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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
The 20th Anniversary version which concluded with a dicusssion and insights about the Novel from the Author
there were SO many things wrong with this book (that are fantastically listed in the top two reviews here - both 1 star) but i liked it any way. i’m not even really sure why, apart from i have a horrendous weakness for grossly overpowered protagonists that continuously pull victory from the jaws of defeat, lots of grey morality and some pseudo psychology at the end to make me feel satisfied that the story has wrapped up well.
is it highly problematic? yeah sure. do i understand why people hated it? absolutely! did i absolutely wolf it down and enjoy every minute? yep.
is it highly problematic? yeah sure. do i understand why people hated it? absolutely! did i absolutely wolf it down and enjoy every minute? yep.
Honestly loved the story but found out most of the way through that OSC is a horrible person so it’s a no from me.
Clever commentary on the futility of war packaged as a sci-fi novel about genius children. The twist at the end is super iconic and was satisfying even though I knew it was coming. The writing was dry enough that I found it hard to immerse myself in the universe as I usually do with similar stories.
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Ender is a very good novel. It aged well. It's refreshing.
Basically we follow Ender as he is being trained to be a suceful commander of a starship in the war against one enemy we don't really know except they called them "Buggers".
Having seen the trailer with that main character who is at least 12 or 13 really defeats the purpose. In the book, our main protagonist starts at young age of 6 and go all the way into 11 by the end of the novel. No more no less. All his tragedies, adversities are really new because we can't imagine a 6 or 7 year old being the way he is. It's like imagine being Alexander the Great but at 7 against 12 (in the movie). There's a big difference....
But we don't follow only Ender but also at some minimal parts we follow his sister Valentine and brother Peter - to me, this could have been achieved in a different way like two novels but Alas, that's the way. So, the story of Ender was really interesting but the story of his brother and sister was really small. Really wanted a bit more, maybe in the next novels.
There are many themes here, the war children, the innocence vs experience; the young vs old, moral sense and how violence and bullying can make other people grow in a good way.
But there are something that upsets me and that is the ending... too fast, too much in twelve or thirteen pages. It could easily have been one additional novel. It made me wanna read the next novels. (at least the ender stuff; I also have the shadow but let us see...)
Basically we follow Ender as he is being trained to be a suceful commander of a starship in the war against one enemy we don't really know except they called them "Buggers".
Having seen the trailer with that main character who is at least 12 or 13 really defeats the purpose. In the book, our main protagonist starts at young age of 6 and go all the way into 11 by the end of the novel. No more no less. All his tragedies, adversities are really new because we can't imagine a 6 or 7 year old being the way he is. It's like imagine being Alexander the Great but at 7 against 12 (in the movie). There's a big difference....
But we don't follow only Ender but also at some minimal parts we follow his sister Valentine and brother Peter - to me, this could have been achieved in a different way like two novels but Alas, that's the way. So, the story of Ender was really interesting but the story of his brother and sister was really small. Really wanted a bit more, maybe in the next novels.
There are many themes here, the war children, the innocence vs experience; the young vs old, moral sense and how violence and bullying can make other people grow in a good way.
But there are something that upsets me and that is the ending... too fast, too much in twelve or thirteen pages. It could easily have been one additional novel. It made me wanna read the next novels. (at least the ender stuff; I also have the shadow but let us see...)
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes