skc73 's review for:

Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
4.0

I read this as antidote to the boring slog that was Neal Stephenson's Reamde. Thank god for Bean and his journey. The fact that this was a story retreading a story I'd already read but remained fresh stands as proof of just how good Card is as a writer. Super fun, interesting - he gets away with a good deal of references to the Bible and god, because the English novel is basically based on the biblical tradition (if we believe Frye), but I still got the heebie-jeebies at the mentions, knowing what kind of wingnut Card is outside of the Enderverse. Still, a good book worth the read.