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Endgame: The Calling
by James Frey, Nils Johnson-Shelton
If the length of time it took me to read this book doesn't tell you something then allow me to elaborate.
This book is so dry. It's extremely vague and irritating when you are trying to keep up with 12 characters that all have boring storylines. I found myself more than halfway through the book (months after I started it) and I realized I didn't care what happened or who won or what the hell earth key would do.
The characters were majorly underdeveloped so that nothing could possible surprise you about them because you didn't know them.
I can get past flat characters if the plot piques my interest, and I will admit that the concept caught my attention. But the actual book? I was dying to get through it so I could read other books. I rarely put books down without finishing them once I hit the halfway point so I struggled to make myself finish this one but it took forever because I just didn't care to read it.
It's dull. Maybe the online game is fun. Not sure. I never cared enough to spend more than 20 minutes trying to figure it out. But this book turned out to be exactly what it was designed for; a boring literary attempt at making a contest more interesting. It's a clue, yes. But it's a boring as hell clue.
Don't read this. It's been done before and you'll find yourself trapped reading a book that makes you cry from boredom.
This book is so dry. It's extremely vague and irritating when you are trying to keep up with 12 characters that all have boring storylines. I found myself more than halfway through the book (months after I started it) and I realized I didn't care what happened or who won or what the hell earth key would do.
The characters were majorly underdeveloped so that nothing could possible surprise you about them because you didn't know them.
I can get past flat characters if the plot piques my interest, and I will admit that the concept caught my attention. But the actual book? I was dying to get through it so I could read other books. I rarely put books down without finishing them once I hit the halfway point so I struggled to make myself finish this one but it took forever because I just didn't care to read it.
It's dull. Maybe the online game is fun. Not sure. I never cared enough to spend more than 20 minutes trying to figure it out. But this book turned out to be exactly what it was designed for; a boring literary attempt at making a contest more interesting. It's a clue, yes. But it's a boring as hell clue.
Don't read this. It's been done before and you'll find yourself trapped reading a book that makes you cry from boredom.