In the nearby future, the highly realistic, virtual reality game of OASIS is the world's distraction to all the terrible things in life. The OASIS becomes even more appealing when billionaire James Halliday encodes his fortune as an easter egg in the game. This is where Wade Watts, a boy with nothing living in the Stacks in Oklahoma, comes into play. As Parzival, he tries to forget his poor life and he feels like the OASIS is his real life. Also, Wade is obsessed with the Hunt of the Halliday's easter egg. However, there are others who are willing to kill in order to find the egg.

The mystery of the hidden keys and gates really drew me in. To me, the mystery had a Harry Potter-esque feeling. I wanted to know where the next key or gate was hidden.
Personally, I wish I would get more of the 80s references. I think that I would have enjoyed listening to the audiobook even more.
I also feel like that the OASIS and the world Cline created both online and offline very realistic. I could see it happen in the future. (Hopefully, we will treat each other and the planet better though)
I liked Art3mis, Aech, Daito and Shoto as Wade's friends. I felt like the way Cline portrayed online friendships and meeting your friends who you met online very realistically. Since there always is that uncertainty of whether people show their true selves online or whether they choose to only show some sides of themselves and hide other sides.

I would definitely recommend this book whether or not you love video games and/or the 1980s.