Alphabet Challenge Round 10

E is for Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card and starts with a caveat: When you recommend books to your friends, don’t oversell the book. My friend read this when she was younger and ‘lost’ her library copy because she couldn’t stand to be without it. I wasn’t quite as in love partly because this book was oversold to me by multiple people. It was excellent but not the pinnacle of literature my friends made it out to be.

It’s an excellent book. It explores the human condition and human endurance. The battle scenes are well described and interesting to visualize. The characters are interesting but secretive. It describes warfare in a way that’s accessible for young ages which is not easy.

If you read it as a young person, reread it as an adult. You’ll take away very different things. It’s a good read at any age. The book also contains several truths about war and the human condition that are remarkably poetic. A forthcoming blog will contain some of my favorite quotes from the book.

There is only one slightly negative thing I have to say. Between the technicality of the writing and the necessary isolation of various characters, I just wasn’t as attached to this book as some of my personal favorites. However, I think that was the point given the level of isolation Ender endures

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B
C
D - Divergent by Veronica Roth
E - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
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G - The Great Fables Crossover by Bill Willingham
H - How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown
I
J - Jane Austen Made Me Do It edited by Laurel Ann Nattress
K
L
M - Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen
N - Naked City edited by Ellen Datlow
O - One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde
P
Q
R - Reality Bites Back by Jennifer L. Pozner
S
T
U - Unorthodox by Deborah Feldman
V
W - White Girl Problems by Babe Walker
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Y
Z

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