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Larissa Calil larissa_calil — "It was OK" -- that about sums it up. I'll start with the end of the book -- it was very good. It had pace, some excitement, a little horror, and a hook to the next book (which I will probably not bite at). I will be criticized for comparing to Ender's Game, but that's the only reason anyone would find themselves reading the second book. Ender's Game was the end of Speaker for the whole book, building up to a crescendo you didn't realize was coming. Speaker was a slog that ended well-enough, for a story. I finished it just to finish it, because I had already bought into Ender in the previous book, and literally bought this book. The story lingered and took its time -- the world it described wasn't so interesting that I wanted it to take its time. It was more about the characters. The characters were developed, to be sure, but the Portuguese was very distracting and made following character development difficult. I can't tell if OSC knew the language well, or was using it (in)effectively as a gimmick, but I won't apologize for being ethnocentric and having a hard time relating at-all. Reading the previous book was the only reason I could sympathize with any of the characters (one) at all (briefly and only over the xenocide, which was still not terribly convincing to me). OSC has a writing style that works for me. I wish I could have enjoyed it.

Nathan Storey supanatex302c — I thought this was my first Pat Conroy book until I realized he wrote The Great Santini which I read almost 30 yrs ago. In my opinion Conroy goes a bit too deep in describing play-by-play action of many of the basketball games from his senior year at The Citadel. However, if you're able to work through that aspect of the book, this is a fantastic read. This non-fiction effort by Conroy really captures the pain and humiliation he suffered at the hands of both his father and college basketball coach. An inspiring story to say the least. I look forward to reading more of his work.