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A review by gymbeannz
First Meetings: In the Enderverse by Orson Scott Card
3.0
I read First Meetings after falling in love with [b:Ender's Game|375802|Ender's Game (The Ender Quintet, #1)|Orson Scott Card|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388177928s/375802.jpg|2422333] and reading [b:Ender's Shadow|9532|Ender's Shadow (Ender's Shadow, #1)|Orson Scott Card|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388177923s/9532.jpg|3145587], and I had a firm perspective on what this book was about but was disillusioned on what the book was for. I now conclude it's simply a money-maker and written to keep Ender fans happy.
Apart from character names being the same it didn't feel like an [a:Orson Scott Card|589|Orson Scott Card|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1294099952p2/589.jpg] book because it was basic and rushed.
While I didn't care very much for Ender's father's story I still found TEACHER'S PEST fascinating. ENDER'S GAME was dead boring and I rushed through it, and the story wasn't even the same! It made me wonder what parts of the other short stories weren't accurate either. Especially the last story, INVESTMENT COUNSELOR. Is AI Jane actually a character in later books? Or is this some strange spinoff that's never mentioned anywhere else? She seems super cool. See, I can't trust the book not to lie to me after reading the shortened version of Ender's Game.
If TEACHER'S PEST hadn't been so intriguing I would have given the book 2 stars.
Apart from character names being the same it didn't feel like an [a:Orson Scott Card|589|Orson Scott Card|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1294099952p2/589.jpg] book because it was basic and rushed.
While I didn't care very much for Ender's father's story I still found TEACHER'S PEST fascinating. ENDER'S GAME was dead boring and I rushed through it, and the story wasn't even the same! It made me wonder what parts of the other short stories weren't accurate either. Especially the last story, INVESTMENT COUNSELOR. Is AI Jane actually a character in later books? Or is this some strange spinoff that's never mentioned anywhere else? She seems super cool. See, I can't trust the book not to lie to me after reading the shortened version of Ender's Game.
If TEACHER'S PEST hadn't been so intriguing I would have given the book 2 stars.