Ender's Shadow

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Summary: No great contribution to the series
Review: If you're going to skip one of the books in the Ender series, this is probably the one. Granted, it's meant to set up a backdrop for the two other "Shadow" books, but Bean's character isn't very difficult to figure out. It simply retells Ender's Game from Bean's perspective, and frankly, Bean is not nearly as interesting a character. As unbelievable as Ender's brilliance is, Bean's genius is completely overdone even despite Card's attempt to explain why Bean is so extraordinary. Still, it's not a horrible story by any means. As in his other novels, Card's prose and character development certainly need work, but once you get past that, you're left with a very entertaining story.

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Summary: A whole new perspective
Review: I loved Ender's Game, and when Xenocide got slower than ever, I left it for Ender's Shadow. I was not disappointed. OSC gives us a new character with a whole new perspective. Ender was the commander, but Bean was the behind-the-scenes guy in on all the secrets. Bean's story starts on the streets of Rotterdam with many other children, homeless and fighting to survive. It later brings you to the Battle School, where Bean quickly became one of the true genuises, and the rest is history. Or is it? Bean's story gives us exciting new characters, and a much better understanding of the events in Ender's Shadow. It can be read on it's own, like Ender's Game, but Game & Shadow complement eachother perfectly. A wonderful story!

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Review: Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card was one of the best books I ever read. The characters were very well developed; they acted as if they were real people. The stroy followed a young boy named Bean, who was the shadow of a genious named Ender. It starts off with bean as a young boy struggling to survive in the streets of the city. There a nun finds hiim and realizes he is a genious needed in space to train for a war that is going on between the human race and aliens called buggers. Bean is admitted to a special school in space where young kids are trained to fight, problem solve, and use startegy to defeat the other kids in their class, working their way to the top. Bean does a lot of snooping around at the school and finds out that they are not really training at all; they are really fighting the battles against the buggers. Bean follows Ender all the way to the top of the class, living in his shadow, just one step behind. I really enjoyed reading this book; i kept you guessing all the way till the end. There are a lot of surprises though out the story that made it very interesting. I would reccomend this book to all readers because it is a very good book. The story will appeal to everyone because it is an all around good book, it is not just a science fiction because it goes deeper in to the human mind and analyzing problems. Ender's Game is one of my favorites and i think many other people will enjoy it to.

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Review: Ender's shadow is about a small boy called Bean (who you may remember from Ender's Game) who has to save one of his friends from being killed by his arch enemy while saving himself. It is a very captivating book and I reccomend it to anyone who likes science fiction books. I enjoyed it at 13 years old (this year)

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Review: Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card, I liked the transformation with Crazy Tom. I think that only Bean saw that he wasn't insubordinate, but all of the incompetent soldiers. Ender told Tom what the goal was and let him figure out how to achieve it by using his own ideas with some help from Bean. He also had a temper for actions that he didn't think were smart and he dealt with it his own way. Sending messages to everyone in his reach about how stupid his commander was and making the barracks look like a tornado hit. I believe that this was curved because he got to make his own decisions.
The theme of the book as I see it is how man can try to deceive its self, but in recognizing their weaknesses only makes man even more powerful. When Graff denied Bean access to the supply room, bean told him that it was unacceptable because what if Ender needed supplies from a certain country, would they deny him because they needed it. I think that this would relate to my life because I know as many people experience, many downfalls in my life. When my grandmother died, I experienced a very deep grief that I could hardly deal with. Then I realized that everyone dies and that I had to deal with it. So this experience made me stronger in how I deal with death in my life.
I believe that this book is great for people who like the Bean series. This book is also good for people who like sci-fi. When going to the moon is like working away from home for a couple of weeks and the Battle School is like boarding school for life. If you also like warfare in space and how children take warfare seriously and will kill for the sake of their pride, this is the book for you.

