Rating: Summary: Entertaining Read Review: A fine read for anyone of any age. It's not overly complicated, nor is it just for kids either. I found it very entertaining (I've read it when I was 13, now 17) and still find it so after rereading it. Don't go into the book expecting marvelous things to happen though, it was good but not the best of the sci-fi genre. Still I recommend that anybody (fan of sci-fi, or not) should give it a try.
Rating: Summary: Appeals to a wide audience Review: I'll make this simple. A) If you love science fiction: Buy this book. B) If you are new to science fiction: Buy this book. C) If you hate science fiction: Convince yourself that you simply haven't read good sci-fi yet and buy this book.
Rating: Summary: Military scifi for people who don't like it Review: Like the heading says, anybody can enjoy this book. This book has a lot of brain, but also a lot of just plain old fantastic intensity that would thrill anybody! The character, Ender, is so easy to want to follow more and more. I am young, but my mom enjoyed this book to! So did my brother. This book is just really awesome! You have gotta read it!
Rating: Summary: A Excellent Read Review: This one of the greatest science fiction book ever written. The story is great with several plot twists, and some wonderful characters. I have read the book twice over the last year and was unable to put it down both times. Not only does the book tell of the war against the buggers, but also has many points of reflection by Ender, which will make you think about your own life. Buy this book, you will not be dissapointed
Rating: Summary: great read Review: you never know what's going to happen next. you'll really get a feel for the characters in the story right from the start. like all sci-fi books its a little confusing in the begining but after a little while you'll understand the story. but i'll tell you right now, if you try to guess the what's goin' to happen next you're going to be wrong.
Rating: Summary: Good Read Review: I've read this book probably 15 times. Somehow I find something new to enjoy each time I read it.
Rating: Summary: I don't get the hype Review: I'm sure my reviewer rank is going to get clobbered for this one but I have to complain about this book. I've been putting off reading Ender's Game for about 8 years now. Every time I would get in a discussion about books the question would come up and I would have to shamefully hang my head and admit to not having read IT yet. "But I do have it on my hot list, and I am planning on reading it soon." I would declare lamely. So last year I made a New Year's Resolution to finally read it. I finally found it on tape unabridged and drove about 40 minutes to a library in a different city to pick it up. Over the course of two weeks I read/listened to it and I was in shock. Nothing happened. It was generic sci-fi. Halfway through I started to realize the story wasn't about him fighting aliens, it was about him training to fight aliens and actually my favorite part was what was happening with his brother and sister back on earth. I never really understood the political situation on earth, who was allied with whom, or what the hegemon was. Yes of course I was touched by the little boy's plight, but the entire book was just a bunch of filler so that he could pull off a startling climax. Then there's the last chapter or two which should have just been stapled into the book as a late addition. The chapter should have been titled 'Setup for the Sequel'. It just didn't fit, it was like you saw some one turn off the video camera and then start it back up somewhere else. I believe he should have kept it a short story, the climax wasn't worth 300 pages of semi-boring, (though well written) fluff. I think comparing this book to Dune is like comparing 'Tom & Jerry' to 'The Simpsons'. It's a whole different level of entertainment.
Rating: Summary: A Story To Remember Review: I've never been one for science fiction. So when my humanities teacher said we had to read Ender's Game, I wasn't exactly eager. I read the first two chapters when he told us to. I read the 3rd and 4th chapters when they were assigned. I read the fifth chapter just to get ahead. But suddenly, I couldn't stop. The story gripped me. I read and read, and by the next day I had finished the book. I didn't cry, but in my heart I felt like it. Ender's Game brings up the questions of morality, of war, that are stored in our souls and are opened just when we pick up a book like this. This book is one that broke me, because of the destruction of innocence, the constant manipulation, the infinite inner struggles of the characters that make you love and hate the author all at once: love him, because he makes you understand and feel it, and hate him for the same reason. Ender's Game affirms that life isn't black and white. Through the way the tale is woven with threads of simplicity, action, and true human feelings, the reader walks away with the knowledge that he must return. Card tests our minds and our definitions of good and evil when he mixes the purest, whitest form of life with the darkest form of hatred: a child and war.
Rating: Summary: Best Book I've ever read Review: sometimes you can read a book over and over and every time its different. this is one of those.
Rating: Summary: A Great Science-Fiction Book for Kids and Adults Review: If you like science-fiction books you should read Ender's Game. It's about a kid named Ender who goes to a military training school called Battle School. Ender has a sister named Valentine and a brother named Peter. He then becomes commander of the Dragon army. Then he goes to Commanding School and commands an army. He thinks it's a game but he is actually fighting. This is a great book for anyone who likes science-fiction.
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