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Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card

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Children of the Mind (Ender's Saga, #4)
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Orson Scott Card

Michael Finocchiaro's review

Aug 07, 2023

really liked it

bookshelves: series, fiction, sci-fi, american-20th-c, novels

I enjoyed this closure for the Ender Quartet a lot, not as much as Speaker for the Dead, but slightly more than Xenocide. I actually put this one off because I was worried that it would get weighted down by obscurantism and Mormonism, but it surprised me in being interesting without being annoying. In Xenocide, I thought the Jane instantaneous transport was a stretch when it was added at the end of the book, but I think it was better justified and explained in Children. I think Peter got short-shifted a bit, because he is an interesting character, but I thought he didn't get enough screentime and then his transformation at the end was, honestly, a little disappointing. The end was fairly predictable, but still, it was an enjoyable read. I can't imagine how hard it would be to imagine the situations and characters in the Ender space opera much less keep up the action and mystery across 4 books, but I have to admit that Card did a great job here.

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