After reading Ender’s Game, I was just slavering to get to Speaker. I was worried about the book not living up to my expectations, but I needn’t’ve been. Ender’s overwhelming empathy is again the star of the show, and serves him extremely well in his adventures with the humans, piggies, and hive queen.
I really enjoyed Ender’s interactions with the humans, and how these were used to show in microcosm the larger issues at hand.
Just like Ender’s Game, I found myself yearning to return to the book whenever I wasn’t reading it. Highly recommended.