joei 's review for:

Endgame: The Calling by James Frey, Nils Johnson-Shelton
4.0

It's like the Hunger Games but not quite. There is more action because of all the traveling but I feel like we are just being dragged into something that doesn't even get clearer as the book ends.

Some say it's like The Hunger Games only instead of 12 Districts, there are 12 races/lineages. But unlike the Hunger Games, "the Endgame has no rules" and that has its ups and downs. Up would be curiosity. What the heck is the Endgame?? So you'll keep reading. Con is that it feels vague. The author gives hints here and there but it gets old after a while.

But with all the places the Players have gone to, this book translate will well into the big screen (if they make it into a movie).

Hope book 2 fares better. Was supposed to give The Calling only 3 stars but the ending earned it an extra star. Totally unexpected.