The mechanics of these books involved simple choices in the style of "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, rather than the game-like randomized elements of "Fighting Fantasy" gamebooks. However, the stories and characters in an "Endless Quest" book, while not necessarily more complex than in a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book, are often more fully developed because the "Endless Quest" books are much longer. For example, the character referred to as "you" in the text almost always has a name, gender, and backstory. The result is that the books in the "Endless Quest" series resemble miniature novels with many different endings.