Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
In 2011 I bought this book and and started reading it.
I hadn’t even finished the first chapter before deciding it wasn’t worth my time.
I returned it and got my money back.
Apparently, I used to be an idiot.
After re-reading Ender’s Game and discovering layers of meaning that I’d missed the first two times I read it, I thought I’d better give the rest of the Ender’s saga another look.
I’m so glad I did.
Ender’s story continues in this touching book about the definition of family, the healing of broken lives, the power of the truth, and the capacity we have to love despite differences.
Of course, that’s woven into a cool science fiction mystery about aliens and humans colonizing space.
Don’t be an idiot.
Read Ender’s Game. Then read Speaker for the Dead.
Happy Reading!
One Man Book Club 
6 responses to “#SpeakerfortheDead (Ender’s Saga, #2): I used to be an idiot.”
I read this back in the 90’s and never read another Ender book until Ender’s Shadow came around…
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I can’t believe how much I missed when I read Ender’s Game the first time. Life experience I guess. Makes me think I need to go back and re-read everything just to see what else I missed!
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And that is why I am doing my big Reread project this year 🙂
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Now I am reconsidering 😀 I liked Ender’s Game but it was a nice & neat stand alone for me. But if book 2 is just as good….
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Well, like I explained… It was kind of a journey for me. I definitely enjoyed it. Have you read the Shadow series? That’s awesome too.
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I have only read ‘Ender’s Game’ so far and thought that was it for me. Will see now 🙂
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