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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
HOLY SHIT. THIS IS FABULOUS.
Full review is up on my blog: http://books-underblankets.blogspot.ie/2015/01/review-jfnjs-calling.html
Twelve meteors strike Earth, each in different cities across the world. Twelve highly-skilled adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18 know now that their time has come; they are Players, trained to fight and fend for themselves for one purpose and one purpose only.
The meteors signal the beginning of it all; the Players are being called.
Endgame is here.
Full review is up on my blog: http://books-underblankets.blogspot.ie/2015/01/review-jfnjs-calling.html
Twelve meteors strike Earth, each in different cities across the world. Twelve highly-skilled adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18 know now that their time has come; they are Players, trained to fight and fend for themselves for one purpose and one purpose only.
The meteors signal the beginning of it all; the Players are being called.
Endgame is here.
okay so I'm finished reading... I don't like the ending because my favorite player is dead... ugh... anyway... it's still good...
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Geweldig boek! Vooral goed als afleiding van de tentamenweken ;-) De recensie lees je gauw op www.adorablebooks.nl
Wow i really liked this book
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even if there are more than 12 POV's ;) it was thrilling and so nice to read ! Plus the book is one huge puzzel O_O . I'm really looking forward to read the sequel! [bc:Sky Key|24465662|Sky Key (Endgame, #2)|James Frey|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1433872244s/24465662.jpg|44058496]
AT the first glance, The Calling seemed like a typical YA book, but once I read it I knew I had been completely wrong. This is an absolutely brilliant book with a fast-paced plot which never stopped.
One of the reasons I loved it was the constant POV changes. I really liked hearing about what all of the characters were up to and how everything was connected, but what I liked most about it was that it didn't give me the chance to have a favourite character, and as a result I focused more on the actual plot than just one character. Another thing that prevented me from really getting attached to the characters was the constant reminder that they are all trained to be cold blooded killers. It is a fact that none of the characters in the book are particularly pleasant, and this made me concentrate way more on what was happening in the book and try to solve the puzzle of the Earth Key as they did.
However, I did develop a love of Chiyoko about halfway through the book, around the time when An kidnapped her. It just seemed that suddenly we were seeing who she really is. As a result I was more affected by her death than any of the others
I also did begin to appreciate some of the more 'minor' characters like Maccabee because, while we were just constantly reading about Sarah, Jago and Christopher for the majority of the book, we actually saw a lot of development with these characters which I really liked.
As you can probably tell I have major love for this book, and not just for the characters. I loved how the Endgame takes the Players all over the world and how it incorporates all sorts of cultures that actually exist. I also really liked how I never really knew what was happening right up until it happened. It came as a complete shock to me when Sarah won the Earth Key, and all the puzzles and pictures constantly kept me thinking.
Overall this is a very worthwhile read that I can definitely recommend and I cam't wait for the next one!
One of the reasons I loved it was the constant POV changes. I really liked hearing about what all of the characters were up to and how everything was connected, but what I liked most about it was that it didn't give me the chance to have a favourite character, and as a result I focused more on the actual plot than just one character. Another thing that prevented me from really getting attached to the characters was the constant reminder that they are all trained to be cold blooded killers. It is a fact that none of the characters in the book are particularly pleasant, and this made me concentrate way more on what was happening in the book and try to solve the puzzle of the Earth Key as they did.
However, I did develop a love of Chiyoko about halfway through the book, around the time when An kidnapped her. It just seemed that suddenly we were seeing who she really is. As a result I was more affected by her death than any of the others
I also did begin to appreciate some of the more 'minor' characters like Maccabee because, while we were just constantly reading about Sarah, Jago and Christopher for the majority of the book, we actually saw a lot of development with these characters which I really liked.
As you can probably tell I have major love for this book, and not just for the characters. I loved how the Endgame takes the Players all over the world and how it incorporates all sorts of cultures that actually exist. I also really liked how I never really knew what was happening right up until it happened. It came as a complete shock to me when Sarah won the Earth Key, and all the puzzles and pictures constantly kept me thinking.
Overall this is a very worthwhile read that I can definitely recommend and I cam't wait for the next one!
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-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:
Yes
Very long, but about half of the pages just had ciphers or one word on them. It was a pretty good read, but not as immediately captivating as Divergent or Hunger Games.
I just want to start this off by saying, this is nothing like the Hunger Games. To the people who keep saying that; I don't think you've read the book. Does it follow "12" characters? yes. But that is not consistent and also they're from completely different parts of the world.
Now, this book has an intriguing premise in which; for generation 12 players have been ready and trained for Endgame. The end of the world. Unless one player wins and saves the entirety of the humankind.
This book did a lot of things right. It created dynamic and a contrast between the players in which we had some players that were terrified of what was coming like Sarah, we had people who were immensely excited like Batisakhan and players who knew that they had to rise up to the game and do what was expected of them like Chiyoko. The book is also very engaging in which you can try to solve riddles and puzzles etc throughout the duration of the book to guess what's coming.
Ultimately there were things I did not really like. The alliances in this book made me roll my eyes if I'm being honest, some of them felt so unnecessary and were made to bait us to root for these characters when all I wanted to do was put the book down.
Also, this is supposed to be a fast-paced book - I'm assuming - because well, we follow a game but oh my god was it slow. We follow so many different points of views where one thing happens and it all builds from the perspectives - the narrator is all-knowing- which was interesting sometimes but I really did not care for most of it.
A L S O, what the fuck was up with the inadequate deaths for most of the characters like what the actual hell?. You're telling me that Marcus has been training for this his whole life and he dies by mistaking something for not being a grenade? really?. Also, Chiyoko did not deserve to die like that at all, crushed. really?, how metaphorical.
Another thing, I don't say this often but the romance between An Liu and Chiyoko was extremely interesting compared to Christopher who started to lowkey become obsessed with Sarah and really fucking annoy me. But he died so, meh.
-this review is a hot mess but it's a representation of my life
Now, this book has an intriguing premise in which; for generation 12 players have been ready and trained for Endgame. The end of the world. Unless one player wins and saves the entirety of the humankind.
This book did a lot of things right. It created dynamic and a contrast between the players in which we had some players that were terrified of what was coming like Sarah, we had people who were immensely excited like Batisakhan and players who knew that they had to rise up to the game and do what was expected of them like Chiyoko. The book is also very engaging in which you can try to solve riddles and puzzles etc throughout the duration of the book to guess what's coming.
Ultimately there were things I did not really like. The alliances in this book made me roll my eyes if I'm being honest, some of them felt so unnecessary and were made to bait us to root for these characters when all I wanted to do was put the book down.
Also, this is supposed to be a fast-paced book - I'm assuming - because well, we follow a game but oh my god was it slow. We follow so many different points of views where one thing happens and it all builds from the perspectives - the narrator is all-knowing- which was interesting sometimes but I really did not care for most of it.
A L S O, what the fuck was up with the inadequate deaths for most of the characters like what the actual hell?. You're telling me that Marcus has been training for this his whole life and he dies by mistaking something for not being a grenade? really?. Also, Chiyoko did not deserve to die like that at all, crushed. really?, how metaphorical.
Another thing, I don't say this often but the romance between An Liu and Chiyoko was extremely interesting compared to Christopher who started to lowkey become obsessed with Sarah and really fucking annoy me. But he died so, meh.
-this review is a hot mess but it's a representation of my life
Thoroughly enjoyable, if a bit similar conceptually to Hunger Games - will be curious to see how it does.