Reviews

Ender El Xenocida by Orson Scott Card

csnyder616's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

mlthomas_books's review against another edition

4.0

This was a counter-intuitively comforting story. The plot was well constructed and brought a sense of tension that was more intense than any of the others in the series, but ultimately I just felt warm at the end. The meta-topics hover on the subject of the soul and reminded me of all we don't know about the universe. Card offers an imaginative way of seeing life, and each other, that I really appreciated.

yvarg's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

themaggiemch's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Really good and very philosophical. It was probably longer than it needed to be but I didn't mind so much because I was listening on audio.

zombiesatestacey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

bagelexpert's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

joakley's review against another edition

4.0

The end gets a little wacky, but I was as wrapped up in this as I was with speaker for the dead

jeannamarie's review against another edition

2.0

The farther away the reader gets from Ender’s Game the more philosophical the story and the less grand Ender seems. I understand some 3000 years have passed, but the pacing and nuances that I really liked in Ender’s and even a bit in Speaker are gone in this book.

I had to drag myself through this story every day that I read the book. Debating if I want to keep going just to say I read the series or just stop here. This book did not make me even care about the characters and their outcomes anymore.

belowaveraj's review against another edition

4.25

Weird aside about the dangers of premarital sex!

psydneigh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I felt a little out of my depth at times with how sciencey this one got. I dont like Novinha and Ender’s relationship, and I don’t like how it seemed as if nothing had changed when Miro returned.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment