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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
It’s fascinating to me that the forward was a rather pretentious message about how he wanted the book to be very enjoyable on a surface level while still maintaining deeper meanings for those that want to dive into the text, and then he wrote…that. There are enjoyable elements throughout, but there are also moments of bad characterization, bad writing, and bad plot development. His regressive social views shone through in, frankly, unflattering ways that did the story no favors. When he did hit on something interesting he’d often shy away from really interrogating it. While there were a lot of elements — specifically sci-fi ones — that I was interested in, I can’t say I really liked this book.
This book has done just fine without my recommendation and it’ll continue to do so.
This book has done just fine without my recommendation and it’ll continue to do so.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really enjoy reading this book. The world and plot I thought were very original and the characters were well worked out. The story mostly revolves around Enders training rather than the war. Of course the war is also a big theme because it's the reason for all of this but we don't see much of fighting and the toll war takes on normal civilians. Ender is sort of an outsider but the most genius of geniuses. A lot of things come kind of easy for Ender and that can be kind of annoying but not in this book. That is because Ender is aware of his brilliance and it's not necessarily about him completing the tasks easily. Well it is because that what makes him and his reputation but it's also a lot about his loneliness and the way he treats it and how he feels.
I always love a good mysterious book. You start the book not knowing anything about Ender and his world but it al unravels and all the puzzle pieces fit together in the end. The end I did love. The story doesn't end after the war it continues to tell us what happens with ender afterwards and that was very nice.
Now comes the bad side
In the book all the kids are really really young. Ender is 6 when he starts his training but he behaves like he is 15. Of course he is a genius but it still doesn't make a lot of sense, sometimes it's just easier to ignore his age and just think he's older. Like I said earlier some things just come easy to Ender but not just Ender also with some other characters and with them it was somewhat unrealistic.
Overall I liked the book and enjoyed reading it. Of course it had its flaws but not all books can be perfect.
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very good storytelling, even going in knowing the twist I was incredibly moved by the ending