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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

52 reviews

christacat_bird's review against another edition

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Ah I remember why I didn’t like this 5+ years ago…
No plot, just 80s references AND SLURS but don’t worry it’s cool cuz that’s just the lingo from the decade…🙃
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lizzyelrick's review against another edition

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adventurous inspiring tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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nenaveenstra's review

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adventurous funny mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

My enjoyment of this book had peaks and troughs, but my first thought when I finished this was: that was fun, and also a little sad. 

My main problem with this book, I think, is the pacing, and how convenient some plot points seemed to be. I guess that’s two problems - whatever. There were moments where things were happening very quickly, very high-action and very tense; and then there were moments where the author was mostly dumping info that we didn’t really need to know. 

I also lost my connection to the main character about halfway through,
when suddenly he transformed from a poor boy making do with what he had, to a quite rich adult who could afford to buy expensive gear and spend all day working on this quest.
I also didn’t care for the romance in here, especially when it became a reason to stall the plot.
What I mean is: Wade’s feelings for Art3mis caused him to care less about the contest, allowing the Sixers to catch up to him.
It felt like a cheap way to create suspense. 

I also didn’t love some of the language in this book, like using ‘twink’ as a slur, and defining women as “a human female who has never had a sex-change operation”. I get that the main character is a nerdy white boy who probably has bigotry ingrained in his brain, but I still felt icky about it. Moreso because that was never challenged
and because of the gender-bendy situation happening with Aech towards the end.
I also hoped this book would have more social commentary in it, but to me it felt like it didn’t get much deeper than “escaping is a true coping mechanism, but real life can be good too sometimes”. 

All of that being said, I did enjoy my time reading this book, most of the time. There were some very funny moments in here, I enjoyed the 80s throwbacks, and I liked looking at a version of the future from the perspective of over a decade ago. I’m glad that I read this, but I don’t think I’ll be continuing in the series. It was fun, but not much more than that. 
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lwprice1209's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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stindex's review against another edition

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adventurous informative lighthearted fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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luxxltyd's review against another edition

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adventurous funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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kyletav's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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afigandahalf's review against another edition

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4.0

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razkat's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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abicaro17's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

HOLY SHIT. Well gooddamm. So this is probably one of the best books I have ever read (well listened too but same difference). Wade Watts is a socially awkward poor 18 year old boy living in the year 2045. In this not so distant future, a immersive reality video game has taken over most of the planet. The Oasis was invented by James Haliday and Oggden Morrow. When Haliday died, his will revealed that he will leave all of his fortune and the entire Oasis game in the hands of the player who can find the egg he hid. Wade, and most of the Oasis population, has been searching for the first key for 5 years and when he accidentally stumbles upon the answer everything changes. This is a beautiful tale of love, friendship, perseverance, and ambition along with the message that reality is better than even the best recreations. I definitely thought this would be a boy book, based on the movie (which I have seen and can safely say this is almost nothing like it), but it pleasantly surprised me with how entertaining and emotionally deep Cline goes. This is a fantastic read/listen and I will be rereading this soon. 
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