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Summary: Lizhaeven
Review: Amazing,stunning were only a couple of the words that came to my mind when i was reading this book. The book was suprising and showed the true human mind.
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Summary: missed
Review: Wow, close to 1500 reviews so far! This book was recommended to me by a very intelligent woman, and I enjoyed reading it. It is a relatively quick read and the pace of the story well serves the content.With so many reviews, I'm sure there is not much I can add. I consider this book average sci-fi. Another recent review mentions that Card insists that he never read Starship Troopers. That may be true, but I certainly found myself thinking about that far superior work very early on while reading this one. One comment, I have not seen, in any of the reviews I have read so far, mention of Card's hilarious preoccupation with which way is "down." By halfway through the book, I thought I would become ill if he revisited this simple premise. The attempt at a tie in, using this 'theme', at the end was meager. There was a lot of promise for exciting action in the descriptions of the games at the battle school. In my opinion, Card did not capitalize on this. Rebounding off walls, sliding along walls, 'stars' to hide behind, the enemy gate, etc. - yes, I understand all this, but it is not compelling. Ender's tricks and new ideas are offered as revolutionary grand strategy by the author. But there is not enough substance there. That would have been an interesting element on which to spend more time. In my estimation, Card missed the target just a bit with this one. There were the seeds of decent ideas however (all of this touched on in other reviews). I'll probably try the other books in the Ender quartet.
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Summary: Best Sci-fi book ever!!!
Review: Ender's Game is an excellent book with a great storyline and well developed characters. The book will never loose your attention. (I have read it in a single sitting a countless number of times) I love the way OSC makes you think and how he makes you internally debate moral issues. I highly recommend this book!!
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Summary: One of the best books i've read in a whileq
Review: There are a lot of books floating through my house because both my mother and I are avid readers. I found "Ender's Game" sitting on the table, picked it up and started to read. For the next two days that book didnt leave my side. I literally could not put it down because it was written so well. Not many books have this effect with me. The book was writen so well that every page hold suspense, even the last. I have just started the second book in the series and its just as good as the first. I recomend it to anybody that can read.
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Summary: a GrEat Sci-fi nOvEL.
Review: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This is a great book! I'm not even all that into sci-fi novels, but I still enjoyed this book completly. It is very origanal and I can't think of another book with even a similar plot. After aliens attack the earth twice the government breeds military genisus and sends them to a military school at a young age, where they don't see their parents until they graduate. They play war games, and work their way up to toon leaders and finnaly command their own armies. The armies fight in zero gravity games. When they graduate they are sent to different schools, such as command school. Ender Wiggins is just a boy, but he is expected to be the next genius to save earth. His life is shaped by the teachers at the battle school. I just finished this book the other day, and I can't wait to get the sequel. This is one of my favorite books of all time, and I recomend it to anyone over twelve years of age!
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Summary: Entertaining, But Shallow
Review: In the introduction to this very entertaining sci-fi story, the author states that he purposely avoided any true literary techiniques so that anyone can pick up the book and understand it fully. Well, he succeeded. Anyone above the age of 13 will find Ender's Game to be an extremely basic, albeit enjoyable, story that cannot hold a candle to anything by Robert A. Heinlein or Frank Herbert. This is unfortunate, since the points Card raises are all valid and he seems to have an unusually good grasp of how children think. The ideas of manipulation, child psychology, military psychology, and even overpopulation (among others) are all intruiging and all are featured in the work. However, because of Card's effort to allow everyone to fully understand Ender's Game with one reading, the issues raised become nothing more than background to an incredibly entertaining story. Few books have been as gripping as Ender's Game was and this is what truly elevates the book above other generic science fiction novels. The story of Ender and his struggles will especially hit a chord with young children and those who have had trouble connecting with their peers. For those who fall into one of those categories, I highly recomend Ender's Game. For everyone else, there is much better available.
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Summary: Every Child is Ender and Every Adult is an Instructor
Review: Ender is the savior of the world, the end of the Buggers. Mankind is in a desperate fight to save the world, though it is delayed over decades because of space travel. Ender is the last chance before the human race is wiped out and he is a child. The teachers instruct him at a battle school for children, promoting him too early, isolating him and making him into a killing machine. He struggles with his killer instinct (represented by Peter his villainous older brother) and his compassion (represented by his angel sister Valentine). As adults read this they often find sympathy for Ender as one of their own children, not wanting him to go through the isolation, but know it is necessary for the greater good. Teenagers and children view themselves as Ender, always struggling to define themselves and fighting against the authority in their own lives. Readers of all ages become emotionally invested in the characters because of their vulnerability and tragic circumstances. Ender¡¯s Game is well constructed, exciting, and well worth reading.
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Summary: The next book you'll put in your top five list.
Review: Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is a government-sanctioned third child in a time in our future when population control is strictly enforced. Being quicker, smarter, and brighter than his classmates doesn't help, and when he is sent to Battle School, the elite training facility for future starship pilots and fleet commanders, being the youngest and breaking all the records doesn't win him any friends. The story follows Ender through his trials to prove his worth and be the best in a school full of people who resent his superiority, and in his unwitting battle to save the human race from destruction. This book will only make you want to read the rest of the series, trust me, this is Sci-Fi for people who don't like Sci-Fi.
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Summary: this....is a great book
Review: Ender's game is an incredibly intense emotional experience. I suspect that its popularity stems from the fact that the more one identify's with Ender, the more one appreciates the book. It is written rather simply for such a complex work, if that makes sense. Card doesn't layer his messages or put them between the lines; he lays them all out at once and lets the reader make what he will of it. While this may put off some elitist readers, I found it very refreshing. There aren't many bad reviews of this book that I have seen, but its best just to ignore those that you do see. They all are written by people who didn't relate to Ender, and as such, couldn't understand what he was going through. If you have ever been ahead of your class as a child, then you will love this book.
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Summary: Absolutely Astounding
Review: The story is simple: Earth has been attacked twice by an alien race (known as "Buggers" for their insect-like appearance). A floating Battle School has been erected in space to train the brightest children on earth for the eventual final conflict everyone knows is coming. It's not a question of if, but when, and the leaders of the world want to be ready. The most promising student to ever come along is a young boy by the name of Andrew Wiggin, nicknamed Ender. He is a naturally brilliant tactician and he has one trait that Earth desperately needs, he knows how to win. He knows how to win not just current situations, but how to win permanently. As the book progresses it becomes clear that Earth's only hope of survival rests with this child. It's kill or be killed, and the people of Earth want to live. The ending will shock you the first time. It will shock you even on subsequent readings. You will find yourself thinking and pondering the book for weeks. After finishing it for the first of many times the only word this reviewer could think of to describe the book was "wow". Even now, after reading and re-reading the book, I feel the same response. Wow. Wow. Wow. Ender's Game is one of those books that will grab you and keep you in its choke-hold until you finish the book and finally come up for air. Every writer wishes they could write a book half as good as this one. This is the book that made Orson Scott Card, and it remains his best work. Ender's game is part of a series of books called The Ender Quartet (there are four of them). The Ender Quartet is made up of two sections, Ender's Game and the other three books. Ender's Game is self-contained and does not need the other three. Speaker For the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind have their own plot arc that is wholly separate from Ender's Game. They are excellent in their own way, but they are not needed to fully appreciate Ender's Game. In conclusion, if there is one Orson Scott Card book you will ever read, make it Ender's Game.
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