Ender's Game

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Summary: ENDERS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Awesome book! This book is nonstop action thriller with many twists and turns. I highy recommend this book no matter what kind of topic you like.

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Summary: Great, Card is a genius
Review: I'm 12 years old and I read this book in sixth grade (last year) and I loved it. We were only allowed a certain period of time to read but I couldn't put it down.

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Summary: The best book I have ever read
Review: Ender's Game, I thought had a great plot, wonderful characters, from good to bad. Never have I read a good book and want to read it over and over again. I would tell anyone to read this book, from a SF fanatic to just an average person. Anybody would like Ender's Game.

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Summary: Any gifted student's handbook
Review: "Ender's Game" is, in my opinion, one of the greatest science fiction works ever written. This book contains not only a glimpse of the future, a world hanging by a shoestring as only Orson Scott Card could make it, but also a hero any kid who's ever been taunted for being smart can relate to. As a gifted student, I've seen firsthand the ridicule smart children are sometimes subject to simply because they're intelligent. When I first read this book, I identified with Ender in a way I've never identified with any other character in any other novel I've ever read. Card's rich descriptions of daily life at Battle School, the Battle Room, the Fantasy Game, and Peter and Valentine's plans weave an elaborate plot that's at the same time complex and simple. Without ever understanding the exact structure of the government of Ender's Earth, the reader can easily see it is doomed to failure. All in all, this book is a must-read for any child who tests above average! ! and for any person who has been the subject of ridicule because of their skill at something. The Hugo and Nebula selection committees certainly knew what they were doing.

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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read
Review: This is a really cool book! As a gifted kid, I have experienced some of the things Ender did (though certainly not to the same extent). I felt like I was in the story - especially with Petra.

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Summary: What a book!
Review: I really loved the book "ENDER'S GAME". I was writing something myself and someone suggested to read the book. Unlike many books I read, I read this one in less than a week. Card's ability to create realistic and dramatic characters has never dissapointed me.

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Summary: GREAT IDEA, BUT ENDING RUSHED
Review: I loved this book. It was a fantastic read and an interesting, somewhat original plotline. I felt that he need to spend a little bit of extra time on the last chapter, where alot of important stuff was said. However, I highly recommend this book to anyone! Some keen insight on human psycosis.

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Summary: Good exploration of manipulation & loss of innocence
Review: What happens when a child is groomed to save the world ? Might just be required reading for tennis star dads.

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Summary: Couldn't put it down
Review: Ender's Game is the best Science fiction book I have ever read. It is more than just space ships and technology, it is a disturbing look at the human psyche. I loved this novel. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

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Summary: Ender's Game is a great idea poorly developed.
Review: I recently read Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game" for the first time. Like many books that one has heard countless raves about, this one does not live up to its press. Briefly, the points that it failed on are: 1) Card goes to great lengths to create the institution that drafts Ender Wiggin as the big, bad, paranoid, authoritarian military government that could destroy an entire alien species. But all the people who run the system are basically good, misunderstood people. Come again? Some folks are just evil. These characters were not believable. 2) The poor aliens are just misunderstood also? Once again, there are bad folks in the world (and out in the universe) who cannot be stopped except by killing them. Of course, then there would be no sequels. 3) It's possible that Ender's siblings could have created such alternate personas on the Net, but to think that the entire (paranoid, all controlling) government could be suborned by such simple measures is ludicrous. Ender himself is a great character, brilliant but manipulated by those around him. It's a shame Card didn't write this book ten years later; the immature, unrealistic view of the world and its institutions makes this book hard to read. I know from reading some of Card's later work that he has improved greatly. Don't base your opinion of his work on this one.