Review: "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card--Spoilers

[ginamc87]

Ender's Game combines wit and cunning with innocence as young Ender Wiggin is selected to fulfill his destiny to help Earth's military eliminate a race of insectoid alien beings whom they call "the Buggers". After two invasions, mankind is determined to be ready for a third as it takes advance of the unique thinking of young children to find the One meant to lead them against the Buggers. Over the course of the story, Ender is purposely isolated from the other children through means arranged by Gruff to keep him on his toes. Through several challenges of increasing difficulty, including mind games and zero gravity battles reminiscent of advanced laser tag, Ender's tactical genius becomes more and more obvious. By the end of the book, Ender is leading a simulated final battle against the Buggers only to find out its not a game anymore. Little does he know, the Bugger queen has been trying to communicate with him through his mind games. He comes across a lone egg, which the Bugger queen telepathically asks him to take to a new world so that the Buggers might repopulate away from Human interference.

Card does exceedingly well at developing Ender's character, making us alternately love and hate him. Despite this, we want him to get what he wants and we can't help but empathize with him. Overall, a good book. Definitely a worthwhile read.

[gali]

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