Ender's Shadow

I finished the book ages ago but I have to write something about it after all. For cat.

Well first of all, if there's just one thing I love about this book, it's the social psychology lesson I had from reading it.

All the things Bean did, explaining and rationalising human behaviour. Why would a person say something in particular? What can you tell about somebody's character if he said something at a specific time in a specific location?

Of course this would mean Bean's incredible knowledge and application of politics made it all the more incredible. The way he challenges authority in a silent manner, all the while knowing he was being noticed but hiding his true agenda while laying out a smokescreen for the teachers? Brilliant.

I'm not very big on analysing things, so it's hard for me to go point for point, topic by topic. Overall it is a very good book. That's all I have to say about it. It's just... Good.

Only people who are interested in stuff like politics, social psychology or even sci-fi, as it's set in a distant post-apocalyptic world where old Mother Earth is being invaded by a race of aliens known commonly as Buggers, may apply.

Of course there's other topics like the whole morality issue with genetic manipulation, and what it might be like being a child living in a world where children fight among each other for food, and struggling to stay alive to even see their 10th birthday.

Like I said, it's a good read, but only if you're interested in things beyond romance and sex (I know what you girls are reading those books for).

Just try it out. You might like it.