Length 11hrs 57mins
Format audiobook
Published 2002 (audio edition)
Series The Ender Quintet #1
My Copy borrowed from the library
Ender Wiggin is a child genius; recruited into a military organisation he is trained, tested to his limits, tortured, and eventually assumes a commanding post in mankind's fight against an alien race. While a hard pill to swallow at times (after all Ender is just six years old for the better part of the book), Ender's Game reads remarkably well; it's well written, Ender especially, but the thing that really won me over was how the author made Ender's rise plausible, that the reader could suspend belief enough to actually believe a child could lead Earth against an invasion.
I listened to the audio edition which had multiple narrators. Ender's brother and sister's narrators fit the tone of siblings perfectly, while Peter and Valentine are young they are still older than Ender, yet the narrator behind Ender's portion of the book sounded too old and just didn't sync with the six year old voice the book tried to deliver. That aside, Ender's Game is very enjoyable and I'll certainly be tracking more books set in this sci-fi universe, starting with Ender's Shadow.
My rating: 3.5/5, I suspect the print book would've garnered a higher rating here but as I'm reviewing the audio, this is where the book sits with me.
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