Ender in Exile is the story of Ender right after the events of Ender's Game. It deals with why he can't go back to Earth and where he does go. It also ties up some loose ends from the Shadow series about Bean. I have a hard time with the Ender series in general. I love Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow. Those two are awesome. I've read Speaker for the Dead once or twice and also the Shadow of the Hegemon. But, I can never get any further. I've owned Xenocide and Children of the Mind for years and years, but every time I try to start in on Xenocide, I give up after 50 pages. It just doesn't grab me the way the first book does. Anyways, Ender in Exile was good. Ender is a hard character to relate to. He's so inhumanly smart that it seems like he can accomplish anything. He manipulates people all over the place in this one. On the other hand, he's an emotional mess and it gets a little old. I got through it fast and there are a lot of interesting points to it. The handling of Quincy Morgan and Achilles II were very well done.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Book 35: Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card
Ender in Exile is the story of Ender right after the events of Ender's Game. It deals with why he can't go back to Earth and where he does go. It also ties up some loose ends from the Shadow series about Bean. I have a hard time with the Ender series in general. I love Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow. Those two are awesome. I've read Speaker for the Dead once or twice and also the Shadow of the Hegemon. But, I can never get any further. I've owned Xenocide and Children of the Mind for years and years, but every time I try to start in on Xenocide, I give up after 50 pages. It just doesn't grab me the way the first book does. Anyways, Ender in Exile was good. Ender is a hard character to relate to. He's so inhumanly smart that it seems like he can accomplish anything. He manipulates people all over the place in this one. On the other hand, he's an emotional mess and it gets a little old. I got through it fast and there are a lot of interesting points to it. The handling of Quincy Morgan and Achilles II were very well done.
Book 34: The Revelation by Bentley Little
A good little horror book. It doesn't try to do too much and it's pretty freaky in some parts. In this small town in Arizona, every few generations weird stuff starts happening and a travelling preacher appears and guides a few town folks to stop the evil from coming in. The preacher is an odd character. It's hard to tell if he's a protagonist or not. The plot revolves around miscarriages, abortions, and deformed babies, which was a little unsettling to read with my wife being currently pregnant. I really should read more Bentley Little. I've only read 2 or 3 books of his, but I've never been disappointed. You generally know you're going to get a straight forward, well told scary story.
Book 33: Wizard and Glass by Stephen King
Continuing the Dark Tower. I only remembered the long flashback to Roland's youth from this book. I completely forgot about the return of the Tick Tock man and the end of the Blaine ride. Honestly, I skipped the flashback and only read the other parts. I've recently read the Marvel Comics version of the time in Mejis and didn't feel like rhashing the story again. A lot of interesting stuff in here like the mentions of Captain Trips, the Takuro Spirit, and Nozz-a-la cola.
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