Damien
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Summary: Ender's shadow, an awesome book
Review: Bean's world is very different than the world we know today. The world has stopped warring against each other and is united for a single cause; to defeat the aliens in the "second invasion." Earth was attacked by the formics and almost defeated. Since then Earth has started a Battle School Program to train the brightest young minds in our world to defend the home planet.
Bean gets rescued from the streets and a murderous madman by a nun, Sister Carlotta. While taking Battle School admissions tests Bean and Sister Carlotta learn that he's incredibly brilliant. After being launched into space to live in a giant revolving wheel, Battle School, Bean learns that being incredibly smart and incredibly young is not a good recipe for making friends. In battle school Bean learns that a great responsibility is put on his shoulders. The life of the street urchin known only as "Bean" is fun and exciting life to read about. If you liked Ender's Game you will love Ender's Shadow.

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Review: I think that Ender's Shadow is a great book. It is exciting and full of intrigue. This book also has many twists and turns. I highly recommend it to people familiar with the Ender's series, to people new to it, or to people who've never even heard of it. This book starts off at a fast pace, so you don't have to read boring background information or narrative. This book is great from the beginning till the end, and it'll leave you wanting to read the next of the series.
Ender's Shadow is about a kid named Bean. Bean is about 3 or 4 years old. He lives on the streets of a city called Rotterdam. Bean is a very smart kid because he is the outcome of a genetic experiment. He escapes from the lab and lives on the streets. Eventually a nun named Sister Carlotta comes and finds that Bean is a genius, so she takes him up to battle school.

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Book Review

Can a boy of four years rise from living as a street urchin to commanding an army? Ender's Shadow, by Orson Scott Card is a parallel novel to his popular book Ender's Game, written from the perspective of another character. This gripping saga describes one child's journey of becoming a leader responsible for preserving the human race.

The war in space has been rough. Humans barely survived the first conflict against the buggers, aliens from a faraway planet. Now, earth is again facing destruction.

Ender Wiggin is a highly intelligent six year old. The earth is counting on him. Summoned to space to be trained as a commander, Ender quickly advances through battle school. But if Ender fails, what will be the fate of the world? This is where Bean comes in.

Bean survived by raising himself on the streets from the time he was one. Discovered at age four, he is declared to have super-human intellect. He too, is escorted into space to begin his training at battle school.

Once Bean arrives at school, he is compared to Ender, whose training is well underway. After only a few months of instruction, Bean is put under Ender's command and soon learns the real reason he is being trained. Although Bean feels superior to his comrades, Ender teaches him the process of gaining respect so that others will follow him.

Will Ender succeed in leading the war or will Bean's survival skills be put to use? Bean is much more than your average child. If you like compelling stories about finding your purpose in life, Ender's Shadow will be an enjoyable read for you.

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Summary: Love it!!!
Review: First of all, I am not a science fiction fan- but LOVE Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow. And, if you haven't read Ender's Game, you should read it before reading Ender's Shadow.

Ender's Shadow takes us into Bean's world- the same time period as Ender's Game. I thought it would be weird, and it would be very similar to Ender's Game, but it wasn't, and took the story to a whole other level. It was well written and impossible to put down.

After I read Ender's Game, I read Speaker for the Dead, and didnt like it. I missed the Battle school, and the children aspect. So I loved Ender's Shadow, and anyone who liked Ender's Game will like it too!

I can only hope Orson Scott Card writes another 'parallel story to Ender's Game.....

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Summary: ENDER'S SHADOW = Great
Review: Ender's Shadow is a parallel novel to Ender's Game, NOT A SEQUEL. Simply a story set in the same time from a different point of view, Ender's right hand man, Bean. This shows the ever so loyal EG readers that Peter isn't the only bad guy out there. Not to mention the fact that Bean had a much harder life than Ender could ever imagine, much less experience. Contrary to a somewhat common belief, Bean didn't grow up like Ender. He grew up on the streets, in a horrible life not meant for any kid, or man. The book definatly goes much more into detail about Beans talents and gifts, while spouting off extremly interesting philosophy about human life. Amongst all of this bean is in a never ending struggle of good, bad, right, and wrong. Over all i think that Orsen Scott Card did a GREAT job on this novel and would love to see a continuing saga on Bean alone. Great novel, go out and by everything by OSC and make him extremly rich. Five thumbs up