Book Review of "Ender's Game"

“While they rarely agreed about what the world ought to be, they rarely disagreed about what the world actually was.”

The first thought that came to my mind after reading the Ender’s Game is that I should have read this in my late teens or early twenties. Maybe back then, the whole spiel about ‘that one special gifted kid who can save the World against a generic faceless enemy’ would have seemed thrilling. Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoyed this book - just that I wasn’t swept away by it - at all. Ender’s Game checks off all the things one would expect from a YA somewhat-SciFi novel - ranging from the angsty “no one ever understands me” protagonist to a couple of strict-for-the-greater-good mentors. Overall, it’s ok, don’t take it too seriously and you will enjoy it - 3.5/5.

Book Review of "A Twist in the Tale"

Perfectly adequate is how I would describe Jeffrey Archer’s “A Twist in the Tale”. A collection of 12 stories with varying degrees of “twist” at the end. Akin to his previous story collections, about a third of the stories in this book are superb and the rest are sort of ‘meh’. A definite recommendation if you are already a fan of Jeffrey Archer’s work. If you haven’t read any of his books before, then this should not be the first one you read. Overall a 3.5/5.