A War of Gifts: An Ender Battle School Story
Ratings48
Average rating3.4
Short Review: This is another okay novella from the Ender universe. I thought the ending was a bit weak, relying on Ender as savior. The middle section that focused on Dink was decent.
But this is a long short story, not a stand alone book. It shouldn't be marketed as a stand alone book. It didn't hold up as a stand alone book. As part of a collection I think it would be fine.
My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/war-gifts/
Short story taking place in the cadet training area over Christmas. The idea fits in with the rest of the world – removing all religious practices from the students there – but still did not draw me in enough to appreciate the characters.
Short story taking place in the cadet training area over Christmas. The idea fits in with the rest of the world – removing all religious practices from the students there – but still did not draw me in enough to appreciate the characters.
Not sure what the purpose of this book was. Maybe a bit of insight into new children in Battle School? How religious students coped? Anyway, I am very ready to be done with this long series.
In spite my distaste for the last 2 books, I was deterred to go through the Ender Series. I have read this book until a few pages after the first church scene. I couldn't stand it. Too much of the same, the story wasn't adding anything interesting to me. The religious rhetoric started to sound too pedantic.
The book started with a very (VERY) lengthy pro-religion like sermon. And when I was ready to give up, the author sort of destroys this whole thing, talking down on religion. At that point I started to fell like this sort of thing also happened in the previous books, and that was making me reconsider Ender's Game as my favorite book. So I stopped this sacrilegious train of though.
I am a complete Ender fanatic.With that being said, this book is more of a short story or novella than a novel. Don't expect it to take you long to get through. Plus, it doesn't offer a solid view of Ender. It takes place during Ender's time at Battle School.For a feel good Christmas story for the Ender fan, I say read this. If you're a somewhat Ender fan, I still say read it. Its so short that you're not wasting days on it. If you are completely unfamiliar with the Ender series, it helps to have a background on the Battle School before reading... so read [b:Ender's Game 375802 Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1) Orson Scott Card http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1214413570s/375802.jpg 2422333] first.