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A review by rynae
Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
4.0
As a book of ideas, this is fantastic and deserves a 4 star. However, if you're expecting to get a deeper view of the characters from Speaker for the Dead, you're going to hate it. It is clear that OSC forewent that in this book, possibly because he was so excited about his crazy space theories and wanted to fit them all in. If I had gotten a little more character, this would have been a no-brainer 5 star. As it is, I can appreciate it for all of the thought he clearly put into his theory and philosophy.
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I'm honestly not crazy about him bringing back pseudo-Peter and pseudo-Valentine. I was kind of already done with them when Ender's game was finished, so I'm just not super interested. I'm currently reading Children of the Mind, though, so we will see how this goes. Surprise me, Card.
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I'm honestly not crazy about him bringing back pseudo-Peter and pseudo-Valentine. I was kind of already done with them when Ender's game was finished, so I'm just not super interested. I'm currently reading Children of the Mind, though, so we will see how this goes. Surprise me, Card.