Phil Denhoff

I really liked Story of Your Life, Babylon, and Hell is the Absence of God, but Understand and the math-related one really fell flat for me; I just didn't fit the story engaging or the characters interesting.

this was rough, hard to read. So slow and oftentimes critical plot points are mentioned in passing. Every sentence, including the most mundane, might suggest a huge change in the story. You just have to pick up on it. Not my style.

This was and is a fantastic, stand-alone book.
I will not read the sequels. I refuse. The ending of this book was obvious - the story is over. There is no more to be told.

Ender's age always surprised me. I found it hard to ever imagine him as 6, or 8, or 11. He was always older in my minds eye. It seemed as if the author knew his age was not the most important thing, it was instead who he was that mattered.

Spoiler The ending game was a great surprise. I loved it. It moved me in a way few other books have done before. The fact that Ender was tricked into believing his simulations were just that, simulations, not truly the battles and wars they were was a genius move on the part of the author, and it is definitely what I'll remember about this book.

I am sure I will read Ender's Game again in my life. The buggers will not stop me.

Blue mars felt like a 25 hour conclusion to the last two books. Everything required tying up. It was just slow.

I remember the movie affecting me much more than the book ever did. I thought the lack of punctuation was interesting, but it definitely added confusion to the story. Maybe that was the point.