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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
Less action and more thinking. Could be read as a solo book and not part of a series.
It took a number of years and failed starts after reading Ender's Game before I could get into the sequel, but after I did I couldn't put it down.
En un giro que no esperaba para la segunda parte, en lugar de un libro de guerra se convierte en un libro policíaco, con extraño final que a pesar de ser predecible deja la mesa lista para una secuela, el niño resentido y asustado pero genial del primer libro se convierte en un adulto sabio pero atormentado que al final deberá tomar más y más difíciles decisiones. Definitivamente la saga me tiene atrapado y voy con el siguiente libro, supongo estaré terminando la saga cuando termine el año pues son 12 libros
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Easy 5. Wonderful book. Very very different from the first book. Meeting and understanding the characters was my favorite part of the book, and seeing their lives unravel as the story went on.
Speaker for the Dead is the 2nd book in the Ender's Saga/Ender's Game trilogy. Interestingly, this was the book the author was actually focused on writing. Ender's Game, the more popular of the two, was really just a sort of prelude to this book. That said, these two books are really quite different reads. Ender's Game strikes me as more classic Sci-Fi, where this book seems to be more mainstream fiction. The result is that many people really impressed with Ender's Game can feel let down by Speaker for the Dead. I think they are both very good books for fairly different reasons.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I liked Ender's Game better, BUT this was still awesome. Science fiction is hit or miss for me, but Orson Scott Card is a hit.
I feel like I was warned that this book would not be like Ender's Game. Speaker for the Dead was in sharp contract to Ender's Game. This book almost seemed to be written by a completely different person or they were written decades a part from each other. Ender's Game was adventurous, thrilling, well-planned almost chess-like. Speaker for the Dead was nearly non-stop politics and religious musings. I found it confusing at times and it seemed slow. I almost did not finish it and was eager for it to be over. Maybe the next book in the series will be a balance between the first two although I am not likely to read it anytime soon. I guess, at least in this book the adults weren't calling each other "fart-eaters".
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
A very different book from the first one but somehow manages to surpass the first. Super fascinating.