cagebox 's review for:

Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
5.0

Ender’s Shadow is everything I wanted Speaker for the Dead to be. I normally don’t find any point in a retelling of a book from the view point of a different character, but this one works. This is partly because so much of the story happens parallel to Ender’s Game, but does not necessarily cover the same events or characters. The book is from Bean’s perspective and it just works. I’ll remain optimistic on what Card can do with the rest of the series, but I have a feeling battle school is the best he can do.