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mirazembree's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
A wildly interesting story about leadership during war.
Good prose with social commentary and the psycology of a character. It has strategy about war and space/ gravity.
Good prose with social commentary and the psycology of a character. It has strategy about war and space/ gravity.
olivialouise96's review against another edition
2.0
I read this book after I watched the film.
After this woman in the cinema complained how the book was much better then the film but frankly, I thought it was the other way around.
There were some amazing parts in the book that the film missed out such as
But the film had everything it needed to convey the story.
The plot was pretty tedious and some story parts seemed drag while others sped past. I really tried to like it, I promise but it just didn't work out.
After this woman in the cinema complained how the book was much better then the film but frankly, I thought it was the other way around.
There were some amazing parts in the book that the film missed out such as
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Valentine and Peter trying to take over the world and the severe time lapse.But the film had everything it needed to convey the story.
The plot was pretty tedious and some story parts seemed drag while others sped past. I really tried to like it, I promise but it just didn't work out.
dinogirl2000's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
adammuly's review against another edition
4.0
This is a great read! Different than I expected a bit, but my initial ideas of books are often faulty to some degree. The treatment of children is a bit unrealistic in some ways, but it is easy to overlook. The ending is great, and I am definitely interested in reading more in the series. Too bad there are so many books! Who knows when I will get back to it!
cat_book_lady's review against another edition
5.0
Bar none one of the best sci-fi books I've read in a long time, complete with absolute strategy, morality, leadership amidst a galaxy war between the Buggers and Earthlings, all the while brilliantly led by a child-commander.
Card, by his own admission, extended Ender's Game (originally a short story) as a prequel to his Speaker of the Dead novel, and based much of the leadership from brother's experience in boot camp for Vietnam. Knowing he was soon to be drafted - he was a mere 16 years old when he started this Hugo & Nebula award-winning book - Card wanted to explore the makings of a good leader against the backdrop of anti-gravity space and against an enemy that no one could defeat. Enter Ender, a 6-year-old boy whose older brother is a psychopath and his sister they use as a manipulative tool to force his obedience and submission.
But Ender is the master at strategy and the master at reading people. He quickly rises through the ranks creating both enemies and friends as the final battle looms against the alien enemy who seeks to destroy the planet. Card masterfully uses a young child that is innocent of the manipulative games that cloud their aging minds, and he is miraculously able to be The One chosen to save his planet.
Card's mentor and heroic inspiration was Asimov's Foundation Trilogy because of his love for clean narration. But I truly think Card surpassed Asimov with excellent character development and an ending that you will love and hate since you will then intimately know Ender and understand him completely.
I could not put this book down, and I am hungry for more. Imagine the integrity of a person who is the best in the world - in the galaxy for that matter - and yet retains his humanity and must decide if killing many is worth saving the few.
Excellent, excellent book. And by the way, he also knew that his audience was going to be children, so it's also very clean language and nothing inappropriate by way of sex or swearing.
Card, by his own admission, extended Ender's Game (originally a short story) as a prequel to his Speaker of the Dead novel, and based much of the leadership from brother's experience in boot camp for Vietnam. Knowing he was soon to be drafted - he was a mere 16 years old when he started this Hugo & Nebula award-winning book - Card wanted to explore the makings of a good leader against the backdrop of anti-gravity space and against an enemy that no one could defeat. Enter Ender, a 6-year-old boy whose older brother is a psychopath and his sister they use as a manipulative tool to force his obedience and submission.
But Ender is the master at strategy and the master at reading people. He quickly rises through the ranks creating both enemies and friends as the final battle looms against the alien enemy who seeks to destroy the planet. Card masterfully uses a young child that is innocent of the manipulative games that cloud their aging minds, and he is miraculously able to be The One chosen to save his planet.
Card's mentor and heroic inspiration was Asimov's Foundation Trilogy because of his love for clean narration. But I truly think Card surpassed Asimov with excellent character development and an ending that you will love and hate since you will then intimately know Ender and understand him completely.
I could not put this book down, and I am hungry for more. Imagine the integrity of a person who is the best in the world - in the galaxy for that matter - and yet retains his humanity and must decide if killing many is worth saving the few.
Excellent, excellent book. And by the way, he also knew that his audience was going to be children, so it's also very clean language and nothing inappropriate by way of sex or swearing.
timna_wyckoff's review against another edition
5.0
Listened to as a family on a long road trip (what a great idea....made the trip go fast for all of us). We all LOVED it, and the kids reserved the next one at the library the day we returned.
marieintheraw's review against another edition
1.0
i read this with a group of friends and was bored to tears.