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ashndean88 's review for:
Endgame: The Calling
by James Frey, Nils Johnson-Shelton
The thing I loved most about this book was how quick-paced it was. I'm normally someone who craves details, but the short chapters and fast actions fit with the nature of the book. So it really worked! I was also surprised how much I didn't mind the changing point of views. When I saw how many characters there were I got concerned I'd be confused, but overall I could point out who each person was (not always their tribe) and what trials they'd gone through within the story.
There were two things that bothered me, though. First, since we were introduced to so many people, it was hard forming a full connection with most of them. I don't know if that was the point? But I didn't like not caring whether something good or bad happened to someone. Second, I felt some of the deaths were not well done. Not giving away who died, but I just thought there wasn't a whole lot of thought given to some of them. these are supposed to be trained killers and one of them dies in the stupidest way possible despite all of the training. There were then two other characters who had a lot of character development, and then it seemed to amount to nothing. I just wish we could have seen these two progress more and have a more noble death. One person in particular I felt did not deserve the death given to this person, because they deserved something grander. I know that doesn't make a lot of sense since I'm trying to give anything away, but trust me when I say that this person deserves better.
I'm definitely moving on to book two! I'm sad that the competition with the book is done because I would have loved to figure out the puzzles, but I'm still reading on because I'm pretty invested.
There were two things that bothered me, though. First, since we were introduced to so many people, it was hard forming a full connection with most of them. I don't know if that was the point? But I didn't like not caring whether something good or bad happened to someone. Second, I felt some of the deaths were not well done. Not giving away who died, but I just thought there wasn't a whole lot of thought given to some of them. these are supposed to be trained killers and one of them dies in the stupidest way possible despite all of the training. There were then two other characters who had a lot of character development, and then it seemed to amount to nothing. I just wish we could have seen these two progress more and have a more noble death. One person in particular I felt did not deserve the death given to this person, because they deserved something grander. I know that doesn't make a lot of sense since I'm trying to give anything away, but trust me when I say that this person deserves better.
I'm definitely moving on to book two! I'm sad that the competition with the book is done because I would have loved to figure out the puzzles, but I'm still reading on because I'm pretty invested.