When she was just a girl, Abbie discovered a portal to a fantasy world and …
That was enjoyable. But it feels like the author has a huge world with an incredible history and lore developed and we only get a teeny tiny sneak peak at it. Apparently it only went for another six issues after this?
That was enjoyable. But it feels like the author has a huge world with an incredible history and lore developed and we only get a teeny tiny sneak peak at it.
Apparently it only went for another six issues after this?
Orson Scott Card's The Last Shadow is the long-awaited conclusion to both the original Ender …
Playing with old toys
4 stars
Look, this book is good. I'll say that from the outset. Is it as good as the other ten Ender/Shadow books before it? On balance, I'd say probably not (with the exception of Xenocide maybe), but what it does hit me with most of all is nostalgia. After the first book in each of the Ender and Shadow series the story arcs completely diverge. This book reconnects them in a completely legitimate way, and brings all the characters back together for the first time in twenty years (for us, not them) for a final story. So it definitely felt nice to have all these characters from different stories in the same book. But one thing that's different, and a little bit weird for me at least, in this story is that both Ender and Bean – the two main characters of the two series – are absent. It's fine, and …
Look, this book is good. I'll say that from the outset.
Is it as good as the other ten Ender/Shadow books before it? On balance, I'd say probably not (with the exception of Xenocide maybe), but what it does hit me with most of all is nostalgia.
After the first book in each of the Ender and Shadow series the story arcs completely diverge. This book reconnects them in a completely legitimate way, and brings all the characters back together for the first time in twenty years (for us, not them) for a final story. So it definitely felt nice to have all these characters from different stories in the same book. But one thing that's different, and a little bit weird for me at least, in this story is that both Ender and Bean – the two main characters of the two series – are absent. It's fine, and there's no issue with it, but I was keenly aware of the hole they both left.
The only other thing that I felt let down by was the complete absence of the revelation (regarding the Formics) that occured at the end of Shadows in Flight. It was pretty significant, and basically made no impact at all.
But still: good book. Go read it.
(after you've read the other ten first)
Tragedy befalls the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense as the plague of frogs devastates …
I think I'm going to pause here for a while. Not for lack of enjoyment; I want to buy these stories in print (I'm currently reading them digitally) and If I get too far ahead I'll never justify buying the ones I've already read.
I think I'm going to pause here for a while.
Not for lack of enjoyment; I want to buy these stories in print (I'm currently reading them digitally) and If I get too far ahead I'll never justify buying the ones I've already read.
Once they were heroes. Now, banished from existence by a multiversal crisis, the old champions …
Interesting. This volume is mostly just introduction to the characters (roughly one an issue), but I'm interested to see where the story goes from here.
Interesting.
This volume is mostly just introduction to the characters (roughly one an issue), but I'm interested to see where the story goes from here.
Orson Scott Card's The Last Shadow is the long-awaited conclusion to both the original Ender …
The definitive reading order according to me: 1. Ender's Game 2. Ender's Shadow 3-5. The rest of the Ender Quartet (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind) 6-8. The rest of the Shadow Quartet (Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant) 9. Ender in Exile 10. First Meetings 11. Shadows in Flight 12. The Last Shadow
The definitive reading order according to me:
1. Ender's Game
2. Ender's Shadow
3-5. The rest of the Ender Quartet (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind)
6-8. The rest of the Shadow Quartet (Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant)
9. Ender in Exile
10. First Meetings
11. Shadows in Flight
12. The Last Shadow
