The Bean books...okay, let's put it this way. The geopolitical stuff is fascinating, and it's wonderful to see how the Battle School kids grow up and find their places back on Earth. And Bean and Petra will always be my favorites, so the focus on the two of them (and Peter, who also does a lot of growing up and becomes a decent human being somewhere along the way, which I also like) is great. On the minus side, Card's personal social views definitely become more apparent as the series progresses, which I found very off-putting in the last book in particular -- it's frustrating, because the story he's telling is still pretty damn good, but then...well, it's hard to describe without getting very specific about certain characters, but yeah. I still enjoyed the series despite it?
Definitely looking forward to the movie. "Ender's Game" is still the strongest book and storyline as a stand-alone.
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Date: 2013-01-28 07:04 pm (UTC)Definitely looking forward to the movie. "Ender's Game" is still the strongest book and storyline as a stand-alone.