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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Just stop reading at Enders game.
It goes down hill VERY VERY quickly from there.
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I have to agree. My son finished Ender a few days ago, and started Speaker for The Dead last night. A couple of chapters in, he came to me and said "I don't like this one nearly as much as the last one."
I don't know what it is about Card's work, but the first book (maybe the first two) in a given series is always much better than the rest. Even with the Homecoming books, which were clearly planned out fairly far in advance fell flat for me after the first one.
The Ender's Shadow series held up better than the others I've read, but still seemed a bit tired by the time I got to Shadow of the Giant.