follow recordinghacks
at http://twitter.com
- Channels
- Media Reviews
- Misc.
- Contact
- Syndication
This is the best book I’ve read since Ender’s Game. The basic plot is the same, but the story is told from the perspective of a different character.
My initial reaction to this concept was negative; I felt that Card was simply milking his award-winning novel for another edition. But then I remembered how much I liked that novel. And then I read this and was drawn in immediately. Now I’m impatient to reread Ender’s Game to compare Bean’s perceptions to Ender’s, for all their shared scenes. Card so effectively puts us inside his characters’ heads that Shadow is wholly fascinating because it shares a plot with another book.
Do read Ender’s Game first; this book will make more sense that way.
Amazon.com has a nice summary of the book; see links below.
Patronize these links, man:
