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Ender's Game

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
I will tell you right up front that I don’t usually read Sci-fi. When I got this book for book club, I was eyeing the movie thinking that I might be better off with the movie but I took a chance and grabbed the book. I am so glad I took the book; this book was amazing! I loved this book! I still can’t believe how much I loved this book. As I reading this book, I got excited and was smacking the book closed every so often (more often than I want to admit) and voicing off to my husband what was happening, and we were actually having a conversation about this book because he remembers watching the movie. This book was exciting, tense, irritating, and just plain crazy.
 
I won’t rehash the whole story line but I will tell you this. I could not put this book down! Poor Ender, just when he finally finds a place where he thinks he belongs, he begins to get bullied again, I think not! He stands up for himself (keep soapy!). He begins to make a few friends and amazingly, he ends up getting some individuals who actually admire him, and next thing you know, he’s a leader. Not just any leader, but one who listens to his troops and cares.
 
I loved the character build-up in this book and the anticipation as the story grew. I swear, I was right there with Ender as he commanded his troops and I experienced the ups and downs also as this novel moved quickly, for there was fear of a war and they needed to get ready. Just when I thought the book ended and I was fighting mad, there was more to read. This part was like a nudge to get me calmed down. So now, I am hooked, I need to read the next book in the series to see what happens.
 
I’m a late bloomer to this book but I am so glad that I finally found it.
 
Following Week: I decided to rent the movie since that was my husband’s version of the book. What happened? I think they pulled a fast-forward on the whole book. I was a horrible, and I mean horrible movie watcher, as I commented during the whole movie. I just couldn’t help myself. “Where’s the ____?” “What happened to the ____?” “No,no,no!” “That’s bogus!” I felt that there was no character build-up, no anticipation, and the unity that I felt between the characters in the book wasn’t there. It was wham-bam, here he is, here he is, here he is, so choppy. My husband kept telling me that if they made the movie like the book, it would be hours long and I told him but it would be an amazing movie! Unfortunately, he heard everything that was missing from the movie and afterwards, I asked my 2-3 book-a-year husband, if he would like to read the book to experience it like I did and he declined, with all my narration, he got the just of the book- ha.