The First Step in the Evolution of the Series

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	• Speaker for the Dead (Ender, Book 2) Orson Scott Card Tor Books, 1994 - 416 pages average customer review:based on 410 reviews view larger image
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Not much of a follow-up

After reading Ender's Game, I had huge expectations for the follow-up book "Speaker for the dead". I was greatly disappointed. The storyline of the "Piggies" just seemed forced, and boring. It's not even in the same category as Ender's.

The First Step in the Evolution of the Series

I wouldn't yet consider myself a knowledgeable source when it comes to science-fiction classics, but it's obvious why this is one of them.

Ender's Game (Ender, Book 1) was a great book - also a classic - but it was slightly more visceral in order to promote character development. After all, only a couple of characters, including Ender, carry over into Speaker for the Dead.

Card's sense of pacing in this book is phenomenal, changing your perceptions every few steps to keep you intrigued. I found myself wonderfully curious all the way up to the end when most everything is revealed. Reading the end of Speaker was both exciting and depressing, because I really didn't want it to end.

I think the book's five stars are fully deserved.

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Better than the first book!

Speaker for the Dead is the sequel to Ender's Game, although they are very different books and it's hard to compare them, the second Speaker is the one I favor. It is easier to get attached to the characters and since they aren't just little boys and instead represent a larger cross section of people in general it seems to more accessible to a non-sifi fan.

Either way both are great and you should read them!

An average followup.

It is worth reading, if one has read the prior book in the series. However, it is no an excellent book, and has a few flaws. I find the whole Catholic church angle irritating, and frankly a bit uncomfortable; like someone going on and on about some inside joke or obsession. It did not work for me at all.

Most of the characters are frankly not all that interesting to me. The family which the book focuses on, well... They are not all that easy on the nerves. Their quirkiness also wore on my nerves.

It is a nice story of retribution however, and I did like that quite a lot. The scenes where Ender and his close "friend" worked together were very good. And the idea of a speaker for the dead is an excellent one. So there is a lot in this book that is good.

But all in all, a letdown and the last book of the series I will be reading.

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