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  <body>I think I see where this is going, and I like it, but it bugs me that Ender literally never loses at anything. Too perfect.</body>
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  <body>I know it's not a fair comparison, but it reminds me of a more sadistic &quot;Harry Potter&quot; with technology in place of magic. Not a bad thing.</body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This appears to be your average Sci-Fi series. Maybe it is, but I'm unfamiliar enough with Sci-Fi to have been impressed with it. The book centers on Ender Wiggins, the child prodigy who is specifically trained to defeat the alien invaders and save the world. But what the book does very well is blur lines between who Ender's real enemies are. By the end of the book, Ender seems broken and used. He is emotionally all alone and dealing with the demons of his &quot;training&quot;. That is when this book grips you and thrusts you into the rest of the series. I'm anxious to read more books in the series, hopeful that it will expound upon the philosophy of morality and the role of survival vs. justice in life. This book was an excellent launching point for such a discussion, although the discussion only gets secondary attention in the book itself. That's not to say that it's only value is as a prologue for what is to come. Rather, the story is exciting in the way it asks these real, meaningful questions, leaving the reader to wrestle with them on their own before engaging in an overt discussion of the issues. ]]></body>
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