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Summary: Good continuing story
Review: While it's hard to compete with Ender's Game (which I think Card did pretty well in Ender;s Shadow), Card manages to continue the story begun there with another exciting chapter of the political and military intrigue surrounding Ender's jeesh on their return to earth.After reading Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide, the reader is left to wonder what went on back on Earth after Ender left. The Shadow series does a good job of telling that story. If you read the other books in this series, you should like this one as well. Hopefully, the next one will continue a good story and not take the enormous step backwards that happened in the original series with Children of the Mind.
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Summary: Preachy and Racist
Review: First: I agree with Lise Alper (see below). Second: And wish to add that I am deeply disappointed in Mr. Card's politico-religious preachings in this book: they are nothing short of racist and prejudiced stereotypes. I've read EG, ES, SOTH, and I am appalled at the degree to which Card *thinks* he understands the world, just because he has read a few inane, popular "current events" books ("What Went Wrong?")written by colonialist-thinking so-called Middle Eastern Scholars (Bernard Lewis), all in the aftermath of the xenophobia post 9/11 too. Excuse me, who died and appointed Mr. Card grand editorializer of world events? It's really sad, what with his "war-watch" columns on his website and all. It's all so fascist really, when you stop to think about it: it's advocacy for war, and for "strong nations" (monolithic, cultural stereotypes abound here) leading the weaker ones. Anyways, I'm really glad to see I am not the only one sensing these ideological politico-religious sermons in this book. I am deeply disappointed. I am really going to think twice about recommending or reading his works anymore. In fact, I am going to make sure I volunteer to tell people to NOT read his works, for they are beginning to read like the "Left Behind" series. Yuck.
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Summary: Shadow Puppets is a worthy continuation
Review: Shadow Puppets is a worthy continuation of the Ender series. Shadow Puppets continues the saga started in Shadow of the Hegemon (apparently they were originally one book), where the Chinese have taken over half the world with the insane Achilles driving their strategy. Although the beginning of Shadow Puppets suffered the same weaknesses of SotH (namely the inclusion of Achilles), most of the story ignores him and introducing interesting new characters and plot points. I can definitely recommend Shadow Puppets to anyone reading the series.
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Summary: Not Very Good
Review: The book's tolerable. Essentially, the problem with it boils down to shallowness: the characters are merely caricatures, the dialog is banal, and the plot has no depth. If I had actually bought this book instead of borrowing it from the library, I'd probably be more upset about it. As it is, it was just a waste of time reading it. I find this amazing since all the other Ender/Bean books of this era are excellent. I don't know what happened with this book, but don't bother reading it.
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Summary: Another good addition to the Ender Series
Review: The Battle School Children keep growing up in the continuation of the Ender's Shadow series. Ender and Petra mature into adults and struggle with the ramifications of having children. Peter deals with reality as a politician, not just an essayist. Achilles returns and is working for Peter? As the time moves on, child geniuses are teen geniuses running the world that is in political turmoil. The book mostly focuses on Bean and Petra and their running away from Achilles, convinced he is going to murder Bean for wrongs he committed (All are Achilles killings are people who have made him vulnerable). We learn more about Bean's past and his inevitable, distressing future. Thing that impressed me most about the book was Orson Scott Card didn't pull any punches; no cheesy easy ways out and no infuriating extensions the series (there is another book coming, but has the potential to be a very good book with a real story to tell). If you can't get beyond genius children manipulating world politics, then the books won't be as interesting. Political machinations make this more than a horror book with the evil villain pursuing the virtuous couple. The USA isn't the focus of all the political force that is affecting the world, but merely a reactor to other more powerful countries (which is odd for an American writer to do). The villian, Achilles, has depth and deviousness in his character that makes him believable as well as understandably evil, and Bean, the hero, is a squirmy stubborn who has to be manipulated to realize his own humanity. An odd person to root for certainly and Card makes you care about him. A Good read with engaging characters and plot lines. If you haven't read any of the previous books, I suggest starting with Ender's Game or Ender Shadow (Ender's Game is best read before Ender's Shadow but is not necessary). Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets.
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Summary: ok
Review: this book was ok. i was diapointed with the changes to alis charactor and mr. card went a little to far with the hole make lots of babys thing.apart from that this book was pretty good it was not as good as "enders shadow" or "the shadow of the hegmon" but i would recomend it to any card fan. i cant wait for the movie
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Summary: more of same
Review: This book is basically part two of Shadow of the Hegemon. These two books really can't be taken separately. Though good books, neither of them are quite as good as Ender's Shadow was. If you read the Ender series and liked it, definitely pick up Ender's Shadow. If you really liked Ender's Shadow, then by all means pick up SotH and Shadow Puppets, but if you don't, you're not missing out on anything.
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Summary: Card continues to excel
Review: This book continues the story from Ender's Shadow and Shadow of the Hegemon, focusing on Achilles du Flandres' battle with Peter Wiggin, Bean, and Petra for control of the world. Although Card occassionally stops telling the story to inject moralistic diatribes about monogamous love, it's an exciting, fast-paced tale with good characters and geopolitical intrigue. The only real problem is that Peter Wiggin's dark side, which was so heavily featured in Ender's Game, is virtually absent, and while he is depicted as conceited, he is a less morally complex and troubling character than he could have been. Definitely a good read.
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Summary: A New Thread for Card
Review: Shadow Puppets is another installment in the Ender's Game series by Orson Scott Card. It takes place after the battle with the Buggers and deals primarily with Bean, Peter Wiggin and some of Ender's other battle school cohorts. All now in positions of power either by their own finangling or by the sheer weight of being battle school graduates the children are all vying for power. You should know this is more of a political and intrigue styled book and is as much a departure from the original Ender's Game as Children of the Mind Xenocide, etc were. However, it is good work by Card and worth a read.
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Summary: Go card go
Review: Unlike so many others who have reviewed this novel and givin bad ratings to both Shadow of the Hegemon and Shadow Puppters, I throughly enjoyed these books. Granted that they are not sci fi thrillers like Enders Game, but afterwards many a person was left wondering what happened on earth, and these books tell you of the tragadies and triumphs that befall the beloved home planet.
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