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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)

Orson Scott Card

Start date: April 1, 2002

Finish date: April 30, 2002

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Jul 30, 2007 Wealhtheow rated it liked it

Shelves: sci-fi

I read this book in 7th grade. I remember it so exactly because still, to this day, I distinctly remember sprinting up the stairs to get to the bookshelf to read the next chapter. It is an absolutely engrossing tale of a small boy involved in a big war, filled with heartache and camaraderie and betrayal and cleverness.

The problem is that Orson Scott Card hates queer people and liberals so much that he's written a number of novels entirely about how awful they are. He posts screeds about how gay ...more

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Jun 28, 2007 Wealhtheow rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi

Yes, there are worrying political undertones in this book. But Ender Wiggin is a captivating, engaging and brilliant main character, and I loved reading about him, his adventures, and the moral questions he wrestled with throughout the book. His siblings are equally fascinating, and the framing device of the entire thing lends that extra edge of darkness to an already twisted book.

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Oct 26, 2010 Christy rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, fantasy

Well I had a hard time rating this book. I cared about Ender and I was interested in the story, but it took me a long time to get through it. The battle scenes were a little too detailed and kind of lost me. It reminded me of Hunger Games but I didn't like it nearly as much ...more

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