Hey man'g, I just finished Children of the Mind, it took a little while, but man it took awhile because of Summer etc. Honestly, it was a pretty easy read, especially when compared to Speaker for the Dead, and of course, Xenocide.
So, my thoughts on the conclusion? I wasn't as shocked as I thought I would be. I was expecting something crazy to happen, like Lusitania blowing up, or. . . Lusitania blowing up. I also was expecting Ender just to die, and not get transferred to Peter's body. That actually made me pretty sad (that Ender essentially became Peter), because even though I know the new Peter isn't the same as the old Peter, in my mind, I still hate that bitchy older brother from Ender's Game.
But it's hard to think of everything that I thought specifically about the series. It's kind of funny actually, the other night I stayed up until 4 in the morning talking about the series with some of my friends. It was a good 3-4 hour discussion, and I loved it.
It really was a good ending to the series, I think. Jane's predicament was crazy, and I loved how Malu was so in tune with the philotic linkings, that he knew exactly what was going on. It was interesting how she started being viewed as a God near the end, but I wasn't necessarily sure that I viewed her as one, tbh. Then again, it would be hard too, only one people thought of her as such.
Man, I really just don't know what else to say. There is so much to talk about, but it's hard to just think up stuff off of the top of my head, you know?