Jake Heinlein

Jake Heinlein
Speaker for the Dead
Orson Scott Card
It's fantasy but it feels like a little bit of mystery too
Just Right
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1. Right now my book is about another planet that humans colonized. They found a new species on it that they call "piggies" because they look like pigs. Some scientists have been observing them from a distance recently, and they were both tortured until death. No one wants to examine them closely because years ago, the humans extincted another species and thy don't want that to happen again. Right now Ender is just arriving on the planet as a speaker for the dead, which means that he speaks the truth about some one's death and he's speaking for the death of these scientists, and that's all we know about speakers right now. The book is almost like a murder mystery, however we know who killed the scientists, it's a motive that we're looking for.

2. Right now I really enjoy reading my book, because it's a mystery and I like to read mysteries every now and then because you're always looking for these small details that could give you a hint to the mystery. It is also very fast moving, sometimes with years going by in one page, and so new problems and characters always show up. However at other times, it can be very slow moving where you just can't bear it, but that doesn't happen too often so it never gets too annoying.

3. The most current theme in my book is that you can't keep secrets from anybody. I see it right now because in my book, the planet they are on, does not believe in speakers as part of their religion, so calling a speaker to come is a big deal and one boy who called in the speaker, is now mad at himself because the speaker is going right to his house, so everyone will know that it was him who called in the speaker.

4. Right now my favorite character is Ender because he is the speaker, so he's like the detective in the story right now, trying to figure out the motive behind the piggies murdering. He is also the main character and I already know about him from previous books, so I don't have to worry about keeping track of him too much, which is a big relief. Ender is also just a fun character to read about and he is very smart, which is also why I like him so much.

5. Right now my least favorite character is Ender's sister Valentine. Her role is very random and it could easily be taken out, and nothing would happen to the story at all. She also causes Ender a lot of grief, and is boring to read about. From someone like Ender, it is better to hear about her then actually read a part when she's there. That is why I am not too found of Valentine right now.

6. Next I think that the piggies are going to try and murder Ender, but this time we'll read about it through the perspective of the victim, not just hearing about how someone was murdered and not knowing anything about it. Then I think that Ender is just barely going to escape, and the piggies will be trying to hunt him down or something like that. I doesn't seem too happy, but it seems the most likely.