So I’m not rating this for two reasons.

1. I’m a middle aged white lady. I’m just about as far from the target demographic as it can get. This book was NOT written for *me* and I don’t want my lower rating to affect the book’s overall rating in case that rating affects if people this WAS written for decide to pick it up or not.

2. I am not a gamer, I don’t understand VR stuff, and as an added bonus, I don’t see pictures in my head. So a lot of the world building, vibrant scenes, and game play stuff was like…not a thing I found engaging.

So I guess really reason 2 kinda just fits into reason 1, too. I read this book as part of a 2021 challenge to read a book about a game, this is def that.

I can absolutely understand why there’s a strong following for this book so if you think you might like it, please do pick it up.