Ender's game

Awesome imaged by Sam Weber

Ok, Awesome character name, Awesome concept, Awesome book. Ender is one of those names that really just rolls off the tongue and in all honesty, make this book easier to read because of it.

Ender, the boy who is at top raking at battle school, yet still being ostracized from everyone else is relatable and interesting to read about. His character development is slow at first but then explodes after he goes to the academy. In all honesty, This book was cheesy, but still enjoyable which was kind of like snowcrash. the titles to things are pretty generic and to the point, which was kind of dumbing the concept behind everything down to like 5th grade level (like the "dragon army, Battle school,wargame etc..."

But the other characters in ender's game make up for this. Peters philosophy about making the world a better place, and using it as a guise to rule the world or mass destruction is something I think is seen often in history, and was well played into this futuristic novel. Valentine's nature as well, being the control to Ender by Peter was well played. Also, the Concept of the "Final Exam" which I thought related a lot to world war 2 was pretty good plot twist for the book. sort of like the pilots who dropped the bombs on hiroshima that were unaware of it's destructive power, or the "final solution" in nazi germany.

again, not a big sci-fi fan, but this book took that genre out of the ordinary. I don't like the mostly esoteric machinery in sci-fi but this was still pretty easy to understand.