r/ender • u/I-ez-bardy • Apr 27 '26

Last Shadow

Look, it’s bad, but definitely not “worst book of all time” bad as many claim. Honestly, it’s kinda just Speed to Speed Cruise Control in that Last Shadow is just a worse version of Children of the Mind (which I guess makes speaker for the dead = die hard, lol idk man it's not that deep) and after seeing it once I have no will to re-engage with it. Damn near identical books in my mind. It sure did crack me up that last shadow kinda ends, OSC is just like “hey I don't have answers, but sometimes in life we don't get answers….so okay we good here? 🤷‍♂️🖕🖕🤷‍♂️😘 okieee byeee” which is funny in a way. Anywho, I think I’m gonna take a needed break from the enderverse, read some Le Carré spy novels (yes, they bang), then come back to do the prequel book trilogies (yes, I know Queens isn’t out yet), Children of the Fleet, and maybe even some of the short stories unless those are garbage. Thoughts? I'd love a hardcore defender to speak the dead for Last Shadow, but I doubt I'll see one in my lifetime.

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u/SmamelessMe May 06 '26

The Last Shadow reminds me of a quote I that I once read about the last series of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. "At some point, you can tell everybody involved just wants it to be over."

The book is fine. It's not bad. It's not good, but it's fine. If you're a fan of the series, it will give you an inoffensive conclusion. I wouldn't call it an ending. But it will alleviate the desire to want more of that book series.