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.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Grief, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment
justintocs's review against another edition
3.0
This book starts real slow. It doesn't become clear what is happening until close to halfway through.
garrodot's review against another edition
4.0
It becomes clear that Card is coming up with great ideas for stories and then going "oh, what the heck, the universe is a large place, I can make this fit into Ender's Game somehow."
Though it really is a very interesting storyline, weaving science fiction, a deft use of Japanese culture and rituals, and an incredibly brutal and detailed portrayal of OCD. And as usual, the heartstrings are well-tugged.
However, this book falters in taking many of the favorite characters of the previous book and wounding fans twofold: barely using them, and in those fleeting uses, changing them in dour ways. Gone is the spirit of the previous book, replaced by what can only be described as bitterness. Given my love for this series so far, it's clear I don't need happy endings, but man...
Though it really is a very interesting storyline, weaving science fiction, a deft use of Japanese culture and rituals, and an incredibly brutal and detailed portrayal of OCD. And as usual, the heartstrings are well-tugged.
However, this book falters in taking many of the favorite characters of the previous book and wounding fans twofold: barely using them, and in those fleeting uses, changing them in dour ways. Gone is the spirit of the previous book, replaced by what can only be described as bitterness. Given my love for this series so far, it's clear I don't need happy endings, but man...
abdallahelfar's review against another edition
4.0
I didn't enjoy this book. It's a good book, not very fun though. Turns into mostly philosophical, meta-physical speculative fiction. But that's not the reason I didn't enjoy it, I usually find that sort of stuff fun. It was a couple of issues: 1) 2) 3) 4)
Spoiler
Jane doesn't act like a AI should, an AI that lived to 3000 years would have discreetly expanded its body, building an army of ships to colonize uninhabitable worlds. To mine the worlds and build more machine that would be her body and mind, over many planets. This is how an AI would behave and it would have prevented a big conflict in the book.Spoiler
They didn't observe and attempt to influence Han Fei-Tzu from the start, I mean come on know your enemy damnit. Would have been much simpler and avoided a number of major conflicts. Why not look closely at the person who wrote the declaration that prevented revolt that Ender wanted in the hundred worlds.Spoiler
Don't tell me that in 3000 years we don't have the technology to at least lessen the issues with Miro's body, we practically have that technology today, to assist in walking and talking at least if not out right heal him.Spoiler
In all the time Ender spoke with the hive queen she seems to have learned a lot more from him than he learned from her. Its almost as if he hadn't communicated anything worth while in all their conversations, that she had to read his mind to gain anything from him. It seems dumb that Ender who is depicted as a great communicator didn't really talk to the hive queen about anything useful in all those years until the point in this book where he does because he must and the plot calls for it.dyselxic's review against another edition
4.0
This book is a great continuation of one of the most complex science fiction stories I have ever known.
awingard's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
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? Yes
4.75
spacepiratequeen's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0