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bookishlizz 's review for:
Endgame: The Calling
by James Frey, Nils Johnson-Shelton
Read my full review on the blog: http://www.lizzthelibrarian.com/2016/01/book-review-calling.html
I feel like James Frey is attempting to prove how intelligent he is while weaving a complicated tale about legends, myths, history, and aliens ... However, there were so many characters introduced all at once that I was halfway through the book before I started keeping track of them all. The two biggest problems in this book are:
1. Giant Plot Holes: Frey will write a scene that takes place after some major event that he didn't write about, letting the reader figure out what happened from clues or slowly revealed information. I hated it, I always felt like I was behind or had missed something.
2. Fractured Storyline: Way too many characters and events that were all over the place. Not enough story development, too much assumption of understanding on the part of the reader - not that I didn't "get it" (at least, I don't think that was it ...) but I felt like is was assumed I would accept something crazy and just go with it. No explanation given.
There is a reason this book never checks out from my library. It is similar to Hunger Games and other dysptoian novels and I would have thought that similarity would have made it popular. It probably would have, if it weren't so difficult to follow.
Other than that (giant, glaring problem) I thought the book was a fun and unique. Sarah is a great character and I'd like to learn what happens, but I know I can't read another Frey book.
I listened to the audio book and do not recommend it. The reader had these strange "accents" that would come and go, adding to my frustration and the fractured feeling of the storyline.
I feel like James Frey is attempting to prove how intelligent he is while weaving a complicated tale about legends, myths, history, and aliens ... However, there were so many characters introduced all at once that I was halfway through the book before I started keeping track of them all. The two biggest problems in this book are:
1. Giant Plot Holes: Frey will write a scene that takes place after some major event that he didn't write about, letting the reader figure out what happened from clues or slowly revealed information. I hated it, I always felt like I was behind or had missed something.
2. Fractured Storyline: Way too many characters and events that were all over the place. Not enough story development, too much assumption of understanding on the part of the reader - not that I didn't "get it" (at least, I don't think that was it ...) but I felt like is was assumed I would accept something crazy and just go with it. No explanation given.
There is a reason this book never checks out from my library. It is similar to Hunger Games and other dysptoian novels and I would have thought that similarity would have made it popular. It probably would have, if it weren't so difficult to follow.
Other than that (giant, glaring problem) I thought the book was a fun and unique. Sarah is a great character and I'd like to learn what happens, but I know I can't read another Frey book.
I listened to the audio book and do not recommend it. The reader had these strange "accents" that would come and go, adding to my frustration and the fractured feeling of the storyline.