Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game

Pros: Great sci-fi themes, exciting, engaging story, suspense, action, "big ideas."
Cons: Stilted language, some violent scenes...

At some point in the mid-1980's, my parents gave me the book "Ender's Game." I liked Star Wars and Star Trek, and had already read dozens of Star Wars and Star Trek books, but after I read about twenty pages and realized it was a science fiction book, I ...

Pros: A marvelously engineered construction
Cons: Some parts are pasted-on papier-mache

Reading Ender’s Game was, for me, a wonderful and yet disturbing experience. Rarely, if ever, has a book (or a series, or an author) elicited such strong positive and negative reactions from me at the same time.

This book won the...

Pros: Human nature abounds and gives much to discussion and analysis
Cons: The story is so rich it can't just be explained.

My Dear Friends at Epinions,

I'm afraid I have a problem. It's a writer's block of sorts, but not a total one. I have been crippled in my attempts to review one book in particular; Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card....

Pros: Battle School, especially the Battle Room
Cons: Very little detail of the events elsewhere

In the distant future, mankind has been driven to the brink of oblivion after reaching out to the stars and discovering that we are not alone. A horrifying race of creatures known only as the buggers started competing for the same worlds that humans had ...

Pros: Battle School and the battle descriptions
Cons: 5 year olds talking like they're 50

I read this book back in college (instead of reading my pharmacology text, haha) thanks to a recommendation by an ex-boyfriend. Quite honestly, I didn't think I'd like it since our personalities clashed, but to my surprise, I loved it so much, I bought ...

Pros: The book has won many awards, all of them deservedly so.
Cons: I would have liked the children to be about 5 years older.

This book became one of my favorite books of all time before I had reached page 100! I only read it about 23 years after it was first published, and imagine that this could have been a major influence on the way I think if I had only read it two decades...

Pros: Excellent plot; excellent characters; lots of action.
Cons: Plot is slightly derivative; writing could be better.

Ender's Game is one of those books which is considered a must-read for any fan of science fiction. Though those not familiar to the genre most likely have not heard of Ender's Game, anyone with even a passing interest in the genre seems to...

Pros: Original story, fully engaging.
Cons: To be honest, I can't think of any.

Just like Pooswife, I am scared to even begin this review. Orson Scott Card is one of my favorite authors, and I just don't know where to begin. He's inspired me to be more creative, and he's the best science fiction writer in my opinion. Here goes...

Pros: More than the sum of its parts; an ageless classic; heart-wrenching
Cons: The ONLY negative I can muster after vein-popping concentration is...

Remember the really SMART kids in school who always carried sci-fi books around with them and actually read during study hall? They have read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Remember the future rocket scientists you might have met in college who...

Pros: Great character development, excellent plot twist, engaging story line, and well-developed sci-fi world.
Cons: Um...none that I can think of.

I finished this book today, and it's the first Orson Scott Card book I've read. Normally, I don't read sci-fi books, even though I like sci-fi movies a lot. I was fascinated by the moral questions presented in the book. But before I go into that, here's...

Pros: This novel is character driven, thoughtful and philosophical.
Cons: If you don't like SF that dwells on ethics questions, you won't like this.

Okay. I've read this book several times, it's got a five star rating because it hit my Reread List over and over. I happen to like Orson Scott Card's deep conscience and I particularly like SF novels that show a character who's overcoming major obstacles...

Pros: A Good Read and a Great Basic Story
Cons: Slow to Turgid writing at times

I hate to be one to rain on this book, but I loved it as a short story when I originally read it in Analog back in the 1970s. It was a taut story, well told with a solid ending. Unfortunately Mr. Card got caught in the "novelizing" of this...

Pros: A great read
Cons: Cliff hanger ending

Orson Scott Card’s - Ender's Game is a haunting story about military power and human love. A phenomenal tale about a six year-old genius and his evil yet necessary military training. The boy is Ender Wiggin (short for Andrew Wiggin); he is the Earth's...

Pros: A great read as well as being thought-provoking
Cons: Copies tend to get "lost" by those who borrow and read them

I have never met anyone who has read "Ender's Game" and hasn't liked it. For some it is just another novel with an interesting storyline, fascinating characters and original ideas. For others, reading "Ender's Game" can be a life...

Pros: Easy, fun read. Great for people who haven't read a lot of sci-fi.
Cons: None.

Wow, there are a lot of reviews on Ender's Game. The only reason I'm going to add mine to the mix is because I think my perspective is a little different than a lot of the other people here. I'm not going to give a plot synopsis, because you can...