I've been reading a lot lately, and just finished Ender’s Game. I've heard it's being made into a movie. Ender's Game is written by Orson Scott Card. It has won a Hugo, a Nebula and is on the New York Times Bestselling list. It is about a small boy named Ender who is sent to a battle school at the age of 6. In this school, they play a game. The object of the game is to freeze all of your opponent’s team members. Then you open your enemies gate, and walk through it. In this game, Ender learns how to strategize and lead. After about 4 years in battle school, he is put into commanding school. There he learns about the bugger war.
There are many great parts in this book, but I think that one of my favorite
parts is when Ender sends out a message to everyone saying ‘I LOVE YOUR BUTT. LET ME KISS IT. -BERNARD’. Bernard is, or was, a bully to everyone, especially Ender, so he wrote that to make Bernard look like some weird, dumb kid.
I absolutely loved reading this book and could barely put it down. A ton of people say that it’s probably the best science-fiction book ever written. I definitely agree with them. Everything that happens is described in immense detail. Every part of the story is needed. There isn’t anything that could, or should be cut out. The book can be very funny, but can also be packed with intensity. I would recommend this book to anyone, and especially people that like adventuresome, science-fiction books where anything could happen.
4 comments:
I am impressed! ENDER'S GAME is one of the best Science fiction books ever. Are you going to read any of the sequels? They are also awesome.
How did you feel when you found out Ender's game was really a war to save Earth?
I thought Card's ability to describe the wild game they had to learn to play (I forgot the name of it) was masterful writing. I almost felt like I could play it. Of course, it has to be played in zero G's!
Ender's Game is my all time favorite book. Very Cool Blog Jasmyne.
I read Ender's Game several years ago and liked it so much that I read the sequels: Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind. The last one, Children of the Mind, was a little boring, but I loved all the other ones.
I love your blog! I am glad to see you are doing so much reading. I have a couple of books I just read that I am bringing to you and Mia when we come out next week.
I have to agree with your assesment of Ender's Game. What a great book. I would recommend reading Ender's Shadow. It is the same story, but told from the perspective of Bean, Ender's second in command. It is great, and I promise that you will love Bean as much as Ender. Enjoy.
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