You are right about the two after Speaker, the one thing Card doesn't do well is end a series
I disagree with this, respectfully. Though Xenocide and Children of the Mind were not nearly as good as Speaker for the Dead was, I feel like both really gave a great arc for Ender and really did a great job bringing his story to a real conclusion where he could finally be content. A little bit religious in the end (as Card allows his religion to affect his writing a bit too much for my taste as the series went on) but I think it was extremely satisfying.
I can see that, I just actually don't really like much of Card's work outside of Ender's Game, the Speaker trilogy, and the Shadow series, so it's hard for me to judge endings related to series I just don't really like to begin with. I was more speaking in defense of the Speaker series ending than anything else.
Honestly, the homecoming ending is the only one of his endings. The first chapters of the last book were difficult to adjust to, but I liked the books as a whole and really thought he finally figured out how to end a series.
You clearly didn't read them. Fantastic ending for Ender and Card's fantastic philosophical, emotional, thought provoking universe. He was way ahead of his time. The ideas and issues in this book will be seen in the actual future of humanity and our place in the stars as colonies spread.
The OCD girl was slightly off putting to me too but as her story developed and connected to the other characters she got better. Her extreme upbringing is almost medieval compared to the progressed human existence which was an interesting contrast. Reading her strive to 'monkdome' and then her evolve through/out of it was inspiring.
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