A review by souponthebarby
Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card

3.0

This book is quite enjoyable, and actually a great direct sequel to Ender's Game. Does this mean it is as good as "Speaker for the Dead"? Absolutely not. I still hold the opinion that "Speaker" is Card's strongest book, and it hasn't changed after reading "Exile." Exile still earns the chance to be read and deserves to have a spot in the ever expanding Ender Universe. The middle of the book plays quite enjoyably, and actually had me excited. The beginning and the end I felt had pacing problems, which lead me to the three and not four star rating. There isn't enough of the secondary story mentioned to really make it a worthwhile ending. It could have ended without the last three chapters, which could have been an in universe short story on their own. This is still absolutely worth your time, just make sure you commit to it so you get past the opening part of the book.