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i started reading pic related and its pretty good so far, are the rest of the books worth it?

>>4592042

Someone wrote a novel quite like that. Pic-related.

>haters gonna hate, but honestly, it's a great novel

Don't patronise me.

But honestly, this novel gave me the most feels in years and if you aren't a dummy yourself, you will find lots to think about, both philosophically and literarily (if that's even a word). Symbols, etc, and the whole self-preservation and at what cost deal. It's a soldier's favourite because they can relate to that very much. I've had to hurt people to save people, I know that feel.

So deep it hurts. I'm not even kidding. Some idiots think it's for kids simply because it has kids as main characters. Friendly reminder that children's lit doesn't win Nebula and Hugo at the same time (and the author won a bunch of these). Just saying.

I'm very new to reading, I've really disliked it growing up and always get so bored so quickly with any book I've ever picked up.

Recently, on recommendation of a friend, I started reading Ender's Game (I've never seen the movie) and I'm actually liking it a lot and finding it very easy to read. I like that the chapters are pretty short too.

Anyway, since I'm new to reading, could you guys recommend some good books that are "easy" to read?

Children, children!
Future, future!

>>4285028

This, massively.

>especially if you have or had to hurt people for their or someone else's own good, dem feels when doing your best still feels like the worst

>dem fucking feels

I don't care what jelly wannabe authors have to say on this board: Ender's Game is a fucking masterpiece and contemporary achievement of legendary proportions.

>Hugo and Nebula awards
>both, at once

You can't top that.

>>4145645

Pic related.

Deal with it if you can but pic related blew my fucking mind. Never had this many feels for a book.

Ender's Game

Sorry, but... gave me feels I didn't get in years, literally. It was brilliant.

Are the other books worth reading? I mean, I enjoyed it but I wasn't blown away. I mean, half of it was like reading commentary of a sports game or, fuck me, a Starcraft match.

OP, quit writing and read pic related.

>>4023548

>"‘In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him."

>“The power to cause pain is the only power that matters, the power to kill and destroy, because if you can't kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one will ever save you.”

Dem feels, and truth.

COME AT ME.

Ender's Game.

Holy, fuck, shit. I've read a lot in my life, but this fucking book, holy shit.

What's a good edition for Ender's Game?

Is this Harry Potter in space?

Sure, it's a bit simple, perhaps even childish, but I think that is mainly due to the age of the characters. I love the whole Ender universe, especially the Shadow series that started with Bean. I think I was lucky to read this for the first time as a kid, because I appreciate it more than I would have if I had only just read it now at 20.