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209 reviews for:

Endgame

Malorie Blackman

3.95 AVERAGE

slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

scarly09's review

5.0
adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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challenging emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

yeah this was a good conclusion to the series i started 17 months ago.

thoughts while reading

p23: back to the dinner party we go!
p26: what the hell dan 😔
p77: love how dan’s party keeps changing names
p81: ā€œshe’d go for the jugularā€ isn’t that the truth šŸ”Ŗ
p103: well we just ruled out
jarvis
p118: admission of guilt?
p170: it’s so cute how the two people who aren’t even blood have the closest relationship
p317: oh chima don’t be embarrassed, it’s impressive in this society just to keep her
p322: 🫨 no i don’t trust this, there’s too many pages left! he’s probably the mysterious pov!
p375: ugh this is not going well! new theory:
it is jon and he gave jarvis’ name so troy could back up the lie with sign
p416: oh God. not troy walking back into an empty house
p432: callie is seriously worrying me right now
p438: it’s honestly a little unfortunate for troy and libby cause they
are kinda related now 😬 it’s giving uncle—niece vibes
p457: WHAT is the plan???
p466: i’m still none the wiser but a cozy ending

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dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book continues directly on from the end of Crossfire, and wraps up the Noughts and Crosses series. I’m sad to rate this as low as I have because I loved the original books, but i just didn’t enjoy this one hugely. I think the last two books have shifted towards increasingly dramatic heist-type themes that I’m less interested in. But more importantly I didn’t feel the character development as well in this one.
Enormous spoiler for the end of the book, but I just didn’t get Callie’s ending - it didn’t feel right for her.

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4.5 ā­ļø
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nat1988's review

5.0

Perfect end to an amazing series. This whole story has been a rollercoaster of emotions from start to finish.

Such a bittersweet feeling to have finished.

I would recommend this series to anyone who would listen. My absolute favourite!!
dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This is the conclusion of a YA dystopian series that has spanned decades - and I absolutely cried at the end. 

After the last book was left on a massive cliffhanger, it followed on almost immediately to resolve a kidnapping crisis and a murder charge. 

I loved the political commentary throughout the book, particularly how Malorie Blackman made it more relevant to the issues of today.

Some of the character endings were satisfying and made sense, others didn’t as much. There were also some storylines that weren’t quite resolved.

I refuse to rate this book any lower though, since the characters and the series meant so much to me, and I’m sad to see it end. 
challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced