Ender's Game

This book won both the Hugo and Nebula awards. It is usually rated very highly in "Best of Science Fiction" lists and reviews. It is well written and easy to read. Some parts of it are exciting, other parts are emotionally moving. A lot of praise has been heaped on it. But something about it just didn't work for me.

Ender is only six years old at the beginning of the story. He is just a young child and it is (mostly) written from his point of view. Being a child and undergoing the experiences he does is one of the main themes of the story. It's the fact that he is a child that is supposed to make his treatment all the more shocking. Yet for me, he doesn't feel like a child.

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