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Didn’t Like It “There was way too much political sludge in this issue of the bean series for me. I like the political conversations and things like that, but there comes a point where its just TOO MUCH. I would rather hear how Bean and Petra are doing emotionally because it seemed as if all they were doing was...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“This book is I think 200 or 300 pages, i dont exactly remember, i REALLY enjoyed it, its a prequel to Enders Game. Its the story of Enders favorite kid, Bean. How he grew up in the kid gang streets of rotterdam. How he escaped to a school and how he impressed the teachers there. How he than, went to battle school and had Ender as his leader. Than get separated from ender, to lead his own team in Battle School. And how bean, with ender, defeated the known bugger threat completely. I realy enjoyeed this book and wish they made a movie of it. It was written by Orson Scott Card”
Nik P wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Good”
Branavan R wrote this review Friday, October 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“i LLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEE IT!!!!!!!!!!”
xandy wrote this review Tuesday, October 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Great book”
Michael D wrote this review Tuesday, October 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Solid, but not as good as the first book.”
Rowland M wrote this review Tuesday, September 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Good story, but a shadow compared to the "Ender" series.”
T.R.M. wrote this review Wednesday, September 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Another masterful installment of the fantastic Ender/Bean series. I find it maddening that an author whose creative work I respond to with such favor can be so repelent to me on a personal/political/religious level. It is easy to see some of Card's political leanings and social beliefs in his works, once one is made aware of them; still, the Ender novels as well as other independent works - like Songmaster - seem somewhat liberal and inclusive, which would be opposed to Card's ultra-conservatism. Luckily, the writing is so wonderful and the stories so magical that it isn't too difficult to put aside my feelings for the author and simply enjoy the work (though I can't see myself buying copies of his books - I'll have to continue to borrow them from friends/libraries). I finished Shadow Puppets in one day, though it's about 350 pages, and I'll be cracking open the next in the series - Shadow of the Giant - tomorrow. Still such an incredible sci-fi fantasy series, though, perhaps not surprisingly, some of the magic of Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow has been lost. Well worth the read.”
Adam B wrote this review Monday, August 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Taut, well-paced, excellent character development, and an extraordinarily satisfying conclusion.”
K.M. Weiland wrote this review Sunday, July 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“There was way too much political sludge in this issue of the bean series for me. I like the political conversations and things like that, but there comes a point where its just TOO MUCH. I would rather hear how Bean and Petra are doing emotionally because it seemed as if all they were doing was making babies chemically with no strings attached. I did not enjoy this book half as much as "Shadow of the Hegemon"”
Chloe C wrote this review Monday, July 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
