While I went into this book with exceedingly high expectations, I was slightly disappointed. After I came to terms with the fact that this is not going to be like Ready Player One, the book got better. Interesting plot line, but the characters were not as likable as I had hoped. There were not nearly as many 80s/pop culture references as I had anticipated either. The ending was pretty predictable, but still good.

The best part of this book was the fact I had the audio version and it was narrated by Wil Wheaton. He does an awesome job in every book that he narrates. So 5 stars for that!

In the end, I am glad that I read this book and I will continue to read books by Ernest Cline. I just have to accept each book as its own separate entity and not compare it to previous works.

I still give the book a 4! And I plan on listening/reading again so I can get things I may have missed before.