Marissa D. reviewed on 3/24/2012 + 13 more book reviews

Though I didnt think much of this book when I read it as a twelve year old, several people have recently recommended it to me, convincing me to take another look. Maybe my tastes have changed, or maybe there was just too much I didnt get then, but the second time around, I enjoyed Enders Game very much. The plot revolves around Ender Wiggin, an extremely intelligent, highly gifted six year old who is accepted into Battle School, an effort by the combined forces of the world to train up military leaders to combat an impending invasion by an alien race known as the buggers.
I liked the job Card does of getting us inside Enders head, helping us empathize with him and understand his confusion at the way the adults around him behave and his fears of becoming like his abusive brother. Though the ending is rather unsatisfying, it is the first in a series, which I will defiantly be reading more of. However, it also feels a bit rushed.
I would recommend Enders Game to si-fi lovers over the age of about fourteen or fifteen, and to fans of the Hunger Games around the same age. Though there isnt enough similarities to accuse Suzanne Collins of copying Card, they do echo each other slightly in theme and readers of one may enjoy the other.

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