This book is very different in tone than Ender's Game, but I enjoyed it almost as much as the first book. My major complaint is that vivisection is a major part of the story, and I was not satisfied with the explanation given, just disturbed by the graphic descriptions.

Card gets the big family dynamics just right, though (I mean, my family isn't as dysfunctional as Novinha's, but a lot of the interactions were familiar). And ENDER in this book! I love him as an adult. My other favorite character was definitely Olhado.

The biggest hurdles to reading this book are a) Portuguese pronunciation and b) really deep philosophical discussions that require intense concentration. Worth it if you can get over both of those.

When you really know somebody you can’t hate them. Or maybe it’s just that you can’t really know them until you stop hating them.

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read 10/12/2018
reread 1/5/2020