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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
A fun but not fabulous bridge chapter between ENDER'S GAME and SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD, ENDER IN EXILE definitely smooths the transition between them (which is partially jarring because the former is a YA and the latter is firmly an adult novel). Many questions get answered. There are definitely some spoiler for the parallel novels (following Peter, Bean, Valentine, Petra, etc.). I appreciated the final chapter, and explanation of inconsistencies, etc. in the series.
The one thing that really irked me is the one chapter about "Orthodox Jews." I wonder if OSC just really wanted to give a shout out to Jews and our endurance, but the chapter--which holds very little content important to the rest of the book--ends up being offensive as the only Orthodox woman in the entire book has the hots for a man who is not her husband and makes overtures towards him.
WHY!?!
It contributes nothing to the Enderverse or the novel as a whole. As an Orthodox Jew, it left me feeling icky. And geneticists actually report that Orthodox Jewish women are more likely to bear children to their husbands rather than an a man they had an affair with compared to the average married woman. Thus, we have an inaccurate picture created in readers' minds, too.
The one thing that really irked me is the one chapter about "Orthodox Jews." I wonder if OSC just really wanted to give a shout out to Jews and our endurance, but the chapter--which holds very little content important to the rest of the book--ends up being offensive as the only Orthodox woman in the entire book has the hots for a man who is not her husband and makes overtures towards him.
WHY!?!
It contributes nothing to the Enderverse or the novel as a whole. As an Orthodox Jew, it left me feeling icky. And geneticists actually report that Orthodox Jewish women are more likely to bear children to their husbands rather than an a man they had an affair with compared to the average married woman. Thus, we have an inaccurate picture created in readers' minds, too.
Not a huge fan of the art (Ender looked too bishie-like for me).
Didn't realize there were graphic novels of the Ender stories. I quite liked this. took me an hour to read, I thought the illustrations were fantastic. I would definitely read the others.