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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
3.5 stars. Good story. Contradictory of chapter 15 in Enders game but the auther explains it after the book. I may or may not move on to the enders shadows books.
Not my favorite by any means, but compelling nonetheless. I love OSC so much, and this book completes my quest to check every book of his out from the library.
Although this book fills an interesting gap in the Ender narrative, I'm not sure it adds anything to my understanding of the underlying psychology of Ender that made me love the original four books.
This is my favorite Ender book. I love that it brings in Valentine and Bean's family.
This book was really cool! I really liked how much overlapped with Ender's Game and how consistent it was. I also really liked the story- a little more meandering than other Enderverse books but given the purpose of the book was much more about world-building/character-development I was ok with it. I also really liked how much the reader was kept in the dark to Ender's plans. We lost some of the thought-process fun from the earlier books but gained in surprise/suspense which was worth it. The only downside was I read this before reading Shadow Puppets and Shadow of the Giants so I was a little spoiled there.
I really enjoyed this book! I have spent a lot of reading time this year working on the Shadow series by Orson Scott Card and I also read through what is released in the Formic War saga. That being said, I really enjoyed this jaunt back to Ender prior to Speaker for the Dead.
I read the author's thoughts on the story, and although there may have been some continuity errors, I sure didn't notice them about a year after reading the original. I just love this author, love this world he has built, and love the characters he includes.
I read the author's thoughts on the story, and although there may have been some continuity errors, I sure didn't notice them about a year after reading the original. I just love this author, love this world he has built, and love the characters he includes.
Step 1: write a novel-length space opera filled with action and drama.
Step 2: write two separate series and several short stories exploring the philosophical, existential, cultural, and deeply personal consequences of the choices made by the characters in the original story over the next three millennia.
This volume functions as a bridge between the original story and the rest of the narrative, but it really shines when we get glimpses of Ender's personal struggles and strength.
Step 2: write two separate series and several short stories exploring the philosophical, existential, cultural, and deeply personal consequences of the choices made by the characters in the original story over the next three millennia.
This volume functions as a bridge between the original story and the rest of the narrative, but it really shines when we get glimpses of Ender's personal struggles and strength.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
This book is fine for what it is meant to do: fill in a gap in the Ender chronology between the last chapters of Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead. Both of those books are excellent. This is something that will only be enjoyable to those who have read pretty much all of the other books in this series. I liked it as a quick read that gave me some extra background to the overall series, but it felt more like a novella he wrote because someone at the publisher's said, "C'mon, those Ender books sell really well. Can't you write something else about *him*?" Not necessary for those who aren't already fans.