Endgame: The Calling

De: James Frey

Narrado por: Sunil Malhotra

The New York Times bestseller and international multimedia phenomenon!

In each generation, for thousands of years, twelve Players have been ready. But they never thought Endgame would happen. Until now.

Omaha, Nebraska. Sarah Alopay stands at her graduation ceremony—class valedictorian, star athlete, a full life on the horizon. But when a meteor strikes the school, she survives. Because she is the Cahokian Player. Endgame has begun.

Juliaca, Peru. At the same moment, thousands of miles away, another meteor strikes. But Jago Tlaloc is safe. He has a secret, and his secret makes him brave. Strong. Certain. He is the Olmec Player. He's ready. Ready for Endgame.

Across the globe, twelve meteors slam into Earth. Cities burn. But Sarah and Jago and the ten others Players know the truth. The meteors carry a message. The Players have been summoned to The Calling. And now they must fight one another in order to survive. All but one will fail. But that one will save the world. This is Endgame.

Interesting story, but not audio book material.

It was a good story. However, in the paper book there must be graphs, charts, and data at the beginning of some chapters. This means, you end up listening to the narrator just read aloud different numbers and what not at the beginning of some chapters. In one instance, I remember skipping through at least a couple minutes of just numbers. So I would recommend the book, really an interesting story, but definitely do a paper edition so you can see what they are ineffectively trying to relate.

12 tribes decide fate of humanity

The book offers up a plausible set of events where normal people through out the world are well trained killers who are fighting for the lives of family and friends. The book takes you on a race to find hidden artifacts that will decide the fate of humanity. It shows the instant survival is on the line how people will act and do anything possible to preserve their futures. Great read.

Great Story!

The book was awesome! The narrator could have been better, but accents can be hard to mimic sometimes. Other than that, great character and world building throughout the story.

best story I read in a long time

it's been quiet a few years where a good story had me hooked from the start. I'm so glad I gave this book a read. I love the plot and even better it's a series. I'm so excited to start sky key

Interesting story

I did like the story but presentation was a bit strange, would help to say the chapters in the processes so you know where you are. Other than that. The story is good

choppy prose

This book has a good story and interesting concepts, but the writing is pretty bad sometimes. Think "John went to the store. He bought water. He is thirsty. Now he's not.

Loved it

This is like the first book of hunger games but on steroids! Sprinkle some of that "I am number four" series flare and you'll have endgame.
The reader too is fantastic.

Pretty Darn Good

WHAT DID YOU THINK OVERALL?
I thought this book was pretty good. I don't like James Frey, but I really enjoyed this book.

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE BOOK?
I loved how James Frey blended the different stories to make on large narrative. It was fascinating, the kind of book that you can keep on thinking about after you finish it. Also, James Frey set it up so that you can root for your favorite character. I liked that.

HOW DID YOU LIKE IT AS AN AUDIO BOOK?
I did not like it entirely. Every few chapters you would be subject to 5 straight minutes of internet links due to the big puzzle. But I loved the reader.

ANY CRITICS?
It was obvious throughout the book that James Frey was trying to show how smart he was. Its annoying. But not a bigy.

Good narration, but better as a self-read

Would you listen to Endgame again? Why?

I won't listen to this book again, might read it again myself, but, to no fault of the narrator, the book as an audiobook is really annoying. One of the characters has ticks and they are written out in the book, and therefor told by the narrator, this is fun at first, but after blink and shiver 100 it gets too annoying. The same goes for some clues in the book that consist of the narrator reading only numbers for more than four minutes.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The story itself is interesting, though it suffers from too many main characters to give an equal and full arc to. The focus on two of the twelve makes it a little predictable too andat points it reads a lot like a Hunger Games wannabe.

What about Sunil Malhotra’s performance did you like?

Sunil tries to give a different voice to all the characters and succeeds in it for most of them. As a man he has more problems with different female voices than male-voices, but overall he does a good job and his voicing never annoys me. I could recognize almost all characters in the book purely on the voice Sunil uses for them.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

The Hunger Games, with aliens!

Any additional comments?

Despite the reasonably low number of stars I've given this audiobook, I am looking forward to reading the second book (maybe even as an audiobook). The story isn't great and takes a lot from the Hunger Games and other such titles, however I do find myself wondering how it will end.

Amazing!!

Absolutely loved the story!
not to be confused AT ALL with Hunger games. Very unique story and characters. Multiple perspective is a plus! Narrator on point!