Ender's Shadow (The Shadow Series, #1) in Ender's Jeesh

Nov 07, 2013 Angelique Wayne rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Though the first portion of the book seems borderline absurd by painting such an unbelievably savage world, the story eventually explains itself and how the genius Julian "Bean" Delphiki came to be. I'm a very open minded reader when it comes to fiction. As long as an author hooks me with good plot, characters, and coherent execution, I'm all in.

That being said, the book truly was an enjoyable read. It explored more details of Battle School than "Ender's Game" ever did, and I quite enjoyed Bean' ...more

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Jun 29, 2013 Nicole rated it it was amazing

Enders Shadow was another amazing book by Orson Scott Card. It was almost, if not as, good as Enders Game. It follows the same storyline as Enders Game, only this time it is being written in Bean's perspective. Bean was a character often mentioned in Enders Game, he was one of Wiggin's close friends who helped defeat the buggers in the third invasion. In Enders Shadow, you find that Bean lived the first four years of his life as an orphan in the streets of Rotterdam. He was starving and alone. S ...more

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Jun 20, 2013 Jordan Scott rated it it was amazing

WOW. I love this book (perhaps even more than I love Ender's Game)! I fell is love with Bean's character and his backstory. You find out some pretty incredible things about this kid who was mainly in the background in Ender's Game. ...more

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