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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
The writing style was very tell not show and it was obnoxious to me
medium-paced
adventurous
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
¿Sinceramente? Si me estaba gustando la historia, sin embargo la sentí sumamente pesada y no estoy en las condiciones de que me pueda dar un posible bloqueo lector. Tal vez, solo tal vez, en algún momento la intente retomar, pero no ahora.
En realidad este libro me gusto mucho, desde el principio me llamaba la atención y me sorprendió bastante.
Espero con ansias los demás libros, ya que el autor presenta una historia bastante entretenida, con aliens, aventura y peligro.
Espero con ansias los demás libros, ya que el autor presenta una historia bastante entretenida, con aliens, aventura y peligro.
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Tylsä kirja, jossa oli liikaa henkilöitä. POV henkilöitä oli oli liian paljon eivätkä he olleet tarpeeksi tunnistettavissa toisistaan, joten unohdin aina kuka oli kuka. En piitannut mistään henkilöistä, joten kenenkään kuolema ei ollut tunteellinen. Kolmiodraama oli rasittava yllätys, jota ei tarvittu. En pitänyt kirjoitustyylistä. Liikaa yksityiskohtia, jotka eivät tuoneet lisä arvoa. Tuntui, että luin 500 sivua tarinaa joka oisi voitu kertoa melkein puolessa sivumäärässä. Taistelin kirjan kanssa vain, koska sain sen joskus lahjaksi ja se on seissyt hyllylläni jo monta vuotta.
The end of the world is coming and 12 teenagers determine the fate of every person on Earth as they embark on a deadly “end” game engineered by powerful godlike people who have been shaping humanity for over 10,000 years. Endgame begins ‘if the human race shows that it doesn’t deserve to be human.’ ‘The legend also says that if we take Earth for granted, if we become too populous and strain this blessed planet, then Endgame will begin.’
The premise of this book definitely excited me, but reading it I felt that at points the writing failed to flow and felt almost forced. In the book there are endnotes that refer to links at the back of the book that are YouTube links and google searches to enhance the story and provide clues for the reader (I am guessing). It all is confusing, which may be purposeful, nevertheless it is time consuming. After about 10 pages and several links I gave up and got through the story just fine. This book has already been signed with Google Niantic Labs to become a location-based augmented reality game, incorporating components from the real world to build an interactive world around the story. If that isn’t enough, Endgame: The Calling has as well as been optioned by Twentieth Century Fox for an accompanying movie series. For the launch of this book, the first in the series on October 7th, players/readers will have clues and riddles woven into the text to solve in order to discover a key to a prize. That prize is a pile of gold protected by bullet-proof glass, and is intended to be streamed as a live event on YouTube. Whilst this is all exciting and new, it seems over the top for a book that is just good.
The book for me was a savager Hunger Games, if compared to anything, with more at stake and copious amounts of mystery.
I admire Frey and Johnson-Shelton for writing this book and subtly dealing with the rise of smartphones and technology and how ‘everyone’ focuses on their phones rather than what is around them. It all seems ironic. That for me was a main premise of the book, that humanity doesn’t deserve Earth anymore because they are taking it for granted, suggesting technology amongst other things started this decline in humanity not appreciating Earth enough. Yet, the book is getting made into games for smartphones, the gold case streamed live, depends on readers to have internet to search the links. Again it seems ironic, I don’t know if that was intentional but it supported my lower rating for this book.
This book is definitely action packed and in certain parts I was flipping pages constantly. I was intrigued to see what happens to these 12 teenagers and felt attached to some, but I kept thinking about all the violence. Yes cool ninja moves were featured and the bad-assery of the characters emphasised, but I am on the older scale of teenagers. Many people including myself and media sites feel that it has links to The Hunger Games, which will attract young tween readers. Whilst I feel that possibly I am over thinking this too much, this book is far more violent than Hunger Games and could possibly only desensitise younger teenagers further to brutal bloody violence.
The characters progressed nicely, but there are numerous perspectives in this book and can enhance the confusion. The book also does follow some cliches, especially Alice the Australian. I feel that it does teach the reader more about history and culture as the setting is in our world, allowing the reader to question whether this could happen.
Frey and Johnson-Shelton write a convincing novel that at times was captivating yet I am still confused and asking questions, which I feel the future books in the series will explore and hopefully answer. Overall I am happy I read this and it was an good dystopians compared to some I have read. I have huge admiration for all the research that must have gone in for this book to be published and would recommend this read for older teenagers if you felt that The Hunger Games was tame for you.
I received this book as part of the Bookworld Readers Reviewers program.
The premise of this book definitely excited me, but reading it I felt that at points the writing failed to flow and felt almost forced. In the book there are endnotes that refer to links at the back of the book that are YouTube links and google searches to enhance the story and provide clues for the reader (I am guessing). It all is confusing, which may be purposeful, nevertheless it is time consuming. After about 10 pages and several links I gave up and got through the story just fine. This book has already been signed with Google Niantic Labs to become a location-based augmented reality game, incorporating components from the real world to build an interactive world around the story. If that isn’t enough, Endgame: The Calling has as well as been optioned by Twentieth Century Fox for an accompanying movie series. For the launch of this book, the first in the series on October 7th, players/readers will have clues and riddles woven into the text to solve in order to discover a key to a prize. That prize is a pile of gold protected by bullet-proof glass, and is intended to be streamed as a live event on YouTube. Whilst this is all exciting and new, it seems over the top for a book that is just good.
The book for me was a savager Hunger Games, if compared to anything, with more at stake and copious amounts of mystery.
I admire Frey and Johnson-Shelton for writing this book and subtly dealing with the rise of smartphones and technology and how ‘everyone’ focuses on their phones rather than what is around them. It all seems ironic. That for me was a main premise of the book, that humanity doesn’t deserve Earth anymore because they are taking it for granted, suggesting technology amongst other things started this decline in humanity not appreciating Earth enough. Yet, the book is getting made into games for smartphones, the gold case streamed live, depends on readers to have internet to search the links. Again it seems ironic, I don’t know if that was intentional but it supported my lower rating for this book.
This book is definitely action packed and in certain parts I was flipping pages constantly. I was intrigued to see what happens to these 12 teenagers and felt attached to some, but I kept thinking about all the violence. Yes cool ninja moves were featured and the bad-assery of the characters emphasised, but I am on the older scale of teenagers. Many people including myself and media sites feel that it has links to The Hunger Games, which will attract young tween readers. Whilst I feel that possibly I am over thinking this too much, this book is far more violent than Hunger Games and could possibly only desensitise younger teenagers further to brutal bloody violence.
The characters progressed nicely, but there are numerous perspectives in this book and can enhance the confusion. The book also does follow some cliches, especially Alice the Australian. I feel that it does teach the reader more about history and culture as the setting is in our world, allowing the reader to question whether this could happen.
Frey and Johnson-Shelton write a convincing novel that at times was captivating yet I am still confused and asking questions, which I feel the future books in the series will explore and hopefully answer. Overall I am happy I read this and it was an good dystopians compared to some I have read. I have huge admiration for all the research that must have gone in for this book to be published and would recommend this read for older teenagers if you felt that The Hunger Games was tame for you.
I received this book as part of the Bookworld Readers Reviewers program.
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
It was good and should probably get to the rest but the reason I read this was for school