ENDER'S SHADOW

   We see the events of Ender's Game from the perspective of Bean. So brilliant, yet so simple.

THE GOOD:

1. The closest to Ender's Game in terms of tone, and a lot of other things. The other books aren't very like Ender's Game at all.
2. A sweet mystery going on meanwhile, back on earth.

THE BAD:

1. By the time they get about making this, Aramis is going to be... not little. Special effects, I know. And his rapid development actually becomes a plot point in the rest of the books. But this takes place the same time the first one did.
2. There's another one, which is actually more problematic than bad, so I'm putting it in "ugly."

THE UGLY:

1. How to make this seem different enough from Ender's Game to make it not seem like blind repetition? It does take place at the same time in much the same location, using the same scenes but from a different perspective.
2. The twist. It's no longer a twist. The problem in this lies on what they decide to do with the film of Ender's Game, and is not in itself problematic.