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Summary: Great Science Fiction Novel
Review: I do not read science fiction often, but this title was recommended to me by a friend. It was definately worth reading. It had an interesting plot and you can closely identify with Enders very human feelings. The basic plot line is the smartest young children go to a cadet academy that trains them to save the world. The book describes Enders story through this sometimes cruel way of life, and ultimately there is a great end which I thought was powerful. I would recommend this book for anyone interested in something suspenseful and satisfying.
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Summary: Science Fiction At It's Best
Review: Ender's Game is a wonderfully written book! Orson Scott Card did a great job creating the characters (which actually have a regular human personality), the plot, and the surrounding areas. This book has suspense, action, and much more. The characters are all amazingly explained. You can actually understand each character's moves and attitudes. Each character has a unique personality, filled with cruelty, bravery, love, and hate. They are each special and important to the plot. Each person has their own attitude that is perfectly human. I loved the Battleroom scenes, which are very detailed. You can get a feeling about how amazing the battles really are. I recently heard that this is going to be a movie. I just hope they don't ruin the plot or the characters!
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Summary: How do I explain this book?
Review: I read Ender's Game all at once the week before Christmas of eighth grade. It's one of those books where by the end you're reading so fast you can't absorb everything and when you're finished you're exhausted. Ender himself is amazing. The end just blows your mind. The book also raises a lot of philosophical quesions, although the sequel does that more. I think Orson Scott Card's style is fabulous, for the Ender series at least. In fact, after I read some of his other books and found them too be slightly patronizing and immature, I came back and read Ender's Game again, expecting to be disappointed. I wasn't, in any sense of the word.
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Summary: Loved it!
Review: I read a lot of OSC's books and this one really stands out. Really touched me and I shared it with all of my friends!
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Summary: The book rocked
Review: Enders Game I had to read for a Creative Writing class for my college class. I found it inspirational and uplifting. The ways he incorporated the main charactor amongst all that was going around him was astounding. I found it very very cool. The book itself is a genre that I love reading and writing about. I've been published three times and I see Orson Scott Card almost as a role model all because of the technique he uses to write his books. It make me want to scream out "YES!"
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Summary: If you're the type that reads book reviews...
Review: This book has become sort of a conversation piece among readers. The most important thing about it is that it exposes what people like and don't like about books. Don't go in expecting the Great American Novel. This is a science fiction story about a very gifted boy who is asked to do too much. It's not War and Peace, and if you expect it to be, you'll be sorely dissapointed. However, this is a book worth reading. First, it's a good story. Plenty of action, lots of fun, and a good sprinkling of family issues. It brings up important issues regarding government and war. In summary, if you can go in and just enjoy the book, do so. If you can't keep yourself from (over)analyzing it (and many people can't..there's nothing wrong with that), then skip it; it's not for you.
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Summary: An incredible read...
Review: I need to say, this book was absolutely enthralling... I read the first couple pages one day... then, a couple of weeks later, I sat down and read the rest of it in one sitting. The characters are amazingly complex, the mystery and psuedo-Machiavellian scheming are astounding, the depth of emotion conveyed is moving, and the ending satisfies in a way that is simply astounding (ever think how hard it would be to end a story in a plausible manner, as an author?). Definately one of my favorite books, certainly one that everyone should read... especialy for the gifted child (the introduction, in the printing that /has/ an introduction, is wonderful, despite how much Card didn't want to write one). Simply put, Read This Book. Oh, and a note to the reviewer who complained about the bad physics the book contains... first of all, I have to say that, seeing how the book is science fiction, it involves science, and fiction. It's not /supposed/ to be totaly realistic, if it were totaly realistic, it'd be real life. Secondly, people have always thought we knew everything there was to know... near the beginning of the 20th century (don't feel like looking up the exact date), the head of the U.S. Patent Beurau said that everything that ever could be invented already had been... sitting in front of my computer, typing this, I get the feeling he was wrong... Einstein's General Relativity wasn't exactly considered as plausible by most of the scientific community... most of the scientists of the time went to the grave insisting he was out of his mind... of course, I'm not saying that Ender's Game is real... I don't think we can just break the laws of physics, but the fact is, what we think are the laws of physics are probably not the real deal. Sorry if I seemed like I was ranting... I've got to go find a copy of Speaker for the Dead now... Bye!
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Summary: Only 2 Stars and read why.
Review: Like many of you out there I bought this book because of the amout of 5 star rating's it got. However, I believe that the reason why there are so many is because of the fact that most people surfing the net are of a young age. The main theme in Ender's Game is that you should always stand up to bullies and resent athoritiy. That is what Ender deals with time and time again. He's tough and stands up for himself and the young reader's go wild. If you have matured enough to not let bullies bother you anymore then you have no reason to read this book because the rest of the story is just average at best. Card is an easy writer, but not in a good way. He lack any real creativity in his style. He just blurrs through things as if the english language is a burden to the telling of his story. He lack elegance or grace. Now I am not a great writer, but I know when I am reading one like George Orwell for example. You can tell that Card really wanted to tell this story and does so with passion and conviction. His later books have had poor reviews because he does not have a burning story to tell. In addition, his poor writing style makes his stories even less pleasurable to read. Card does present an important issue in the end about the war, which I have noticed many of you young reviews did not understand and felt it was not related to the rest of the book. Probably because Ender was not fighting bullies anymore.
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Summary: good book
Review: I like the book it does not have to be 100% correct to be good.
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Summary: From beginning to end--brilliant!
Review: I am not a fan of science fiction. I read the occasional sci-fi book, and it is usually one that is potentially meaningful to a reader outside the genre. 'Ender's Game' is one such a novel. On every level, intellectual and emotional, it grabs you and doesn't let go. It combines brilliant concepts, such as the battle-room and the 'Speaker for the Dead', with emotional depth and intensity. Ender is one of the most memorable characters in science fiction, right up there with Paul Atreides. The struggles of this innocent child to remain human and at the same time become a hardened killing-machine are heart-rending to watch, summoning tears many a time. All the children who are heroes--Bean, Petra, Alai--are admirable yet at the same time pitiable, sacrificing the innocence of their childhood on the altar of civilization. One can cheer them on yet at the same time grieve, that they had to lose so much in exchange for what they gained. The plot is fast-paced and always surprising; there's no putting the book down until it's over. The ending was puzzling to me the first time I read the book, but now I see it as a vindication of Ender as a human being, as opposed to a cold killer. His role is reversed from killer to life-giver, and he is able to reclaim the humanity he has desired for so long. Ender's own dual identity, the battle-room commander who still misses his older sister Valentine, is portrayed flawlessly. His joy becomes the reader's joy, and his suffering the reader's suffering. That is the true greatness of this book.
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