read: enders game

Fascinating read that captures so much that the movie could not. The background of being a third child and how Ender became the boy he was, a mix of his elder brother who was too vicious and his sister who was too soft. Ender was a captivating hero who broke all odds to emerge victorious and yet the author gave him a depth of character to feel mixed about him saving the world. Giving the buggers an alternative angle changed what would have been a very stereotypical plot to a deep story about humans and their flaws. The buggers invaded earth as they weren't able to communicate telepathically with the earthlings as they do within themselves and concluded that there was no intelligent beings. What if humans have been conquering farmland and cities, decimating all in its pathway just because we speak a different language from these lives