Action isn’t driven by character or plot. Where Starters was tightly-plotted, Enders just meanders. The main issue is that Enders just doesn’t seem to know what exactly it should be doing. Hyden, and yes, he does seem to just appear out of nowhere), plus her friend Michael. Callie isn’t sure what the Old Man’s end game is, but she’s found an ally in his son, Hyden (no, not Hayden. The Old Man has found a way to control these teens (called Metals) via the chips – he can actually speak to Callie in her mind by using her chip as well as control her body movements at times. The plot involves Callie trying to rescue a number of other teens who were at the body bank and have chips implanted in their heads. While it thankfully addresses the fact that all people over 60 in this world where people live to be 200+ are not, in fact, called enders (some of them are called middles), that’s about the only satisfying aspect I found. I looked forward to reading its sequel (it’s a duology, so this book is the final in the series), Enders, for quite some time.Īlas, Enders is a mess. It’s a fast-paced, well-plotted, and exciting futuristic story that takes a lot of liberties with science, but is fun nonetheless. You may recall that I really enjoyed Lissa Price’s debut Starters.
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