Helpful Score: 5
I just finished this book and can recommend it for people that enjoyed Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead - this book is a midquel from Ender's point of view, related to his years after battle school and before he visits Trondheim. Was also good to see that the elements of many of Card's short stories have also been incorporated in this book, and it ties up a lot of loose ends from the parallel Shadow books on other former battle school kids, administrators, villains, and explains how Ender wrote his famous books and became so transformed in the later part of the series. Here is my recommended order for reading the books in this series.
Order to read the books -
Ender's Game
Ender's Shadow
A War of Gifts
Shadow of the Hegemon
Shadow Puppets
Shadow of the Giant
Ender's Exile
First Meetings
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind
Shadows in Flight (not yet published - conclusion of series)
Order to read the books -
Ender's Game
Ender's Shadow
A War of Gifts
Shadow of the Hegemon
Shadow Puppets
Shadow of the Giant
Ender's Exile
First Meetings
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind
Shadows in Flight (not yet published - conclusion of series)
Helpful Score: 1
although this book takes place directly after the end of ender's game, you should definitely read all of the shadow books prior. card ties up some of the loose ends from the end of _shadow of the giant_, which was definitely appreciated.
card is my favorite author, and i own almost everything by him. so, i may be biased when i say this: though i have tired a bit of ender's story, his universe is so vast and it is so easy to have affection for the other characters, that this story is not unwelcome. in fact, it's a nice bridge from ender's game to speaker for the dead -- to see how ender went from being a broken child to a strong man with a specific purpose.
card is my favorite author, and i own almost everything by him. so, i may be biased when i say this: though i have tired a bit of ender's story, his universe is so vast and it is so easy to have affection for the other characters, that this story is not unwelcome. in fact, it's a nice bridge from ender's game to speaker for the dead -- to see how ender went from being a broken child to a strong man with a specific purpose.