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" I read out of order... dag-nab-it! Still a really good read. I love all of Card's books I've read so far! "
- Heather, 2/12/2014
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" After the disappointment of "Ender in Exile" I approached this book skeptically. The skepticism was needed. The book proved to be a natural extension of the "Ender's Shadow" series that ties some lose ends but leave enough open for Card's fabled final book of the series. While his attempt at revisiting young Ender win "Ender in Exile" was a failure, he does not disappoint in this deep and adventurous novel. "
- Jordan, 2/5/2014
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" It was somewhat interesting, but it felt very incomplete and a little exploitative. I really expected a lot more for the cost, but I didn't even feel like it delivered a solid novella. It did at least give a nice conclusion to Bean's story, although I'm not sure it really needed more. "
- doug, 1/25/2014
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" A great little read... I say 'little' because I read it in a day. It's not as extensive as previous Ender sagas are, but still brings some good information to the Formics table. I learned more about the Buggers than I've ever known before, as well as finally finding out what happened to Bean and his children. I'm glad I picked this baby up! "
- D., 12/12/2013
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" the last bean book resolved all the characters and the plot. there was an open end, but one that didn't desperately need filling. why did we even bother? "
- Scott, 11/10/2013
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" OSC's imagination has closed along with his mind. There was so much that could have been done with these characters, and instead this book could hardly make an interesting one hour television show. "
- Mara, 11/4/2013
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" Pretty disappointing to me. 300 pages of a lot of nothing then an anticlimactic end. I had hoped for better for Bean. "
- Todd, 11/2/2013
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" A short book, the introduced characters are durned similar to the characters from previous books - resurrection? The story itself is okay, and well written. Between 3 and 4 stars, round up for the appropriate length. "
- Thom, 9/12/2013
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" Interesting filler story, imagine it could be a nice frame work to build a novel from. The characters seemed to be just slices of other more fleshed out characters from the Enderverse. I will have to check out the longer version shortly. "
- Scott, 6/26/2013
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" Another let-down from Card. Paper-thin characters that are repeats of past young geniuses in the series, no action, and an unfortunate focus on philosophy and biology. "
- Shannon, 2/28/2013
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" Hmmm, I think I missed a few books in-between.... "
- Brenda, 1/10/2013
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" It had its moments but in general was typical, masturbatory Carding. "
- Savannah, 12/6/2012
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" Basically an expanded novella concluding the Ender cycle (actually, the Bean cycle). Pulls the pieces together nicely. A good ending, not entirely expected. "
- Kathy, 9/15/2012
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" I read this about a week ago, and it's not particularly memorable. It's short. Entertaining, but I rather wish Card would write the sequels to his more recent series that I'm more excited about right now. "
- Karina, 4/22/2012
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" Not the thing I was expecting. "
- Michael, 2/26/2012
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" A satisfying conclusion to the Shadow series, but so short! "
- Margaret, 12/24/2011
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