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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
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This is so sad. I loved Ender's Game. Orson Scott Card's writing style is amazing. However, everything that made Ender's Game wonderful was absent in this book. The psychological drama, the intense battles, the competition, the puppet-master vs puppet idea, the high tech- it was all missing. I couldn't bring myself to finish it. It ended up being characters who were mere shadows of the characters that you loved. It felt like I was reading a soap opera that happens to take place in a ship in outer space. Ender's Game should have stayed a stand alone novel.
Има надежда! Няма как да не се радвам, че отново чета за Ендър, симпатяга е човека.
Както от заглавието се подразбира, че Ендър меко казано не е искан на Земята, защото които и да го привлече на негова страна, битката за надмощие на планетата ще стане неравностойна, затова какво е най-лесно... ми пратете го в космоса, да се прави на велик на друга планета. Малко странно ми се стори, че точно книга за Ендър отговаря на много въпроси, които висяха от поредицата за Сянката. Все пак получих желаните отговори, на които цялата история се опираше. На моменти ти се струва, че Кард се е сетил, че е оставил неясни доста неща, и решил да им отговори, като ги събере в един роман.
Както от заглавието се подразбира, че Ендър меко казано не е искан на Земята, защото които и да го привлече на негова страна, битката за надмощие на планетата ще стане неравностойна, затова какво е най-лесно... ми пратете го в космоса, да се прави на велик на друга планета. Малко странно ми се стори, че точно книга за Ендър отговаря на много въпроси, които висяха от поредицата за Сянката. Все пак получих желаните отговори, на които цялата история се опираше. На моменти ти се струва, че Кард се е сетил, че е оставил неясни доста неща, и решил да им отговори, като ги събере в един роман.
I enjoyed this book. Ever since I read "Ender's Game" and "Speaker for the Dead" I had wanted something to fill the gap between the two books. It let me find out the fate of many characters I had been wondering about who weren't addressed in "Speaker." I could get passed the many thinly veiled references to Card's own moral and religious viewpoints (even though it seemed that all the characters thought the exact same way on the matter). It seemed like the book was more of a lecture on the subject than a debate. This is Orson Scott Card, though. After hearing about his viewpoints during the Ender's Game movie controversy I wasn't surprised that they would eventually show up in his work.
That being said, I still enjoyed it. I am going to remember this book for tying up loose ends (that admittedly, I probably could have found out about by reading more of the Shadow series. I did read "Shadow of the Hegemon" and this book also answered questions about the fate of some characters I had from that book) more than the actual storyline of the book, but I never had a problem reading it or felt bored. Now that my questions are answered, though, I don't know if I'll read any other books in the series. I'll definitely go back to the original every couple of years, though.
That being said, I still enjoyed it. I am going to remember this book for tying up loose ends (that admittedly, I probably could have found out about by reading more of the Shadow series. I did read "Shadow of the Hegemon" and this book also answered questions about the fate of some characters I had from that book) more than the actual storyline of the book, but I never had a problem reading it or felt bored. Now that my questions are answered, though, I don't know if I'll read any other books in the series. I'll definitely go back to the original every couple of years, though.
Ender Wiggin’s eradication of the Buggers at the end of Ender’s Game cemented his reputation as the greatest military hero the world has ever seen. To avoid jeopardizing the peace agreement between all nations, the great hero has to leave Earth and become governor of a new colony on a now-vacant Formic planet. But why does Ender agree to leave? What convinces his sister Valentine to go with him? What happens on the colony ship, and how does Ender cope with the knowledge of all that he’s done and all he still needs to do? This is the story of Ender’s days between the end of the Formic Wars and the events of Speaker for the Dead.
Ender in Exile is hailed as a direct sequel to Ender’s Game, but there are many references to events detailed in the companion Shadow series. By necessity, this book has to achieve a very specific narrative arc to bridge the gap from the end of the first book to the beginning of the second, and as a result the plot is stiff and forced. Pacing bumps along over irrelevant characters and plot points; stronger editing would help this over-long novel. The writing is pedantic, laced with political and biological jargon, and pushes some of Card’s own socially-conservative agenda. This is an optional read at best.
Ender in Exile is hailed as a direct sequel to Ender’s Game, but there are many references to events detailed in the companion Shadow series. By necessity, this book has to achieve a very specific narrative arc to bridge the gap from the end of the first book to the beginning of the second, and as a result the plot is stiff and forced. Pacing bumps along over irrelevant characters and plot points; stronger editing would help this over-long novel. The writing is pedantic, laced with political and biological jargon, and pushes some of Card’s own socially-conservative agenda. This is an optional read at best.
Here we have another great addition to the Ender's Game world. The universe that Orson Scott Card has created is so complex and far reaching that he may continue to contribute to this series forever. I am totally fine with that.
Audio Book Review: I thoroughly enjoy the group of narrators for the Ender's Series books.
Audio Book Review: I thoroughly enjoy the group of narrators for the Ender's Series books.
I loved it! Thought it was a great followup. I was able to think of many different outcomes as the story developed and was very happy with how it did come out. I even enjoyed reading the afterword.
I think that this book is amazingly full of details and characters. So far, this is my favorite science fiction series because of Ender. The amount of layers that his character has makes it difficult to predict his actions or words. Especially in this book when he's faced with the many troubles of being the governor in the new civilization. His actions really were the opposite of what I thought they would be. Also, I love this world that Orson Scott Card has created and how he's maintained this future world up. I also thought it was brilliant how in this book as well, the author included letters from the characters at the beginning of the chapter. This helped us further understand the characters and their motivations through their letters.
So nothing's going to surpass the one-two punch of the books 'Ender's Game' and 'Speaker for the Dead.' But if you, like me, enjoyed that universe so much that you read 'Ender's Shadow' and the other books about Bean and Ender's former jeesh (even though they weren't exceptional) then you will also enjoy this book. It is, in a sense, a sequel of those books, and should be read with them, while the first four books Card wrote about Ender and the hive queens (Enders Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind) should be read one after the other without the interruption of this book. Call me a purist, that's just my humble opinion. ;)
An excellent in between book, I loved how this is the author going back & fixing his timeline 24 years after Enders Game was published. It reads almost as 3 short stories & I enjoyed the adventure