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A review by ingo_lembcke
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
5.0
Started July 25th, 2013.
This was bought cheap (with a discount) as an ebook, ok, I buy most of my books as an ebook, to save space.
It was on my "to-buy" list for a long time, and a few weeks or days before I saw the trailer for the upcoming film and when I got the discount coupon I compared prices. Sometimes even then a discount is applied, others are cheaper.
So I am looking forward to read one of the supposed classics of SF for the first time.
And probably later all other books in the series if this is as good as I hope it will be.
(The following was written after finishing the book.)
Strange that this is supposed to be a series, as this book and the story is epic and while the hero in the end is not old or dead, it feels finished.
Highly recommended.
The texts before the book explain the different ways this book appeals to people (or not, even that is mentioned). For instance quite a high price came from people who had been to boot-camp in preparation for war ( Iraq mostly). Although I read them first, I suggest to start with the book and only after finishing it, to read the thoughts about it.
I cannot say I am eager to read the other books in the series soon, I will let some time pass before I buy the next book. And maybe check a few ratings on Goodreads before, hopefully spoiler-free. This is a book to think about even after reading it and I feel that reading more in the series will disturb that for now.
This was bought cheap (with a discount) as an ebook, ok, I buy most of my books as an ebook, to save space.
It was on my "to-buy" list for a long time, and a few weeks or days before I saw the trailer for the upcoming film and when I got the discount coupon I compared prices. Sometimes even then a discount is applied, others are cheaper.
So I am looking forward to read one of the supposed classics of SF for the first time.
And probably later all other books in the series if this is as good as I hope it will be.
(The following was written after finishing the book.)
Strange that this is supposed to be a series, as this book and the story is epic and while the hero in the end is not old or dead, it feels finished.
Highly recommended.
The texts before the book explain the different ways this book appeals to people (or not, even that is mentioned). For instance quite a high price came from people who had been to boot-camp in preparation for war ( Iraq mostly). Although I read them first, I suggest to start with the book and only after finishing it, to read the thoughts about it.
I cannot say I am eager to read the other books in the series soon, I will let some time pass before I buy the next book. And maybe check a few ratings on Goodreads before, hopefully spoiler-free. This is a book to think about even after reading it and I feel that reading more in the series will disturb that for now.