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Out of this World Reading - Chapter 9 book list
By MJ , Idiot's Top libriarian · 5 posts · 339 views
last updated May 04, 2009 03:16PM
Ender's Game *book club selection may contain spoilers*
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last updated Apr 19, 2010 12:33PM
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This book lost me with its views on women and jews. Yeah, women as a rule suck at strategy because of...evolution. Why not.
I won't be reading the sequels unless they're written from the adult soldiers' perspectives. I can see it now -
Soldier A: What - did our lead commander's voice just crack giving that order?
Soldier B: He's 10 years old. But don't worry - he's been trained in military strategy by playing this asinine capture the flag type game against other kids. He's top notch and obviously t ...more
I won't be reading the sequels unless they're written from the adult soldiers' perspectives. I can see it now -
Soldier A: What - did our lead commander's voice just crack giving that order?
Soldier B: He's 10 years old. But don't worry - he's been trained in military strategy by playing this asinine capture the flag type game against other kids. He's top notch and obviously t ...more
This book was part of a book club and I was resistant to reading it. I am not a fan of sci-fi and was being snobby. However I did enjoy the story and plan to read the rest of the series. A classic sci-fi book that I reccomend to anyone who thinks they wont like sci-fi
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
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I have read the whole series and although some books were better than others, I love the whole series. The way that Card can bring his characters to life is amazing. I feel like I really do know them. He is definitely a master character writer.
Mar 06, 2008
Amanda
marked it as to-read
Dec 25, 2008
Kimberly
is currently reading it
Apr 15, 2011
Sarah
marked it as to-read
