Reviews tagging 'War'

Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

5 reviews

kat_ml's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Genocide, Grief, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Incest, Infertility, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Pregnancy

bits_and_pieces_odds_and_ends's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse

juliatsang's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Physical abuse

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jfreud's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Honestly impressive how this sequel takes a sharp right turn from Ender's Game but is SO COOL in it's own right. Where Ender's Game cares about childhood relationships and loss of innocence, this book focuses on adults atoning for past wrongs. Plus there's a whole other set of xenobiological worldbuilding, which pleases my nerdy heart. Super thought-provoking but also exciting and readable, like its predecessor. Again, the author is unfortunately a homophobic asshose, so buy used or hit up your library.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Genocide and War

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Infertility, Religious bigotry, and War