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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
adventurous
slow-paced
The true sequel to my all-time favorite book (it only took 20 years for it to be written). While I love Speaker for the Dead and really enjoyed all of the Shadow books this is truly a pleasure to read and relive the joy and pain of Ender's life (and mine from 20 years ago).
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Ender’s Game is my favorite book on the planet so when I learned of this book, I bought it immediately. I loved spending more time with Ender. I feel like I see him the way he sees his enemies—I understand him so well I can’t help but love him. And I do, dearly.
I was expecting a little more emotional character development from both Ender and Valentine, but as this is a small part in Ender’s written story I understand that he’s not going to have a full arc in this one book. Even though some POVs were not as much interesting to me, I still ate them up for their worldbuilding and varying opinions on the intricacies of governing/colonization/genocide.
I would recommend this book to lovers of Ender who are wanting more. I will warm you though that it contains spoilers and references to the Ender’s Shadow series. I’m not terribly familiar with that series so some of those plot lines were lost on me, but it was still enjoyable.
I was expecting a little more emotional character development from both Ender and Valentine, but as this is a small part in Ender’s written story I understand that he’s not going to have a full arc in this one book. Even though some POVs were not as much interesting to me, I still ate them up for their worldbuilding and varying opinions on the intricacies of governing/colonization/genocide.
I would recommend this book to lovers of Ender who are wanting more. I will warm you though that it contains spoilers and references to the Ender’s Shadow series. I’m not terribly familiar with that series so some of those plot lines were lost on me, but it was still enjoyable.
It was a nice book to read more of the thoughts of Ender.
Not what I expected from the author. I was a huge fan of the original series, but this book was just flat. I realize that it was meant to occur between chapters 14 and 15 of Ender's game, but the book just seemed disconnected and piece meal. In many ways, it is a poor attempt at filling in the spaces and tying up the loose threads. So sorry Orson..I love all the rest of your books!
Although I think some of the plot could have been done away with, the personal affects between characters revealed emotions withheld in Ender's Game. I haven't gotten around to rereading all the books yet, so I'm only drawing upon my rereading of Ender's Game, but I feel this book embellished on and made better chapters 14 and 15 of Ender's Game. Most particular, the Wiggins' e-mails and Graff's last e-mail to Ender were very moving.
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not nearly as good as the original book. All it Talks about is basically, the trip for the colonization to the Formic worlds, and the first part of Enders duty as the gov for the new world. It also shows that ender is capable of love even after the years at battle school, but I sorta already figured that out myself. I guess it's a good read for people who like side stories and enjoyed the first book, but not much excitement happened; definitely not as much as the other book.