Ender's Game (second post)

I had forgotten about this book, which is called Ender's Game, for a lengthy period of time. But, I happened to stumble across it recently and decided to finish it. The story is set in the distant future, and the main character is Ender. He is a young boy who lives with his mother, father, brother, and sister. He also happens to be a child genius. In fact, both of his older siblings are child geniuses, as well. But, only Ender is chosen to be a potential savior of Earth. This enrages Peter, Ender's older brother. Earth is at war with the "buggers," an alien race that has tried to destroy Earth before and nearly succeded. Several top army officials decided to recruit these child geniuses to attend a special school, which they simply call "Battle School." It is a place where war is simulated and the children learn to become military masterminds. Ender quickly becomes the star student there, and it quite possibly Earth's last hope at surving. Ender was really sad to leave his home, too, because he especially loved his sister. Ender thinks about her a lot as he trudges through the difficult program. In the end, Ender completes the final test by completing the simulated battle and destroying the alien homeworld. But, Ender's superiors did not tell him that the simulation was actually real, and that Ender had just destroyed an entire race of living things. Ender is enraged by this, and ends up leaving the planet, along with his sister to form a new colony out in space.

I didn't like this book all too much. It was very confusing at some parts, and often lacked the necessary description to understand what was taking place. The concept of the main plot was fascinating, but it wasn't described well enough, and I couldn't enjoy this style of writing. I thought, for the most part, that the author did a nice job of letting the readers get to know the main character. As the reader, I really got an accurate picture in my mind of who Ender really is, and what he felt like. For example, I could feel his pain after having to leave home to go to a rigorous school in which he was always depressed and lonely. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this book because of its writing style, but the concept of the story itself was interesting, to say the least.