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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
I received an Advanced Copy of The Calling and therefore can only base my review on the story and not the puzzle.
When I first started reading this there were similarities to other books I have read that I won’t mention. 12 original lines, 12 players and 1 winner, there are no rules, and only one of these Players will survive which means the other 11 will die.
These players are all within a certain age, they are trained since birth.
12 meteors crash down on Earth, right where the said Players are which is their Calling, they all travel to the same destination where they will start the Endgame.
In this book all of the players are searching for the first key and they will be lead to it with a clue, each player has a different clue which is embedded in their head via kepler 22 an alien or god, whatever it was, it wasn’t human. They each have to decipher their clue to lead them to the key.
I am not going to tell you anymore as it is a great adventure and I did really enjoy the story even without the puzzle. The suspense was fantastic and obviously there was killings and maiming that were quite gory but all worked well within the story.
I felt I got to know most of the characters really well, their traits, their nature and what made them tick. I am hoping to get to know more about the others in the next book.
I do have a feeling that the player who activated the first key may not actually win though.
I am looking forward to reading the second book in the series.
When I first started reading this there were similarities to other books I have read that I won’t mention. 12 original lines, 12 players and 1 winner, there are no rules, and only one of these Players will survive which means the other 11 will die.
These players are all within a certain age, they are trained since birth.
12 meteors crash down on Earth, right where the said Players are which is their Calling, they all travel to the same destination where they will start the Endgame.
In this book all of the players are searching for the first key and they will be lead to it with a clue, each player has a different clue which is embedded in their head via kepler 22 an alien or god, whatever it was, it wasn’t human. They each have to decipher their clue to lead them to the key.
I am not going to tell you anymore as it is a great adventure and I did really enjoy the story even without the puzzle. The suspense was fantastic and obviously there was killings and maiming that were quite gory but all worked well within the story.
I felt I got to know most of the characters really well, their traits, their nature and what made them tick. I am hoping to get to know more about the others in the next book.
I do have a feeling that the player who activated the first key may not actually win though.
I am looking forward to reading the second book in the series.
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Holy shit. Das war eines der schlechtesten Bücher, die ich je gelesen habe. So im mittleren Drittel war ich bei der Meinung angekommen, dass dieses Buch absolut durchschnittlich oder (natürlich rein subjektiv) qualitativ leicht unterdurchschnittlich ist. Aber die letzten 200 Seiten haben mich umgestimmt. Die einzig positive Sache, die ich über dieses Buch sagen kann, ist, dass es sich rasend schnell liest. Der einzige Grund, warum ich dieses doch sehr dicke Buch beendet habe. Die Kapitel sind teilweise nur eine Seite lang und die meisten Sätze haben weniger als 10 Wörter. Dazu kommt ein Riesenhaufen Blabla, sodass ich irgendwann immer wieder ne halbe Seite einfach geskippt habe - was ich NIE zuvor in meinem Leben getan habe - und gegen Ende eventuell sogar mehr als nur eine halbe.
So, jetzt reg ich mich noch kurz über einige wenige Dinge auf, über die ich mich geärgert habe, von den vielen Dingen, über die ich mich geärgert habe:
Obvious Hunger Games-Vergleich ist obvious, aber Sarah ist doch einfach nur ne Carbon Copy von Katniss in nem anderen Setting?! Holy Shit. Christopher ist Peeta und Jago ist Gale, wenn Gale in die Arena gegangen wäre und Peeta ihr pre-Game Love Interest gewesen wäre. Pfuiiiii. Davon abgesehen habe ich von dem Moment des ersten Treffens sowas von keinen Bock gehabt auf Sarah x Jago, und der Autor ist einfach obsessed mit denen. Und mit Teenage Sex. Bro.
Und der Übersetzer erst. Der Neffe vom Verleger oder was?! Die Rille auf der Scheibe ist 1/8 Inch breit. Danke für gar nichts. Auf den letzten 200 Seiten sind außerdem derart viele Fehler, das muss einem doch peinlich sein, sorry. So viele Grammatikfehler, und einmal sogar der Name einer anderen Spielerin… Hat das niemand mehr Korrektur lesen wollen? Ich würd‘s verstehen.
