Rating:  Summary: Best Book I've Ever Read Review: This is quite easily the best book I've ever read. The combination of an interesting look into an advanced civilization with the deeply philosophical undertones that Card adds is simply amazing. Having a degree in philosophy I often find that many books that have a philosophical element are shallow and not worth my attention but I love this book more than any other book I've ever read and every time I finish it I want to start climbing mountatins. It encourages you to go out there and face the world. A truly momentous and empowering work of art.
Rating:  Summary: heart felt Review: as soon as i laid my hands on this book i knew in my heart it was a winner. As a teenager, i felt deeply moved by this book and the issues discussed in it. It was unpredictable, and adventurous with a perfect touch of ethic morals and contemplative material which is passed on in this novels sequals. This remains my favorite story of all time and i recommend it to people of all ages
Rating:  Summary: Great beginning but even an astonishingly better end Review: Many had recommended me the reading of this book. Fortunately no one had told me anything about its contents. As I was reading the book I was becoming stuck to the story. However the best was still to come. How could I imagine that it was all to be sort it out as it is described? Naturally, after reading Ender's Game I couldn't help reading the rest of the saga (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide and Children of the Mind). I was not disappointed at all either. One could separate the first book (Ender's Game) from the rest but reading those other books not only adds more information about Ender's Game but also creates new worlds and stories which complete the whole four-books story.
Rating:  Summary: Ender's Game- Still a classic after all these years Review: I've now bought Ender's Game 5 times, since I first read it years ago. Other copies have been permanently borrowed or lost in moves. I will always ensure I have a copy in my library.The story is timeless and pulls the reader in, as a young boy is taught and trained, in the name of Earth's defence and survival, to win at all cost and destroy an enemy; known as the 'Buggers'. Ender is separated from his family at an early age and brought to a battle school, located in a space station. His skills as a thinking warrior, who doesn't just win against an enemy, but destroys the enemy during an initial confrontation, is recognized by the International Fleet, and is cultavated through both battle games and personal isolation purposely caused by the instructors. Ender grows as a warrior and leader, but is internally conflicted as the pressures from the battle school weigh heavy on his psyche. He is a boy, expected to act as Julius Ceaser, Napoleaon and Alexander The Great. He loves and respects life, but knows he is expected to cause total genocide on earth's current enemy; the Buggers.
Rating:  Summary: Holy cow this was a cool book! Review: Do you like action? Well I do, and when I read this book I was wondering what would happen from page to page. There were things you wouldn't expect. I felt almost like I was Ender. I can't wait to read Ender's Shadow..
Rating:  Summary: Gotta luv it. Review: This book isa very entertaining novel. The last in the series makes no sense, but I connected with this novel in a great way. I reccommend this novel to everybody with an open mind, and an adventorous heart
Rating:  Summary: this was so good. Review: Definitely in the top five books I've read. I won't give it away, of course, but the last few pages are the best.
Rating:  Summary: loss of innocence Review: In a world where religion and multiple children are forbidden, where being a third is a stigma and being exactly what the goveronment wants is curse. Ender, a boy of six starts on a jurney that will haunt him forever, for he is the one who must save humanity by destroying an entire species, but he doesn't know that , all he knows is the Game.
Rating:  Summary: Not enough stars to tell you how good this is! Review: This is by far the greatest Sci/Fi book I have ever read and anyone who says otherwise has not read the book. Anyone who says that the idea of a kid leading armys has not read the book. It clearly states that the government made him a genius, and therefore he is very very smart you, fools! Anyone one who says that is not how kids think is over 20. I am 13 and I KNOW that is how I think and everyone in my family for that matter. Don't doubt me, I know how I think. Anyone who has read a better science fiction book then tell me about it in another review. Anyone who thinks that the characters are "flat" then they have only read books that have no story, just characters. Anyone who knows of a book that is better Sci/Fi or not tell me in a review and I can prove you wrong. Anyone who writes bad reviews on this book is exactly the kind of person that says Lord of the Flies has no meaning. Anyone who thinks that this should not be made a classic has only read Goosebumps. Everyone that likes this book I like.
Rating:  Summary: Eyes bloodshot and didn't sleep for 2 days Review: Ender's Game was recommended to me and I just couldn't put the book down. I wouldn't consider myself a sci-fi geek but I was completely captivated with Ender's Game. I was fascinated with Ender's attempt to do all he could to avoid his destiny to be the ultimate destroyer, only to fail over and over again. Can you say Oedipus? Ender eventually learns that in order to defeat one's enemies, one must come to level of understanding not only of that enemy, but also ourselves. Is Scott trying to tell us anything? You decide after reading the book....
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