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12/18/2003 Archived Entry: "Ender's Game"

Ender's Game has got be one of the best known science fiction stories there is by Orson Scott Card. I have never liked science fiction. Sure I've read J.R.R. Tolkien but I was never a fan. I read the Hobbit, I read The Once and Future King... but it just isn't my thing. One of the reasons I actually gave Ender's Game a chance was because my sister said it was one of the best books she ever read. I trusted my sister's words since she did say that Jane Eyre was a good book and she was right about that one.

Ender's Game is a good book. Not the greatest book I ever read but it kept me interested so much that I was even reading it during traffic. Though the story is basically (to put it bluntly) about children trying to save the world, it was very thoughtful and I can very much see why it has such a big fan base among children because Card DOES have a great understanding of children. He writes them very realistically and intellectually even though many people will say that it is unrealistic because of the same thing.

It almost reminds me of Evangelion even though Evangelion is a whole lot more freaky and just plain weird. I like Ender's attitude towards everything. He is smart, calculating, cold, but still has a heart and still is willing to throw his real feelings out to someone that will listen, that will care, even if the situation he is involved in, requires you to be alone so you can "kill" the enemy better.

The book's pace is fast. So if you are in a hurry, you'll definitely finish it without any problems. Check out Enders's Game. It's intruiging, fun, funny, and shocking as well because it IS truth. Sure buggers and all that aren't true (or are they?) but it's very real especially when he writes about Ender and his friends and the struggles they go through.