Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card

Read for: Leisure
Rating: 4

The final book in the Shadow series! Again, as is the case with much of the Shadow series, I feel that this books read like a huge game of Risk. However, I think that this one focuses on the tactical/strategy approach to war rather than the actual action of war, as in some of the other books, Shadow Puppets in particular.

Card once again demonstrates great writing ability. I particularly enjoy how Peter has evolved throughout the entire series and I can't help but grow to love him. I would compare him to Chuck Bass on Gossip Girl, ruthlessly Machiavellian but also tenderhearted; hate him at first but then grow to love him. I have liked Bean better in the three novels following Ender's Shadow, but again in this novel I am not too interested in him. I much prefer Peter's story to Bean's.

One great thing about this book is that we get a glimpse into the start of genetic modification that is present in Children of the Mind.