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Pretty Boy

By: Orson Scott Card
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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 How do you systematically destroy a child with love? It's not something that any parent aspires to do, yet a surprising number come perilously close to achieving it.So begins Orson Scott Card's new story from the Ender Universe, a profound meditation on parents and offspring focusing on the childhood of one of Ender's Battle School challengers, Bonzo Madrid, and the circumstances that lead him to his unique place in the Game. Read by a frequent visitor to Ender's world, Scott Brick.©2006 Orson Scott Card (P)2006 Orson Scott Card Anthologies & Short Stories Science Fiction Fiction

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"Without honour."
A spoiled only child who believes that the world revolves around him. A small insight into the formative years of Bonzo Madrid, before Battleschool. Nicely written but would have preferred more. Scott Brick provides the excellent narration.
This short (47 minute) story as a complimentary download via the Audible Plus programme.

"Without honour."

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This could almost be a typical short story of loss of innocence children face when confronted with the short-comings of their parents. Placing it to the Ender-verse just makes it a little bit more gritty tho.

Short Story of the Enderverse.

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it is part of the Ender's Game world but fairly well stands on its own as a good read

stands on its own

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A lot of the negative reviews seem to hinge on how unlikeable the protagonist is, and I don't get. That's the whole point. This is the backstory for an utterly unlikeable character in the Enderverse, so I'm really not sure what people expected.
The onky bit that bugger me was the heavy faux-Spanish accents, but that seems to be A Thing in Anglophine audiobooks.

The backstory of an unlikeable character

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A strange story reminiscent of George Orwell's 1984. Where children are taught to spy on there parents.

Pretty boy

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An enjoyable life lesson... Of love and betrayal, childish hopes and adult realisations.

A good insight into one of the Battle School children's pasts.

Truth Glimpsed Through the Eyes of a Child

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I know it's free but the narrator just bored me after 10 seconds avoid this one guys

terrible

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The characters did not gel for me. and the plot was simplistic.
Sorry but I can not recommend it.

Not his best

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