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im_basil's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
unfortunately i really like the ender series, but i will be borrowing copies from my local library or buying books secondhand so card earns not even a cent from me :)
Graphic: Murder and Child abuse
Moderate: Incest, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity
markguitar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, Infidelity, Death of parent, Body horror, Child abuse, and Genocide
Minor: Incest
aylasultana's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Xenophobia, Gore, Infidelity, Bullying, and Colonisation
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Incest, Genocide, and Terminal illness
psydneigh's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Infertility, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, and Death of parent
bits_and_pieces_odds_and_ends's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Incest, Murder, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, War, and Cancer
Minor: Child abuse
juliatsang's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death and Physical abuse
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Incest, Infidelity, Pandemic/Epidemic, Domestic abuse, and War
nrogers_1030's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Grief, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Infidelity, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Incest
nytephoenyx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Speaker of the Dead, even more than Ender's Game, makes it abundantly clear exactly how highly Orson Scott Card thinks of himself. The slow-paced erudite reflections are haughty. In addition, there are too many things within the story that are far too convenient. The characters comment on this - "Surely this cannot be the SAME Speaker who spoke the Hive Queen and the Hegemon?" and so forth. There's a sense of over-importance to Ender's character that he has survived three-thousand years to create in a few days what generations of other humans were unable to accomplish.
I'm also a little perplexed about his take on women? On one had, he has female scientists and a female leader to the alien societies. However, all these women are easily overruled by their emotions and especially by the presence of Ender himself. Novinha, in particular, was a disappointment. Valentine, too, choses love over her intellectual pursuits. Maybe I'm reading into it too much, but at times it feels like Card is building a commentary to say that women are unable to be true intellectuals because of their inability to resist emotional drives?
I dunno. On an intellectual level I liked this, even though it was really slow-paced. On an emotional level (oh the irony) I found the pretentiousness to be a bit much. I also can't see this story going anywhere exciting, so I'm done with the Ender Saga. Doubly so since Orson Scott Card is openly and aggressively homophobic and I deeply disagree with his personal views.
Graphic: Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Child death and Dysphoria
Minor: Infertility
olliereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse
Minor: Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, and Body horror
bookcaptivated's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Murder, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Blood, and Grief
Moderate: Colonisation, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcoholism
Minor: Infertility, War, Religious bigotry, and Body horror