elaughman 's review for:

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

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It's so good. The introduction from Card contends that a bunch of young misfits saw a lot of themselves in Ender. That's annoying -- Ender's impressiveness is unbelievable, and the less-brilliantly intelligent characters seem like Neanderthals (if they're enemies of Ender) or sycophants (if they're allies of Ender) in comparison. His siblings are likewise unbelievable, since we're supposed to believe that they became massively influential political commentators by, what?, posting on /r/politics for several years and eventually getting a column in the news? Card was right about news personalities taking over The Discourse, but he's still in fantasy land if he thinks that could happen without people being able to put a face to a name.

Nevertheless, the approachability of the writing makes for an easy read, and I do genuinely feel for Ender as he goes through the gauntlet.

I read the trilogy in middle school, and this is my second time through the series. I really hope it holds up.