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Summary: Most amazing book of all time!!!!!
Review: Orson Scott Card is the funniest, most brilliant author in the world, an absolute genius. People talk about writing THE novel, Card has done it. The Ender and Shadow series are amazing, Bean and Ender are greaat characters that everyone can relate to. MUST READ. read every OSC book that you can get your hands on!!!
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Summary: more than a game
Review: in cards dedication he writes "for geoffrey, who makes me remember how young and how old children can be"although meant as a dedication, a finer prologue could not have been penned. card gives us alexander 'ender' wiggin, born into a world trapped in a war effort set beyond the stars. ender is slated as the war, and the worlds only hope, and we are brought through his journeys through battle camp, and through life. card uses ender, and the war, to comment on the frailness of childhood, and the hopelessness of war, as it robs ender of the most precious gift...his innocence. the book is fast paced enough to keep even fickle young readers entertained, and works on a second metaphorical level throughout, to keep older readers interested. although centered around a six year old, this is not a tradtional kids book. anyone looking for this to turn out as harry potter revisited, is in for a few surprises.
that is not to say however, that this is not a good book for children...it is just not a traditional one
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Summary: WOW...amazing
Review: I have to say that i'm not much of a sci-fi reader and when I was recommended this book, i was skeptical. However, when i started reading this, i was immediately drawn in because to me, the whole fighting aliens is the basic storyline that holds everything together but definitely not the most important thing of the story. I was fascinated by the way the author wrote Ender's feelings and thoughts and really delved into the psyche of the boy. This story is amazing and though i've read it a dozen times, i keep coming back to it. Orson Scott Card is an extremely gifted and funny writer and Ender's Game has become one of my favorite books because of it. Other amazing works of his are Enchantment (though it's not very sci-fi at all) and Ender's Shadow which is a parallel story to Ender's Game but from the viewpoint of Bean. The juxtaposition of the two is very well done. All in all, this book is exciting, gripping, and wonderful. Definitely worth buying because chances are, it will most likely be checked out of your library or you'll get sick of going back to borrow the same book over and over again.
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Summary: the first and best book i've read
Review: i never read as a youth(i'm still a youth really,18) but after being forced to read the first line of this book i've never been any were with out one. this book got me into the hole book thing becouse of it's gripping story, well writen pages and it's great characters. if your into reading at all, not just sci-fi this is a book you must own.
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Summary: Excellent- one of my favorites
Review: An excellent read- but be sure to get "Ender's Shadow" also...it's a parallel novel that should be read with Ender's Game fresh in mind...both are in my top 5 all time best list.
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Summary: Ender's Game
Review: Ender's game is one of the best books I have ever read. It can only be topped by its sequels, especially Xenocide. It is like a futuristic Harry Potter, being enjoyed by both children and adults.
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Summary: A good book but sometimes boring.
Review: I am in the gifted and talented program and I read this book because I was forced to read it. At first this book was very fun. But then it became boring. Then it became fun again. This book is about a kid named Andrew(Ender)and he goes to a battle school in space. Enders game tells about Enders feelings and experiences. In my opinion I woukd say this book is worth reading. Pretty soon I will be reading Speaker for the dead which is a continuation of Enders Game.
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Summary: Does not deserve it's vaunted status.
Review: "Ender's Game" is a rather amateurishly written book that partially redeems itself in the last twenty or so pages. Some intriguing (but half-baked) ideas and a couple of interesting pontifications on the nature of information/power/education are undermined by silly & unbelievable dialog, sketchy characterizations, and some truly head-shakingly awful writing. The only thing that saves this book from well-deserved placement on my Ten Most Overrated Books list is the plot twist that leads to a satisfying conclusion. Still, I can think of a considerable number of books that are more deserving of hype that surrounds this overrated tome. I'd like to give it 2.5 stars, but I guess I'll round it up to 3; I think this book would go over better with someone under the age of 16.
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Summary: Fast-paced and simple science fiction
Review: Ender's Game is a quick and easy read. It took me a couple weeks to read, which is faster than usual for me. The Earth has been threatened twice in the recent past by "buggers", aliens from many light years away, and is preparing for a final decisive war where losing means extermination of the human species. Ever since the bugger threat materialized decades before, the I.F. (Earth's space military) has been identifying bright kids at an early age and selecting some for enrollment in an orbiting training center known as Battle School, in order to become commanders of I.F. forces. But now, with the war expected in only a few years, the I.F. is desperate to find a commander who can take the entire fleet and ensure victory with it. They've found potential in Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, a genius six-year old kid who seems to have a knack at winning. Ender goes to Battle School and quickly rises to the top. In the simulator games, he and his army can overcome ridiculous odds. But is he good enough to pull the human race through to victory against the buggers? The cast of characters is largely juvenile. Card does well at reminding us that children don't think of themselves as "kids". They're sentient beings just like adults, in complete control of their thoughts and actions. I dimly remember that as a youngster my priorities were different and that I was ignorant of many things, but I wasn't aware of these facts and resented being controlled by adults, including my parents (heh, some things never change). In the novel, only one or two of the kids we meet truly understand that the purpose of Battle School is to prepare for the bugger threat. To the rest, the games are only a matter of pride and they practice only to improve their team's rank. This is very much how kids think. For science fiction fans a couple interesting ideas are introduced in this book, such as faster-than-light communication and a weapon of extreme destructive power that can be fired from a small ship. At the end we get a glimpse of the conflict from the buggers' viewpoint that makes you wonder if the final war was justified at all and leaves room for the sequel "Speaker for the Dead". Highly recommended for all readers, but especially teens!
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Summary: A classic of science fiction
Review: Obviously, I am not the first person to read and love this book. There's not much to say that has not already been said but I would like to add one more 5-star review to this masterpiece. Card is a great writer and one of the voices that is forcing sci-fi to be taken seriously; this is his greatest work. The sequel, "Speaker for the Dead", is also excellent ("Ender's Game" is a story of triumph at a terrible cost, and "Speaker" is about the subsequent atonement of the main character). Later novels in the series lost focus, in my opinion, and the most recent ones ("Ender's Shadow" and "Shadow of the Hegemon") are retellings of "Ender's Game" from a different perspective -- enjoyable, but not at the level of the original. Even if you don't like science fiction, as long as you enjoy good writing you will like this book.
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