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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
This was a good story, but I'm not sure it's the sci-fi classic some have built it up to be.
The narration is insufferable sorry y'all.
adventurous
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Je suis très mitigé par la lecture de « La stratégie Ender », qui est en très bon titre cela dit en passant qui en dit long sur le sens du récit, même s’il ne parle pas de la même chose que le titre original. Ceux qui me connaissent savent que je plains souvent du manque de créativité dans les titres des livres, et bien pas cette fois, ce qui est déjà un bon point.
Si je suis mitigé par cette lecture, c’est avant tout parce que tout dans ce livre cri qu’il n’est pas fait pour moi. Univers militaire alors que j’ai mal vécu mon propre service militaire, check. Des personnages isolés et dépressifs qui me rappellent les temps sombres de mon adolescence, check. Des personnages aux capacités extraordinaires qui les font se distancer de leur propre humanité et qui me rappelle pourquoi je n’ai pas aimé Dune, check. Des enfants qui agissent comme des quarantenaires, check.
Décidément, ce genre de livre de science-fiction old-school qui veulent questionner la nature de l’humanité, mais qui en se faisant s’en détache ironiquement, ce n’est vraiment pas fait pour moi.
Je ne pense pas lire les suites.
PS : Je sais que c’est mesquin et paresseux intellectuellement, mais vu les propos de l’auteur sur l’homosexualité, je n’ai pas l’intention de lui donner un vote positif. On dit que l’on vote en choisissant là où l’on place son argent, et bien moi je vote en décidant au nombre d’étoiles que je donne à ce livre.
Univers : 6/10
Personnage : 6/10
Ecriture : 7/10
Rythme : 7/10
Emotion : 6/10
Style : 7/10
Action : 7/10
Si je suis mitigé par cette lecture, c’est avant tout parce que tout dans ce livre cri qu’il n’est pas fait pour moi. Univers militaire alors que j’ai mal vécu mon propre service militaire, check. Des personnages isolés et dépressifs qui me rappellent les temps sombres de mon adolescence, check. Des personnages aux capacités extraordinaires qui les font se distancer de leur propre humanité et qui me rappelle pourquoi je n’ai pas aimé Dune, check. Des enfants qui agissent comme des quarantenaires, check.
Décidément, ce genre de livre de science-fiction old-school qui veulent questionner la nature de l’humanité, mais qui en se faisant s’en détache ironiquement, ce n’est vraiment pas fait pour moi.
Je ne pense pas lire les suites.
PS : Je sais que c’est mesquin et paresseux intellectuellement, mais vu les propos de l’auteur sur l’homosexualité, je n’ai pas l’intention de lui donner un vote positif. On dit que l’on vote en choisissant là où l’on place son argent, et bien moi je vote en décidant au nombre d’étoiles que je donne à ce livre.
Univers : 6/10
Personnage : 6/10
Ecriture : 7/10
Rythme : 7/10
Emotion : 6/10
Style : 7/10
Action : 7/10
After seeing the movie a couple years ago I had always wanted to read this book, and I'm glad I finally got around to it. I really wish I would have read it when I was younger cause I know middle school me would have ate up the "teachers/admin is out to get me" attitude that Ender has throughout the book. Even though I already knew the "twist" ending from seeing the movie a couple years back, it was still fun reading the build up on the way there- my only complaint is the unrealistic ages of these kids; I'm not sure why he decided to make them literal kindergarteners instead of at least middle school age, I think the author might have forgotten what a 6 year old actually acts like tbh. There's plenty of sequels, prequels, and other books in the "Ender Universe" that I may or may not end up reading, but regardless I'd definitely recommend this book for anyone looking for a quick and fun sci-fi adventure novel.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Ender's Game was not what I expected. I try not to research books too much before reading them because I enjoy going in blind, but that habit finally bit me. To put it bluntly, I thought this was going to be a Sci-Fi epic, not a fifth grade curriculum story about a bunch of nine year old kids bullying each other.
I won't go too in depth on the tired criticisms about this book, but if you are looking for something with actually interesting prose, then avoid this like the plague. This is not only a book about children, it's a book for children, and therefore it is written as plainly as possible. This doesn't mean the story isn't good though, it's just not nearly as epic as the review on the back cover made it out to be. Yes, this is a science fiction book about space military and aliens, but those concepts are reduced to stage props, and the real story is about Ender, a little snot nosed kid who is too smart for his own good and gets treated poorly because of his superior intelligence. Blegh.
Ender does have one fault though; he is capable of causing great harm to anyone who tries to hurt him, but it's always in self defense. He hates himself for it because it reminds him of his violent evil brother, but it's also the single trait that the military intends to exploit in order to turn him into a powerful commander. Throughout the book Ender gets pushed and pushed and pushed, and he succeeds every time. The other kids hate him for being so smart, and his superiors continuously increase the pressure on him to make him crack, but he doesn't crack, at least not really. He gets pushed to the point of doing things he isn't proud of, but at the end of the day it's almost always his own fault.
The book at least started to get interesting by the middle, and the end was honestly pretty damn good (if you completely ignore all the philosophical and ethical undertones). One thing I did appreciate about Card is how he withholds information from the reader until the time is right. There were multiple points that I felt were completely irrelevant plot oversights, but then Card comes through in the end and connects the dots in a pretty satisfying way.
I'm glad I read this book, but I also resent being catfished into reading the Sci-Fi equivalent of Lord of the Flies, so I'm glad it's over. I'm not even 20 pages into Solaris and I'm already having such a great time with it. If Ender's Game is good for anything at all, it'll make you appreciate good writing.
I won't go too in depth on the tired criticisms about this book, but if you are looking for something with actually interesting prose, then avoid this like the plague. This is not only a book about children, it's a book for children, and therefore it is written as plainly as possible. This doesn't mean the story isn't good though, it's just not nearly as epic as the review on the back cover made it out to be. Yes, this is a science fiction book about space military and aliens, but those concepts are reduced to stage props, and the real story is about Ender, a little snot nosed kid who is too smart for his own good and gets treated poorly because of his superior intelligence. Blegh.
Ender does have one fault though; he is capable of causing great harm to anyone who tries to hurt him, but it's always in self defense. He hates himself for it because it reminds him of his violent evil brother, but it's also the single trait that the military intends to exploit in order to turn him into a powerful commander. Throughout the book Ender gets pushed and pushed and pushed, and he succeeds every time. The other kids hate him for being so smart, and his superiors continuously increase the pressure on him to make him crack, but he doesn't crack, at least not really. He gets pushed to the point of doing things he isn't proud of, but at the end of the day it's almost always his own fault.
The book at least started to get interesting by the middle, and the end was honestly pretty damn good (if you completely ignore all the philosophical and ethical undertones). One thing I did appreciate about Card is how he withholds information from the reader until the time is right. There were multiple points that I felt were completely irrelevant plot oversights, but then Card comes through in the end and connects the dots in a pretty satisfying way.
I'm glad I read this book, but I also resent being catfished into reading the Sci-Fi equivalent of Lord of the Flies, so I'm glad it's over. I'm not even 20 pages into Solaris and I'm already having such a great time with it. If Ender's Game is good for anything at all, it'll make you appreciate good writing.