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Ender’s Game Audiobook Review
A strategic military-school story that moves quickly while asking uncomfortable questions about winning and understanding an enemy.
A little more about the listen
Ender Wiggin is taken to Battle School because adults believe his particular combination of empathy and strategic intelligence may save humanity. The games are exciting, but the book’s lasting interest comes from the gap between what Ender thinks he is practising and what the adults are actually asking him to do.
The listening experience
Stefan Rudnicki and the full cast give the school, family, and military scenes distinct energy. The voices make the social pressure around Ender easy to track as the strategic games grow more serious.
Best for
Listeners who enjoy tactical stories with moral questions underneath the action.
The honest note
The story centres on children placed under extreme pressure and includes violence; it is more unsettling than its game-like premise first suggests.
Worth considering for listeners who enjoy tactical stories with moral questions underneath the action. The honest note is the deciding reservation to weigh before spending a credit: The story centres on children placed under extreme pressure and includes violence; it is more unsettling than its game-like premise first suggests.
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