Ender’s game is set in a future world where humanity is in a war with an alien race of giant bugs. Genius children have been bread and molded to become the greatest military leaders and win the war. This is my first Orson Scott Card book and I liked it. He writes children well, (not jut making them miniature adults) and I think this book might have a strong draw for young adult readers. It was very easy to identify with Ender since I’m sure most people, adult and children alike, feel they are special, don’t quite fit in, and have larger trials than everyone else. (Talk about a universal truth, ha ha.) It was sort of fun reading about Ender, since I have a seven year old boy and imagining him in this role was an interesting exercise. I found some parts a little repetitive, but it kept a good pace and wasn’t boring. I liked the characters of his brother and sister, and felt they could have had a much better, or at least more relevant plot line. The relationships in Ender’s family were approaching complex and were well done. I felt they had interesting personalities and adequate development, they just could have had a little more depth and better drawn motivations. The last chapters in the book are quite removed from the rest of the book, and I felt a little cheated that so much time is covered. There were a couple of loose ends, but I am probably going to check out the next book in the series and see if they get tied up in that one. I wouldn’t say it was great, but I would say it was very entertaining and anyone even marginally interested in science fiction would probably enjoy it.
Best Seller, Contemporary, Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult