Shadow of the Giant
- 368
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Shadow of the Giant” pays off the political manoeuvring of the earlier Shadow books and closes most of their story arcs convincingly. The international intrigue is balanced by a tender family thread around Bean and Petra, which gives the volume its emotional weight. Some readers feel a few characters blunder mainly because the plot needs them to. As the fourth novel of the series, it is no place to start.
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About the book
Shadow of the Giant (2005) is a science fiction novel by American writer Orson Scott Card, the fourth novel in his Ender's Shadow series, also called the Bean Quartet.
Reading order · Shadow hexalogy
Full order & progress →- Ender's ShadowStart here
8.48.4 / 10 - Shadow of the Hegemon
7.77.7 / 10 - Shadow Puppets
7.57.5 / 10 - Shadow of the GiantThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - Shadows in Flight
7.67.6 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 369 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 72% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.9 | 29 | 8% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 35 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 305 | 83% |
Frequently asked
How long is Shadow of the Giant?
It has 368 pages — shorter than 67% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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