So incredibly dull. We get it, the protagonist is just so much smarter and better than everyone. It feels like the author just repeats the same cycle of playing a game, Ender dominates, other kids are jealous, play another game, Ender dominates, and so on. It's like a Cardassian novel. Just so repetitive and Ender is unlikeable. Not to mention in the span of like a paragraph Orson Scott Card just casually mentions that Ender's brother and sister manage to take over the world by pretending to be philosophers on a proto-internet or whatever.
Agreed, especially on how dumb it was that his siblings became the leaders of Earth by essentially being really popular on the internet. Pewdiepie is now the president of the world.
However, I do find myself going back very often to one thing that's central to the story, which is that violence is the ultimate form of power. No matter what, in the end everything boils down to who has the biggest stick, and I find that disturbingly applicable to real life.
Enders Game
So incredibly dull. We get it, the protagonist is just so much smarter and better than everyone. It feels like the author just repeats the same cycle of playing a game, Ender dominates, other kids are jealous, play another game, Ender dominates, and so on. It's like a Cardassian novel. Just so repetitive and Ender is unlikeable. Not to mention in the span of like a paragraph Orson Scott Card just casually mentions that Ender's brother and sister manage to take over the world by pretending to be philosophers on a proto-internet or whatever.
Agreed, especially on how dumb it was that his siblings became the leaders of Earth by essentially being really popular on the internet. Pewdiepie is now the president of the world.
However, I do find myself going back very often to one thing that's central to the story, which is that violence is the ultimate form of power. No matter what, in the end everything boils down to who has the biggest stick, and I find that disturbingly applicable to real life.
:volcel-judge: Step away from the lathe and put your hands up, you're coming with me for future crimes.