For the most part, I really liked these. Card uses these books to explore relationships and interactions with other (in this case, alien) races. It got a little out of hand toward the end of the third book and into the fourth, but I still liked them all for the most part.
Books Speaker for the Dead 4 stars Xenocide 3.5 stars Children of the Mind 3 stars
I didn’t read Children of Mind but I did complete Xenocide and Speaker for the Dead. I don’t know… I have mixed feelings. It really is such a strange trilogy. I guess if you like Dune, you’ll probably love this. It just felt a little too weird to me. Still, glad I read it but will be stopping with the trilogy and not continuing on to his many other books.