Orson Scott Card
Hardcover | Pages: 388 pages Rating: 4 | 47181 Users | 1035 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Shadow of the Giant |
| ISBN: | 1841492051 (ISBN13: 9781841492056) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Shadow |
| Series: | #4, Enderverse: Publication Order #9, The Enderverse #10 , more |
| Characters: | Peter Wiggin, "Bean" |
| Literary Awards: | Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (2006) |
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Bean's past was a battle just to survive. He first appeared on the streets of Rotterdam, a tiny child with a mind leagues beyond anyone else. He knew he could not survive through strength; he used his tactical genius to gain acceptance into a children's gang, and then to help make that gang a template for success for all the others. He civilized them, and lived to grow older. Then he was discovered by the recruiters for the Battle School.Mention Epithetical Books Shadow of the Giant (The Shadow Series #4)
| Title | : | Shadow of the Giant (The Shadow Series #4) |
| Author | : | Orson Scott Card |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 388 pages |
| Published | : | August 4th 2005 (first published March 1st 2005) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy. Fantasy. Young Adult. Audiobook. Space |
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Ratings: 4 From 47181 Users | 1035 ReviewsCriticism Epithetical Books Shadow of the Giant (The Shadow Series #4)
Who the hell decides to randomly re-read book 4 in a series that they haven't touched in YEARS? Umm. . . me? I guess?I first read these books a really long time ago. Ender's Game had been one my favorite sci-fi books ever back in the day (I will never forget how I felt when I read the "twist" at the end of that book. It was one of those moments that literally put goosebumps on my arms. SO GOOD.)I ended up reading most of the Enderverse books and liking them. I remembered that this was my leastShadow of the Giant was much better than Shadow Puppets, but still not close to the first two books of the series. The basic plot of the last three books has been Battle School grads treating the world as their own personal game of Risk, which is so cool. But for whatever reason, some of the subplots just arent drawing me in as much, and some of the characters are getting really annoying. The Bean and Petra relationship felt kind of forced a few books ago, but just as I was starting to get used
It's hard to write a review for a book like Shadow of the Giant, because it's really just the last chapter of a much larger story. I give 5 stars on this review not only because Giant was a great book by itself, but it also ends the series with the greatness it deserves.Here is the order you should read the Ender books by Orson Scott Card:1) Ender's Game2) Ender's Shadow (The same story as Ender's Game, but from Bean's pov.)3) Shadow of the Hegemon4) Shadow Puppets5) Shadow of the GiantYou might
Eh. It was ok. Not his crown masterpiece.Lots of war games, strategy. You get to find out what happens to Bean and Petra and the rest of Ender's Jeesh as all the nations of Earth use the wonder kids to try to tear each other apart. Interesting insight on Islam (from, um, a Mormon?). You get to see Peter be Not Such a Bad Guy After All.My problems with it are:- not much exciting new conceptual stuff like the Speaker for the Dead books. It feels like the whole book is denouement. Or filler. - I
This was an almost completely satisfying conclusion for the Shadow series. I just wish that girl, Randi, would have gotten smacked around a bit.But I really enjoyed that this addition to the series had more of the war games than the last. Shadow of the Hegemon and Shadow of the Giant are my favourites of the Shadow series for that reason. I also enjoyed having some sort of conclusion for all of the other characters, such as Alai. Especially Peter. I really enjoyed his character. Being a very
I read a lot of the negative reviews for Shadow of the Giant because about halfway through I kept thinking, "Am I the only one that thinks this is pretty much garbage?" Card built his Ender empire both through Ender Wiggin and Bean/Julian Delficki, but in my opinion starting with Shadow of the Hegemon slowly flushes his universe and characters down the toilet. I was really impressed with Ender's Game even though I got tired of hearing, "Fart knockers" all the time. Ender's Shadow is the book
This is the fourth of the Shadow books, and in it, Card picks up the question of what happens to a lot of young people who have never known anything but war, as Ender's Jeesh and other key Battle School graduates take their places among the heads of state. It's thoughtfully done, if not carried to great personal depths in every case; so much happens in this story that a lot of the political maneuvers simply have to be summed up, and some of the important character development happens in just one
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