Endgame by James Frey and Nils Johnson-Shelton is a YA novel in which a group of young people, known as Players, have to fight for the survival of a section of humanity in Endgame. For generations, certain bloodlines have been privy to a secret; Endgame is coming in which humanity will be judged and culled by a mysterious group of aliens. Only a subset will survive. Which groups will survive will be determined by the winner of Endgame. I understand that this book contains real-life puzzles for readers to solve which will lead to a real world prize. I will start by saying that this book ended up in my didn’t-finish pile. I thought the concept was interesting, but I had several issues with the execution. I read around 50% and then found that I was really struggling to pick up the book to finish. What I liked The concept. This is what drew me to the book. I found the idea of a group of people battling for the survival of their ethnic group intriguing. I liked that humanity in general is unaware of its pending destruction and only those who are chosen to represent their groups and their…