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Ender must overcome social, physical, and mental obstacles. The story is compelling and the characters are deep. Very good sci-fi book with interesting characters and a heck of story-line. And still be six-years old. The ending leaves me scratching my head but I'll let you decide that as I would still recommend this book. No one is all good and no one is all bad. A six-year old (Ender) is chosen to go to military school because of his potential.
Much of the book focuses on the zero-gravity games that Ender plays. I recently found a list of the top 100 greatest sci-fi novels of all time. On the top of the list is Ender's Game. In the end I would give it 4.5 / 5 but since I can't award half-stars I'll round up to 5 because it was a really fun read that kept the pages turning well into the wee hours.
I am being a little nit-picky here because throughout most of the book I was quite engaged, even if I did know what was going to happen.Overall this book is very good. It is a very easy read that doesn't provide a whole lot of detail; instead Card lets your imagination fill in all the gaps, which I did like quite a bit. Also, even though the games are fun to read about they do tend to dry up a little towards the end because you pretty much know exactly how each one is going to pan out. The story is incredibly predictable, I saw the major twists coming from a mile away.
All of the children in the Wiggins family are well above brilliant but Ender was ultimately chosen as the one to train, so he can potentially save the world from the 'Buggers'. Meanwhile back on Earth his brother Peter and his sister Valentine have their own plans.I do have a few minor complaints. I've been on this massive sci-fi kick lately so I made it a point to read all of the books on that list that I haven't read already. It's pretty clear right from the beginning that Ender is a mastermind.
Ender has a knack for being the best and that annoys some of the other children. This has been hailed as a classic many times over so I couldn't help but read it right away.The story follows Ender Wiggins, an extremely brilliant child. This book focuses primarily on Enders training as well as the alliances and rivalries that form at the training academy.
At best, this is a children's book for simpletons. Who are the people that are writing stellar reviews on this book. Five year olds.
The other characters appear to me to be mere plot devices.(via [.].) The detailed plot and pace of the book makes it an entertaining read, and it masks some of the book's deficiencies. The only memorable characters to me are Ender and the military guy that first scouts him out.
The storyline takes a while to develop, but it never seems tedious to get the details of the world Ender lives in. I have been looking for a great sci-fi story that isn't the usual recycled crap you see on TV's and most sci-fi books these days. The book really puts you in the story and that's why it gets 4 stars. I love his experiences at the battle school as I was imagining myself performing the tasks he performs and wondering how well I would do myself. Granted this isn't exactly a new book, but it really caught me up in the story. I started to feel for Ender and his unusual situation.
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