughts on life and well-being
Review: A Review by Scott
Wang-Mu, an Oriental ex-servant, and Peter are charged with the task of convincing Starway Congress to pull back a fleet ordered to destroy Lusitania. They work their way up the chain of influence in order to convince the Congress to pull back the fleet. Miro and Valentine have the task of colonizing planets to save the humans, the Hive Queens, and the Pequeninos living on Lusitania before Jane, a being inside all computers, is destroyed losing the technology of instant space flight forever and the Destruction of Lusitania. On their quest to discover more planets, they learn their mission is entirely different. They find out they must stop a force that threatens all species in the known universe. I thought this book was very interesting. It is complicated which holds my attention. The book focuses on three different parties up until around the middle of the book when they begin to merge. I feel the characters don't have very distinct personalities. All the characters have the same trait of a very sophisticated, analytical mind. I feel it's a trait of the author that shows in the characters he writes about. Some examples are that Wang-Mu is always thinking of how society works and gives very thoughtful insights. Miro and his sisters also give very analytical thoughts on how different species of the universe could communicate. Ender gives thoughts on life and well-being. Even thought these are very distinct subjects, there's the feeling that one person is saying all those things and not different personalities.
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Summary: Undeserving ending
Review: I must admit that when I was faced with this 4th book in the quartet I approached it with trepidation. Ender's Game and Speaker of the Dead were exceptional books. Xenocide was good but started the series on the path that eventually ended in the very unsatisfying conclusion in Children of the Mind. I think Card let his imagination get carried away and reduced the conlusion to a set of preposterous and convenient solutions. I think the tragedy that was "Ender" was the driving force. Card by trying to bring a neat "happy" ending inadvertently changed the tone of the whole endeavor. I give it three stars only for the affirmation that humans are both ramen and varelse.
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Summary: Terrible
Review: It wouldn't matter what series this was in. If this was the first book in the Lord of the Rings it would still be bad. The plot is over blown and time and again vanishes into strange tangents. I wish it was not in the "Ender Series." In fact I wish I could get my money back
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Summary: Zachary Ruckh
Review: A book I have just recently read was the book Children of the Mind. It was written by Orson Scoot Card. This is the first time I have heard of his writing. In fact I thought it was great. The book a lot of description in it and if you like science fiction you should love this book. My opinion on this book is once you start reading you can't and you don't wont to stop. Each thing that happened is tied into another. In this book Children of the Mind there were basically two teams or partners in this book. There was Miro and Young Val. Then Peter and Wang-mu. Peter is a creation of Ender but this isn't any kind if creation. Peter is a body but has no true soul he is really Ender. Peter and Wang-mu's job is to find information on people, plant's, and Jane. Miro and Young Val have Basically the same situation. Miro was given a body from Ender. While Young Val has the same thing as Peter She is only made up. In realty she is there but in souls she isn't even born. These two have to search for new plants for the species. So the reason they have to do these job's is because Starways Congress wants to blow up the planet Lusitania because it is threatened to have a virus. Jane, an evolved super computer, can help them save the planet but she will be shut down at any moment. The big problem is three species will die: the pequienios or trees, humans, and hive queens, which are like ants. While Jane is alive she can move ships faster than light. The question is: Will Jane live and be able to transport all the species? Can they save Jane before the planet is blown up? The Literary Elements were foreshadowing, drama, and sensory language. It even has some conflict. Well I recommend this book to any person who likes science fiction and who wants to read about what dilemmas people will have in the year 3000.
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Summary: appreciation of the series revived
Review: After a disappointing Xenocide, Card went a long way in CotM to resolve many of the reasons why I thought Xenocide was haphazardly thrown together. Though some of the plot lines get pretty fantastical, I felt very satisfied with how the whole thing was wound down at the end. This is one of my favorite sci-fi series.
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Summary: Best Book I've Ever Read
Review: I finished this one about ten minutes ago. It was the best book I have ever read, by far. After I read Speaker for the Dead, that was my favorite, Xenocide dissapointed me a little, not as bad as I thought it was gonna be(based on what some of my friends told me) but still dissapointing. Children of the Mind is the best book in this Quartet, but it is also good that it is the last.
