Well…this was exactly as bad as I expected the sequel to be. So, two stars for meeting expectations. Too much John Hughes, not enough Middle Earth, a half baked attempt to address the unhealthy aspects of Halliday’s character (which is most of them, if we’re being honest) and no attempt to address the same unhealthy aspects of Wade’s, a way-too-drawn-out intro, entirely too many forced 80s references (yea, I get that’s the point of these books, but that still doesn’t mean you need to hit us with them like a sledgehammer), the literal worst AI storyline, and OMG like they didn’t learn anything about too much technological power *at all* with that ending!! Blargh.