Doesn’t work as a stand alone novel, there’s too much context from the vastly superior Ender’s Game that just doesn’t get translated to Shadow.

This is a really great book and I recommend it for people who have already finished Ender’s Game.

I love the Shadow series. I do not recommend having middle school students read it. I had forgotten there's a violent rape scene in the beginning.

I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys sci-fi or liked Ender’s Game. Orson Scott Card did a stellar job of character portrayal and helping us understand the impossibly fast workings of Bean’s mind, as well as the realistic personalities we find in other characters like Sister Carlotta, Colonel Graff, Poke and Achille de Flandres. It’s about as realistic as a post-modern sci-fi novel can get, and the plot advances at as perfect a pace as is possible. The only books I’ve enjoyed as much were probably the rest of the Shadow Quintet and perhaps the work of J. K. Rowling.

My Teacher gave me this book to read after I finished Enders Game And I loved it.

The amount of focus in the intricate details required to map out every plot point is awe inspiring. The book weaves an even further in depth story behind Enders Game. This author is truly one of a kind.

I can see from publishing point of view how to play safe by using this title; however book is a winner on its own. Good fiction + genius writing .

For me its a VERY GOOD book, it has more story than the Ender's Games, Im reading it right now and it is incredible how the story shots you in the face

I read Enders game first and I think I would have liked the saga more if I read this first. This book is slower and might be to slow for middle school readers. This book is great and I love how the two story's link. This book is great but not as good as Enders game. Scott orson card spent much more time on the character of Ender and it is rather obvious.

Way way better that enders game But I read enders shadow first so maybe that's why I like enders shadow better