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Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
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If history has taught us anything, its that no one turns out for the better when the government experiments on them. There's no way Ender doesn't end up killing himself, becoming a raging alcoholic, or maybe addicted to some futuristic space drug. There's no way he turns out normal. Maybe the future has some kind of cure for massive childhood trauma and PTSD caused by government experimentation on childeren....let's hope that's the case.
Governmental overreach for the "greater good." Breeding super childered to fight battles for you. Winning at all costs. Damn the torpedoes. It's 1984 meets Starship Troppers and War of the worlds.
The writing left a little to be disired, its simplistic, dialog driven, and repetitive. There's next to zero character development. Everyone is pretty one dimensiononal. It's predictable and kinda weird. Don't get me wrong, I liked it, I mean, it's good guys verse bad guys, in space, with a child prodigy and aliens.
It was simple and didn't require too much attention or investment, but sometimes that's what you need in a read.
Governmental overreach for the "greater good." Breeding super childered to fight battles for you. Winning at all costs. Damn the torpedoes. It's 1984 meets Starship Troppers and War of the worlds.
The writing left a little to be disired, its simplistic, dialog driven, and repetitive. There's next to zero character development. Everyone is pretty one dimensiononal. It's predictable and kinda weird. Don't get me wrong, I liked it, I mean, it's good guys verse bad guys, in space, with a child prodigy and aliens.
It was simple and didn't require too much attention or investment, but sometimes that's what you need in a read.
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July 30, 2020
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July 30, 2020
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July 21, 2023
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July 21, 2023
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Jul 28, 2023 04:02PM
Hmm... You gave it five stars but your review sounds as if you think it was very good, but just met a need for not having to think too much.
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Didn't think it was very good, I meant. Dopey me.
Chris wrote: "Hmm... You gave it five stars but your review sounds as if you think it was very good, but just met a need for not having to think too much."I can understand your confusion lol. It was a good book just a little shallow and predictable. Might have warrented 4 stars but it got me out of the deeply deppresive shit I usually read and a change of pace was nice lol.
Thank you, Jesse. In one of the sequels Scott Card explores the relationship between genius and OCD, granting himself some scientific credential.
Julio wrote: "Thank you, Jesse. In one of the sequels Scott Card explores the relationship between genius and OCD, granting himself some scientific credential."Im not sure i'll continue on with the rest of the series. I feel like it might be like Dune, the first one was great but then it just goes downhill after that and dilutes the impression the first book made.
Good call, Jesse. I had friends tell me Scott Card becomes more propagandistic with every sequel.
