Ren the Unclean's review
Ender's Shadow (Shadow Series, Book 1)
by Orson Scott Card
Ren the Unclean's review
Ender's Shadow (Shadow Series, Book 1) by Orson Scott Card
Ren the Unclean's review
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sci-fi
recommended for: Everyone
Rather than pursue the massive political/social examination that takes in the sequels to Ender's Game, Card goes back to the roots of the series by starting in the same timeframe and following a different character, and then continuing from there in the same style.
Ender's Shadow is, I would say, as good as or better than Ender's Game. Bean is one of the coolest characters I have seen in a book, and that is especially true in this first book in his series. Most of Ender's Game is spent with you thinking about how smart Ender is and marveling at his ability to accomplish his goals and solve problems. In Ender's Shadow, you realise that Bean, a comparitively insignificant character in EG is smarter than Ender, better at seeing and exploiting social patterns, and in general, has a lot to do with Ender being able to accomplish what he accomplishes.
It is really cool to see how Card ties the actions of a separate character that fall outside (for the most part) of the main events of...more
Ender's Shadow is, I would say, as good as or better than Ender's Game. Bean is one of the coolest characters I have seen in a book, and that is especially true in this first book in his series. Most of Ender's Game is spent with you thinking about how smart Ender is and marveling at his ability to accomplish his goals and solve problems. In Ender's Shadow, you realise that Bean, a comparitively insignificant character in EG is smarter than Ender, better at seeing and exploiting social patterns, and in general, has a lot to do with Ender being able to accomplish what he accomplishes.
It is really cool to see how Card ties the actions of a separate character that fall outside (for the most part) of the main events of...more
