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Summary: Flawless Science Fiction
Review: Any fan of scifi really owes it to themselves to read it. Card's excecution of the plot is right on mark. It's original, has a few really decent surprises, and can totally take you out of your world and put you in Ender's. I'm hard pressed to think of an easier read and, beyond that, it has substance too. Perfect.If you like it, don't necessarily jump to the conlusion that you'd like to read the rest of the quartet though. The storyline changes into a much more philosophical mode in the other books. The Shadow series however is much more akin to Ender's Game, and you may like it more.
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Summary: An Extremely Interesting Book!!!!
Review: Ender's Game is an extremely good book. You grow to love all of the characters. Orson Scott Card has a talent for writing, he keeps you wondering what will happen next, so you keep reading, then you find something else out and you got find somemore things out and the next thing you know, you finished the whole book. Ender is a real person, you can feel his pain, know what he's thinking, but you never know what he will do next. he has emotions, disappointments, and complications in his life. I've read the book three times already and every time I find something that I didn't know.
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Summary: Not bad. Not great, but not bad.
Review: Ender's game is a VERY well written book about a six-year old prodigy who is selected by the government to become a soldier. Though he is an outcast at school, he excels in his new home where a series of games are designed to teach the children how to fight a war against the mysterious "Buggers". As Ender and his friends begin the fight, they face trials beyond anything they could have imagined in their old, mundane homes on earth. Attacks on the plot are very much unfounded. There ARE six-year old geniuses. Many of them grow up playing chess and become grandmasters. Some work on mathematics, though these people typically lose much of their talent as they grow older. Many focus on music. It is not outlandish to think that child prodigies could be turned into soldiers, if they were made to focus on that subject. As the book goes on the differences between civilian and military life are made clear to the reader. The tactics and strategies that Ender uses are all believable and powerful. The characters, for the most part, are very good. Yet a serious knock on the book remains that removes the book from a fifth star-Ender's intelligence is often variable. Some problems exist on the school (which is deep in outer space) that make it obvious that the school is not what it appears. Though these problems are later explained away, it appears that Ender did not catch them immediately. If Ender was so intelligent (he took physics and trig. when he was six) why did he not realize that something was amiss? For someone who took physics (or, indeed, had basic logic at his command) why would he not have noticed these obvious problems with the station? Ender also does not realize that the "game" he plays is actually real, and not a simple simulation. This flaw prevents Ender's Game from becoming the classic that it really should be. Nonetheless, it is an excellent book that definitely deserves serious attention, and should be read by anyone even remotely interested in Science Fiction or Military Tactics.
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Summary: Andrew Rosner's Review of the Best Book Ever Written
Review: Ender's Game is one of the best books I have ever read. I was attached to the book like leach. The author, Orson Scott Card is an amazing sci-fi writer. In fact I envy this book's 1st time readers. His plot was ingenious! This author's detail is absolutely amazing. The story line Card followed was the most brilliant I've ever had experience with. He turned the old, want to save the world and become a hero plot into a story you never want to stop reading. I'll admit it, I don't read a lot of books. Most of the time I don't even read the books we are assigned to read in class. But this book is different, I actually wanted to read it. The only other book that could even come close to being judged on the same scale as this book would be a Redwall series book, which I also highly recommend. But if you want a book to enjoy, pick this one, i promise you, it will be worth it.
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Summary: Best Book You'll Ever Read
Review: Ok, one more review probably won't matter... But what the hell! This is by far the best book I have ever read topped off by a series that is pretty dang good. The first novel is definitely the masterpiece!
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Summary: enders Game is fun
Review: Enders Game is a pure thrill ride. There is action in every corner. Ender Wigin is a super genius that has got the fate of the whole world in his hands. The 'buggers' have attached the world twice and almost wiped out the human race. Now the government chose Ender to be the high commander to halt the buggers in the next invasion. Ender has gone to battle school and is obviously the best of the best, but he is only nine years old. Ender has the smarts and the passion to win but the only thing holding him back is his sadistic brother Peter who keeps coming up in the games he plays at battle school. If Ender can get past his fears he might be able to save the entire planet, as well as his beloved sister Valentine who he has always loved. Without the help of the teachers and having few friends he learns to be the best out there. But is he good enough? You will have to see for yourself.
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Summary: A Must-Read For Sci-Fi Fans -- I Couldn't Put It Down!
Review: Ender's Game is awesome! It is the best science fiction book I've ever read. Most of them get tedious and too confusing to follow, but Ender's Game, when not cliff-hanging action, developed a complex, yet followable plot. The characters were so real it's like they exist, and their feelings leave me emotional, like I have experience them too. On such nights when I can't sleep, my mind often drifts to Ender, and what he had to go through, just because he was a genius, yet still a soft-hearted boy, who was manipulated by person after person, often unfairly, and jerked away from his life, however unhappy, when he was only six and sent to a tough school where the manipulative adults tried to make it hardest for him. Shuttled from place after place, through training in hopes he will save the planet, Ender grows up and becomes tough and hard-bitten when he was younger than me, yet still buried deep down is the little boy who never wanted to hurt anyone. One of the saddest parts, for me, was when Ender was finally allowed to visit and talk with his much loved older sister Valentine. At one point, she reached out to tickle him, like she used to in his youth, when they played and had fun. Ender, who has lived through vicious attacks by fellow students, quickly grabs her arm to defend himself before he remembers it was just a game. The world Ender and his family lives in is a sad world, filled with power-hungry people who constantly fear an attack from the alien "buggers" that almost destroyed Earth before. Innocent children with the bad luck to be gifted, like Ender, are forced to train rigorously to save the country which barely seems worth saving. My heart goes out to the magnificent characters created by an author who is surely gifted himself, and I urge any reader to get this book.
