111 Book Review: Ender’s Game
Ender’s Game
by Orson Scott Card
This book is a pre-read for one of my top 10 best books of all time (Speaker for the Dead) and it’s a parallel read to another one of my top 10 (Ender’s Shadow). Talk about proximity to power, jeesh. But you must start here.
The story follows boy-genius Ender as he’s trained to save the world from a third invasion of the Formic alien species (who’ve toasted earth twice now). But Ender isn’t just smart; he’s also kind, empathic, inspiring. He’s like the space Jesus of star wars school. (Please, please imagine that.)
Meanwhile on earth, his brainy siblings solve world peace through blogging. (Who knew it was that easy?)
TL;DR: Boy genius flips space warfare on its head but can’t distinguish between video games and real life.
My rating: 10 out of 11 Enemy Gates, Which Are Down, BTW
Get it here:
- IndieBound (print, U.S.)
- Better World Books (print, worldwide)
- Apple Books (electronic)
- Google Play Books (electronic)
- Scribd (audio)
Oh, you liked it? Well then, try: Speaker for the Dead (Ender’s next adventure), The Three-Body Problem (because alien invasions gonna invade)
Part of the Ender Quartet: Ender’s Game | Speaker for the Dead | Xenocide | Children of the Mind
Part of the Enderverse (my suggested order): Ender’s Game | Speaker for the Dead | Xenocide | Children of the Mind | Ender’s Shadow | Shadow of the Hegemon | Shadow Puppets | Shadow of the Giant | First Meetings in the Enderverse | A War of Gifts | Ender in Exile | Shadows in Flight | Earth Unaware | Earth Afire | Earth Awakens | Children of the Fleet | The Swarm | The Hive | The Queens | The Last Shadow
