Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Ender's Game (Ender Saga, #1)

by Orson Scott Card

Ender Wiggin is Battle School's latest recruit. His teachers reckon he could become a great leader. And they need one. A vast alien force is headed for Earth, its mission: the annihilation of all human life. Ender could be our only hope. But first he must survive the most brutal military training program in the galaxy...With its explosive storyline, pump-action excitement and hugely engaging central characters, Ender's Game is 2002's absolute must-read for teenaged boys. Forget schools for wizards, this is where the *real* action is.

Reviewed by Jordon on

4 of 5 stars

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This book was very good.

I couldn’t stop reading. There was something about the story that had me hooked, I just wanted to keep reading to see what happened, to see what Ender would do. In saying that I did enjoy this book a lot but for me it had a bit too much politics in it which made me skim read a few parts and only because I’m not that interested in the type of politics that was in this book. It went straight over my head actually.

The writing was good and Ender was a very interesting and likeable character. I didn’t like the way he acted sometimes but I could understand why he was the way he was. Scott created an interestingly strong character, intellectually and mentally. The story was pretty interesting because of Ender. He made up the story.

We saw everything from Ender’s eyes so a few things that were revealed near the end were surprising because as smart as Ender was he hadn’t yet grasped the situation. I liked that.

I will definitely be reading the sequel at some point!

Miss J
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