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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read
Review: This book was great!!!!!!!!,even though Card never developed any other characters besids Graff and Ender(maybe a little bit of his brother and sister too). It had a greta plot and the batles and the last fight was really cool. The only thing I didn't like was the ending. It wasn't what I think Ender wouldv'e done. Other than that the book was really good.
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Summary: Ender's Trials
Review: Ender's Review The world of Sci-Fi has always been original, gripping, and intense. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card is no exception. The novel is set in the not to distant future, where the world has ventured into the realm of space flight. We meet our main character early in the novel, Ender Wiggin. Ender comes from a gifted family blessed with intelligence and the ability to lead. Ender is an extremely talented young man, who has anger control problems. He has a brother who abuses him and parents who ignore him. This make him an obvious prospect for the Imperial Fleet, or IF. The IF is earth's military fleet, burdened with the responsibility of defending Earth from the "Buggers". The IF is comprised of gifted and talented young children who could survive the long journeys of space flight. These children are broken down and molded into efficient fighters and pilots. The Buggers are the human race's newest enemy, a species run by a queen much like an insect infestation. Ender is chosen by the IF to be the next leader who will save humanity from total annihilation. Despite the danger of the Buggers on the horizon we come to see that the real threat is from within. Ender is sent to a "training" school in space for new cadets. The school is a weeding out process that pits the students against each other to see the strongest survive. Through his trails at command school Ender develops into a person, a leader, and humanity's last chance. The novel is extremely interesting and captivating. You will not be able to put down this novel until you discover its shocking conclusion. Ender's Game is written from the point of view of several different narrators. Sometimes we see through Ender's eyes, others through a supporting character, and sometimes from a third person narrative. For being only 324 pages, the novel is surprisingly deep, creative, and well written. I found that seeing the future through a child's eyes was very thought provoking. Although he is in the middle of a war and being constantly tested, he seems to start innocent and slowly come to understand the horrors of interstellar war. Being a fan of Sci-Fi, I found it interesting to see the future in a negative light. I am accustomed to seeing humanity portrayed at its pinnacle of enlightenment and understanding of the universe. To see humans committing the same mistakes we have committed in our past helped me see what can happen if humanity doesn't learn from our mistakes. In this dark future we have become xenophobes who fear the buggers because they are different. Corrupt individuals control the world and people are controlled by propaganda and militarism. In a way it reminds me of many wars fought in our pass. The difference here is the nature of the conflict being in space, and that humans face complete extinction. I would recommend this novel to anyone who wants to see the future of humanity shown from an open and honest perspective. The novel has received high praised and has been honored with both the Hugo and Nebula awards. I recommend getting this book and it is well worth its cost. If you enjoy this book you can continue into the series because Ender's game has many sequels, prequels and parallel novels. Go buy this book. Now!
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Summary: Ender's Game
Review: Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card, is a science fiction book that takes place a couple hundred years in the future. It is about a little boy named Ender who is rejected by his family because he is what is called a "third" or third born. That makes him an outcast. Despite his lack of friends, Ender is a genius, and he is sent off to a school in space to learn to become a commander to fight the "buggers" that tried to invade earth twice in years previously. He goes through many challenges that the teachers at the school throw at him, and it soon becomes evident to everyone that he is indeed the best of the best. In the book, Card is trying to explain why people act the way they do. Throughout the story, Ender is isolated from his family, and grows up in a different atmosphere than his brother and sister. That causes him to become a completely different person from the people in his family. At the space school, he is taught that victory, no matter what the costs, is all that matters. By living in that type of atmosphere, he learns that to be true, and that has great effects on how he acts throughout the book. The characters are very well defined. Card uses a third person-narrator that switches between the minds of different people at different times. The reader is always able to tell what each character is feeling and why. He or she then knows almost everything about each character that is needed for a storng plot. This book was written in 1977, so it is a little out-dated. For instance, there are many references to the Warsaw Pact, which was created by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Since the Soviet Union fell and the Warsaw Pact no longer exists, it is obvious that this book is a little behind what is happening today. Other than that, it has an excellent futuristic setting. The reader is also able to relate to Ender in many ways. Ender is always the outcast no matter where he is because of his intelligence. When Ender first enters the school, the people he came with leave him isolated because the man in charge of the school was constantly praising him on the flight there. Rejection, like with Ender, is a very common thing in the world today and the reader always knows how Ender feels when he finds himself in positions where he is looked down upon. I think that this is an excellent book. It is easy to read, and once you start reading, it is hard to stop. This type of book is very captivating and interesting, and I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read science fiction.
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