Having just finished this book, I still have the feeling it gave me on me. I was deeply touched by Valentine's memories as Ender as just a baby...smiling and laughing just at the simplest things. If only life could be so simple.
It deeply saddens me to think that Ender is gone. His Aiua lived on, but his same thoughts, same experiences, same body, same _person_ are all gone. It's fiction, but once you read it, it becomes real to you. I was very surprised to see that the reviews here on Amazon were actually quite low. After finishing, I came here expecting to read praises upon praises for this wonderful book, but alas, the response was lukewarm. Not only that, but this book did not make the bestseller list...probably because many abandoned this series after Card wrote the dissapointing Xenocide.
In a way, I almost wish I had stopped with Ender's Game. I'm almost mad at myself for not. But once you read Speaker the whole thing draws you in, and won't let go. While Ender's game provided finality, Speaker and Xenocide did not, and forced you to keep reading. It's a weird feeling really, and one I cannot explain very well. Probably because I wouldn't have this sorrow for Ender right now, and that he had to die. But in the end it was inevitable. Anyway, read this book.
It's just such a shame Card had to follow it up with a ridiculous and completely irrelevant afterword.
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Summary: A good conclusion to the series
Review: While this book didn't quite live up to Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead, it surpassed Xenocide and I quite enjoyed it. It continues about where Xenocide left off, with Ender's mind/force thing or whatever now controlling second incarnations of his beloved older sister, Valentine, and Peter, his long dead older brother as well as himself. While Ender tries to join his wife in the convent place she fled to, Peter travels with a young chinese servent girl, Wang Mu, and they try to manipulate the Star Ways Congress into calling off the fleet sent to destroy Lusitania. In the meantime, Miro and "Young Val" work to try to save Jane, the dying computer intelligence that is the only thing that allows intelligent species faster than light travel. Anyway, the plot is incredibly complicated, so I won't even try to explain it all, but rest assured that this series is worth reading. The one thing that really annoyed me about this book in particular was something that several other reviewers have commented on as well. Not only does Ender's choice to remain with his wife no matter what "bore him to death" but it is also implied that all relationships are like that! I find that offensive! Anyway, before I get off on a rant I'll just say that this is a great series, if you ignore a lot of implied sexism, which I certainly hope bothers some of you as much as it does me. Happy reading!
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Summary: A great conclusion
Review: I finished reading this book today, and i knew i had to write a review for it somewhere. It has to be my favorite book(or at least one of them). This is an exciting and complicated book at all standards. Contrary to the beleif of many people, it is not that strange. It continues the same storyline as Xenocide, as it was supposed to be actually in it. The main storyline of Children of the Mind are the attemps at the prevention of the Lusitania fleet from destroying Lusitania by the citizens of Lusitania. Many things have happened since Xenocide: Faster than light, and in fact, instantaneous travel has finally been invented. Ender has transported his aiua into several other people, forcing him to have to control the bodies of him, young Valentine, adn Peter. And Jane is about to be sht down. As Ender and his family try to save Jane and the citizens of Lusitania, Si Wang mu and Peter are looking into manipulating the Starways Congress. Another exciting discovery is also made: the makers of the descolada virus. I highly suggest this book for any age level.
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Summary: Children of Ender
Review: Children of the Mind is the final book in the award winning science fiction series, the "Ender Quartet." The plots of the previous books are very lengthy. In Children of the Mind, the main character, Ender Wiggin lives on a planet where there are two alien races living together with a small human colony. A devastating disease, which both alien species have adapted to, constantly puts the survival of the human colony in jeopardy. The government on far-away Earth sends a fleet of starships to destroy the planet, mainly because they fear that the virus will spread to the rest of the galaxy. The destruction of the planet where Ender lived, Lustinania, would result in the complete destruction of both alien races. This conflict, among others, add together to make a truly suspenseful book. In my opinion, this is a very well written book. It is not an easy book to read, but the plot and the characters are enjoyable. I would encourage 8th and 9th graders to read these books after having read the first three books of the series.
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