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Summary: LOOKING FOR MY OLD PAPERBACK COPY OF ENDER'S GAME
Review: Like just about everybody who's read ENDER'S SHADOW, I too, am trying to find my old paperback copy of ENDER'S GAME to read again. I bet I loaned it to somebody and never got it back. Anyway, ES is as good if not better (I should wait for my reread of EG before going that far) than EG.The logic behind Bean's motives is impeccable yet eminently readable. Since Bean is the brightest of the bright, I found myself looking for some mental faux pas in the logic. There were none worth mentioning. I also enjoyed Sister Carlotta, the Nun of the future and thought that Card, a Mormon, handled her with just the right amount of grace and humor. It should be fun to see Peter, Valentine and Bean vying for postwar power in a future sequel.
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Summary: Great book
Review: This book was great. I enjoyed even more than the original Ender's Game. I always like Speaker more but the Ender books are enjoyable also. It may not have been 100% true to the original story but it doesn't have to be. Card found an interesting way to bring life to Ender again and it was great going back to the world.
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Summary: Verry Refreshing
Review: Ender's Shadow is a verry refreshing to read after having to read Card's books in between Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow. Not as good as Ender's Game but verry close to it.
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Summary: Taking the "Game" to a whole new level
Review: Absolutely amazing. "Ender's Shadow" opened up new corridors into the Battle School realm. Bean never disappointed me with his genius. From taping into the very essence of the game to revealing how Ender worked. This book was through and through breath taking, a must for sci-fi fans. This masterpiece left me in awe, and wanting more. Hurry up Orson!
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Summary: A very compelling read
Review: This was a real page-turner! I had read Ender's Game quite some time ago on the recommendation of my wife (who's very much a sci-fi fan), and loved it. But I never got into the sequels, leaving the first one half-read. Bought Ender's Shadow for my wife for Christmas, and she absolutely devoured it, so I figured I should give it a try. Yep; I liked it every bit as much as the original. My inclination now is to go back and re-read Ender's Game. I noticed that some parts that are a bit awkward because of the need to be true to the dialogue of EG, but it doesn't detract... instead, it makes it a kind of game in itself. And like some other readers, I found the nun a bit of a pain. Card must have gone to parochial school and been scarred for life <grin> I was pleased to see the set-up for a sequal featuring a plot line based on geo-political struggles on the earth in the future (which is a subject I enjoy more than sci fi) The obvious advice to people considering this book is to read Ender's Game first
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Summary: Just as good if better then Enders Game!
Review: I loved this book.I read it in one day. The books is one of my favorites.At firdt i thought it would just be a spin off.Boy was i wrong.One of the best thing about Orson Scott Card is that he creates the most believable characters.Not the really super smart part but that you share their thoughts and feelings. I recomend this book to anyone who loved any of OSC books!
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Summary: More Parallel Novels Please ---------------- unique concept
Review: The best science fiction book since ENDERS GAME The rest of the books in the series were hardly worth reading Now lets hear the same story from Peters point of veiw then maybe Vals!
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Summary: Deeper message in Ender's Shadow
Review: I found this book to be even better than "GAME." The characters were all developed more fully than in the first. This new book alludes to Biblical themes with great success. Of course nothing could beat the thrill of the surprize ending of "GAME" But the climax of "SHADOW" is just as powerful in its own way.
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Summary: Ender's Shadow - Very Satisfying
Review: It would be a mistake to consider this book childish in orientation. Neither is it too repetitive of "Ender's Game" to be interesting. Card has continued to break away from the reader's expectations of this series. Bean's point of view into what happened during Ender's Game alone would make this novel worthwhile. The background into the under-developed Bean character in the original makes this exceptional. Let me remind you that Ender's perception of Bean during the climactic battles was that Bean couldn't handle large groups of ships, but could use small groups like a scalpel. The new book makes this ultimately believable by showing us that Bean was actually distracted by trying to keep an eye on the entire battle in case he had to take over for Ender. This is only one example, and this effect doesn't detract from the original, it deepens the impact of a book that is often, mistakenly, classified as a "young adult" novel. Remember a book is not necessarily childish simply because the main characters are children.
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Summary: something not quite there,though
Review: I thought this was an excellent book, and would have given it five stars except for the fact that it is linked so closely to ender's game. ender's game had something I can't put my finger on that made it more vital and gripping. At first I thought it was the fact that several scenes are repeated in this book, but they are given a new twist that fan's of ender's game will surely enjoy. also, and this is kind of rediculous, I almost felt a bit of resentment to card for making ender seem more mortal and fallable.
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