Comments on: Ender’s Game and Ender’s Shadow, by Orson Scott Card https://readingtheend.com/2008/06/16/enders-game-and-enders-shadow-by-orson-scott-card/ before I read the middle Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:06:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: jennysbooks https://readingtheend.com/2008/06/16/enders-game-and-enders-shadow-by-orson-scott-card/#comment-14790 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:06:05 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=84#comment-14790 I say go ahead and finish the set. Children of the Mind is less good, but it has some good moments. The first time I read it, I cried and cried, but then I was very young and impressionable. And I hadn’t noticed that smugness thing yet.

]]> By: Jeane https://readingtheend.com/2008/06/16/enders-game-and-enders-shadow-by-orson-scott-card/#comment-14789 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:17:37 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=84#comment-14789 You are so right. I just finished Speaker for the Dead and am reading Xenocide right now. And the characters say so many perfect, snide and clever things none of the conversations feel real. It’s like a big fancy stage to prove some kind of point… I’m not sure if I want to continue with Children of the Mind. I like your reviews.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2008/06/16/enders-game-and-enders-shadow-by-orson-scott-card/#comment-14788 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:52:28 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=84#comment-14788 I loved Ender’s Game and re-read it every once in awhile, but I never, ever had the desire to pick up the sequel. I thought it was because it already felt so wrapped up to me, but maybe it was the smugness.

I’ll always enjoy Ender’s Game (I am a sucker for great child prodigy stories) but I know the sequels couldn’t be as good.

I said this already, but I really enjoy your site!

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