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Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
I didn't really want to read this book. I read it for three reasons.
1) It's been made into a movie and my sister really wants to see it with me
2) Every year I try to read one book I normally wouldn't give two glances at.
3) It's on PBS's Great American Read list.
Ready Player One is about a video game quest to find an easter egg hidden somewhere in the OASIS, the worldwide virtual reality. Whoever finds the easter egg gets control of the OASIS, as well as the VR's creator's wealth (It's in his will).
The main character is Wade Watts, a high-school graduate who is the first person to find the first clue. The race to find the rest of the clues begins and becomes more dangerous as the mega-company IOI sends it's drones in to find the clues and sabotage everyone else's attempts to complete the quest.
This book was, for lack of a better term, dense. Lots of information, very much like a biography, with little dialogue. Not that that's a bad thing, it just got a little tedious to read at times.
The thing I really didn't like about the book is all the 80s pop culture references. I don't like 80s pop culture. And there is a LOT of it. This book is absolutely SATURATED with it. Which is weird because I'd expect that from a book taking place in 2018 (or 2011, when this book was published), but not in 2045, when the book takes place. Now that's just my personal opinion. If you like that stuff, you'll probably love Ready Player One.
The only other thing I didn't like about the book was how easy it was to complete most of the tasks. There was maybe one part that got me like "oh crap what now?" but for the most part Wade pretty much glides right through. And when he does come upon hardships, the book pretty much glazes over how he overcomes them, and what he's feeling/thinking when he fails.
I did like how gripping the story was. No matter what issues I had with it, it kept me reading. I had to know how it ended. And the ending is pretty good, if a little predictable. There's a little plot twist at the end, which I won't reveal, but that I love.
Good book, just not my type.
1) It's been made into a movie and my sister really wants to see it with me
2) Every year I try to read one book I normally wouldn't give two glances at.
3) It's on PBS's Great American Read list.
Ready Player One is about a video game quest to find an easter egg hidden somewhere in the OASIS, the worldwide virtual reality. Whoever finds the easter egg gets control of the OASIS, as well as the VR's creator's wealth (It's in his will).
The main character is Wade Watts, a high-school graduate who is the first person to find the first clue. The race to find the rest of the clues begins and becomes more dangerous as the mega-company IOI sends it's drones in to find the clues and sabotage everyone else's attempts to complete the quest.
This book was, for lack of a better term, dense. Lots of information, very much like a biography, with little dialogue. Not that that's a bad thing, it just got a little tedious to read at times.
The thing I really didn't like about the book is all the 80s pop culture references. I don't like 80s pop culture. And there is a LOT of it. This book is absolutely SATURATED with it. Which is weird because I'd expect that from a book taking place in 2018 (or 2011, when this book was published), but not in 2045, when the book takes place. Now that's just my personal opinion. If you like that stuff, you'll probably love Ready Player One.
The only other thing I didn't like about the book was how easy it was to complete most of the tasks. There was maybe one part that got me like "oh crap what now?" but for the most part Wade pretty much glides right through. And when he does come upon hardships, the book pretty much glazes over how he overcomes them, and what he's feeling/thinking when he fails.
I did like how gripping the story was. No matter what issues I had with it, it kept me reading. I had to know how it ended. And the ending is pretty good, if a little predictable. There's a little plot twist at the end, which I won't reveal, but that I love.
Good book, just not my type.