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I don’t know. I read Ender’s Shadow before Ender’s Game, and felt like Shadow was a much better book. It’s been a while, but as I recall it runs parallel to End
by garren 5y ago
I don’t know. I read Ender’s Shadow before Ender’s Game, and felt like Shadow was a much better book. It’s been a while, but as I recall it runs parallel to Ender’s Game and goes into much more depth regarding the difficulties and anguish Ender endures.
- duskwuff 5y agoOn the other hand: Ender's Shadow also introduces a rather ridiculous and unnecessary origin story for its central character ("Bean"), involving an evil genetic scientist. This plot line continues through the rest of the spinoff series.
- delecti 5y agoIt's been a long time, so I can't remember which I liked more, but I definitely don't remember Ender's Shadow being a complete package in the way Ender's Game was. It leaves open a bunch of questions about the events in Ender's Game, doesn't have the same satisfying epilogue, and introduces a bunch of things that feel unresolved (the genetic engineering, and more focus on the global conflict stuff). If the GP commenter liked Ender's Game, they could go on to read the sequels and Shadow series, but if they didn't like Ender's Shadow, they'd have a bunch of unresolved questions.