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Ender's Game
 

Ender's Game

by Orson Scott Card

In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the... (read more)

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Liked It

2 of 2 members found this review helpful.
Trent K
  • Rated 5 stars

“Ender's Game was one of the best books I have read in a long time. Card does an excellent job in not only building his characters, but also in building a future state of the world. This particular book drew me in quickly and held my attention, but was not difficult to read as there was not an overabundance of new terms introduced. I was able to predict that Ender was fighting for real by the end of the book but it did not distract from the overall enjoyment.”

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Didn’t Like It

2 of 3 members found this review helpful.
Helge M
  • Rated 2 stars

“On the surface this is a fairly shallow story: young kid is so incredibly bright that he manages to defeat the aliens that have been threatening mankind. However, that would be missing the point of this story. Ender's Game is a story of deceit. [br/]On the one hand we have Ender, a young boy whose brilliant insight into what makes people tick allows him to manipulate everyone around him. If some of what happens in Enders life seems too graphic, it's because those events are meant to...”

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  • Rated 4.433511 stars
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  • Rated 0 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Jamie R

    jamie r said:

    “I read this a few years ago and just got it out to read again from the library. Although different from the others later in this Quartet, I found this book to be a very good way of defining the character of Ender and showing the way people are capable of deciet and being decieved as well as it's intriguing nature into the misunderstaning between the Buggers and Humanity which is expressed at the end of the book.”

    posted Wednesday, July 30 2008
  • Halloween

    halloween said:

    “dude i don't even remember this book. i read it in like the 3rd grade.”

    posted Wednesday, July 9 2008
  • kevin michael w

    kevin michael w said:

    “ah, the dream of the outsider...that he/she is better than those who ostracise them! and it's not an uncommon idea to market to those tortured souls with fantasies like the ones floating beyond their trembling grasp. mr. card's effort is the story of a boy genius who's adept proclivity to problem resolution leads to a brilliant military career...at the age of eleven!
    along the way is deception, shallow parents, mean bigger kids (of course), and a unscrupulous military establishment. but the real story is about overcoming one's personal fears no matter what. "you always had the way home, dorothy, you just had to click your shoes together just so...and you'd be home." only in the future. in space. where no one can hear you scream...
    but very well done. very readable.”

    posted Monday, July 7 2008
  • Sam T

    sam t said:

    “Yea, I fell in love with this book. I don't really like any science fiction books... but this one I LOVED. I suggest it to anyone who likes someone like Asimov, or any other science fiction writers! (I wish there was a sequel...) If there is, someone tell me...”

    posted Sunday, July 6 2008 ( | view 2 replies )
  • FreydEnd

    freydend said:

    “This book is amazing. I do agree that its not a childrens book, but not because of the language or fighting but simply that i think the main ideas and political views would be missed. Though they still would probably enjoy it and probably more so if they read later on in life to rediscover things they missed when they were younger.”

    posted Saturday, May 24 2008
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