An der übrigen Handlung hab ich auch SEHR viel auszusetzen, oder sagen wir mal an der Umsetzung der Handlung. Das Konzept ist ja nicht schlecht. Das Buch ist trotzdem ein totaler Reinfall. Aber an der Stelle spar ich mir die Energie lieber für was sinnvolleres auf. Bye
So, jetzt reg ich mich noch kurz über einige wenige Dinge auf, über die ich mich geärgert habe, von den vielen Dingen, über die ich mich geärgert habe:
Obvious Hunger Games-Vergleich ist obvious, aber Sarah ist doch einfach nur ne Carbon Copy von Katniss in nem anderen Setting?! Holy Shit. Christopher ist Peeta und Jago ist Gale, wenn Gale in die Arena gegangen wäre und Peeta ihr pre-Game Love Interest gewesen wäre. Pfuiiiii. Davon abgesehen habe ich von dem Moment des ersten Treffens sowas von keinen Bock gehabt auf Sarah x Jago, und der Autor ist einfach obsessed mit denen. Und mit Teenage Sex. Bro.
Und der Übersetzer erst. Der Neffe vom Verleger oder was?! Die Rille auf der Scheibe ist 1/8 Inch breit. Danke für gar nichts. Auf den letzten 200 Seiten sind außerdem derart viele Fehler, das muss einem doch peinlich sein, sorry. So viele Grammatikfehler, und einmal sogar der Name einer anderen Spielerin… Hat das niemand mehr Korrektur lesen wollen? Ich würd‘s verstehen.
An der übrigen Handlung hab ich auch SEHR viel auszusetzen, oder sagen wir mal an der Umsetzung der Handlung. Das Konzept ist ja nicht schlecht. Das Buch ist trotzdem ein totaler Reinfall. Aber an der Stelle spar ich mir die Energie lieber für was sinnvolleres auf. Bye
Apparently I read this a while ago and didn't remember so
Very little explaining about what the heck is going on, but it's got a cool premise about the end of the world and everything
I'll probably read the sequel
Very little explaining about what the heck is going on, but it's got a cool premise about the end of the world and everything
I'll probably read the sequel
I know a lot of reviews say this a Hunger Games rip off but other then 12 contestants representing different areas of the world I felt like this was an original story. The author does a good job of keeping the characters straight and using original historical landmarks as part of the story.
I really like this book, I will have to impatiently wait for the next one to come out. The only thing I disliked was the love triangle (oh how present those things are in YA) but it did have an interesting end to the love triangle.
I wanted to shake so many of the characters at the end, though. Why can't they listen? Because then there would be no story.
I wanted to shake so many of the characters at the end, though. Why can't they listen? Because then there would be no story.
A very very good read. Really enjoyed it. The description on the back needs to be rewritten it doesn't really describe it well.
I can see from the comments on Goodreads that this book draws some controversy, but I quite enjoyed it. It's a solid 3.5 stars from me. The author's name didn't really ring a bell for me, so I had no preconceptions going into it, and the comparisons to The Hunger Games are really way off base. Yes, there are points of superficial similarity in the premise, but the story is entirely different. *Entirely.* It's a fast-paced and quite gripping story in which you never know which characters will live or die, and the idea behind the plot is intriguing. It made me think back to books like Chariots of the Gods, which I read in my teens, and which probably shaped a lot of my ideas about life in the universe (take what you will from that). I listened to the audiobook and it was excellently narrated by Sunil Malhotra, who managed to give a diverse cast of characters very recognizable voices.
My only quibble was that some parts (long strings of words and/or numbers which the characters must decode) did not translate well for audio. Not sure how you'd fix that problem, but it serves to pull the reader out of the story, which you never want to do.
At any rate, I'd read the next one.
My only quibble was that some parts (long strings of words and/or numbers which the characters must decode) did not translate well for audio. Not sure how you'd fix that problem, but it serves to pull the reader out of the story, which you never want to do.
At any rate, I'd read the next one.
Well that was really good! Very very fast paced, reminded me of a cross between Seven Ancient Wonders by Matthew Reilly and the Hunger Games. Interested to see where this series goes from here.