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Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

mrzehnal's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging fast-paced

4.0

lumpycustard's review against another edition

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fast-paced

4.0

joelchrono's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

aimeebrand's review against another edition

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3.0

I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, with it being Sci-Fi and all. Honestly I only read it because I wanted to read it before I saw the movie. But I am glad I did.

moonchild720's review against another edition

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3.0

I’ve loved the sci-fi books I’ve read so far so I’ve been dipping my toes into the genre in general. This one is the first one I’ve read and haven’t loved. There were times I was super sucked into the story and other times I just didn’t really care what was going on. The whole thing about the kids in the school kind of bothered me and I just personally didn’t see the point. I just think this book wasn’t for me. I’m still going to try others though.

roboxa's review against another edition

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4.0

For years I have been meaning to read this book and I finally did over the summer. After I was done with it, I wondered why I hadn’t read this book in the first place. I blamed it on the fact that I tend to be more of a fantasy reader than a science fiction reader. However, I am now finding a place in my heart for this genre.

I was pretty disturbed by this book. Not only was the government in this book “recruiting” young geniuses to fight their wars for them, but they were turning it into a game. Since every training exercise was a game many of the children would forget the fact they were training for war, which gave me the creeps. War, in this future world, is a game to the people who are being forced to fight it.

This book really made me think about the prevalence of war based video games today. Now, I’m not against these games but I did find it interesting to compare what these children were doing during training to what my friends do in their own living rooms. There were some eerie similarities between the two, like the planning and strategy that sometimes goes in to playing them.

While there were some parts that were a little slow, the book was totally worth the read. It really makes the reader look more critically at how our society views war today and even video games. I give this book a 4/5 and I recommend it to most everyone. This book is proof that the science fiction genre can have literary value despite what critics of the genre may say.

zephyr88's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

sdikt's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes

5.0

thionite's review against another edition

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

tintinintibet's review against another edition

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3.0

Could be four stars but the whiff of Ayn Rand, Stephen King's IT, and the uncertain chronology with Starship Troopers knocks it down. There's also some Owen Meany and Charlotte's Web, which I'm neutral on. Quirky Cold War musings and literary effluvia unexpectedly somewhat compelling. Three stats = 'I liked it' and that's about right.