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rachel2727's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
loftyace's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
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? No
5.0
moeax83's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed the story line. The book often lost me during the gaming portions of the story. Overall, enjoyable and easy read.
rena219's review against another edition
1.0
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Suffice to say, I personally didn’t like Ready Player One. I’ve heard both good and bad things about it and decided to give the benefit of the doubt and give it a read (well. Listen. I love audiobooks).
Minor spoilers below.
In the very beginning of the book Wade says something along the lines that all the books and movies get his story wrong so he was going to tell it. And that’s exactly what he did: Tell. No showing. The book felt like when a friend comes up to you to recount a story and they laugh at all the parts they perceived as funny and good but those parts fall flat on a retelling. One of those “You just had to be there” stories. Any suspense and drama was lacking since you already know he wins in the end and any challenge he comes across is solved pretty easily (eg: played Joust and other important video games a bunch previously; Just happens to know the two selected 80’s movies out of HUNDREDS word by word; Last game conveniently has a cheat that Art3mis knows about and Wade could achieve on his first try; etc) Sure all the references were fun but it didn’t stop the overall book from being kind of boring to get through.
Suffice to say, I personally didn’t like Ready Player One. I’ve heard both good and bad things about it and decided to give the benefit of the doubt and give it a read (well. Listen. I love audiobooks).
Minor spoilers below.
In the very beginning of the book Wade says something along the lines that all the books and movies get his story wrong so he was going to tell it. And that’s exactly what he did: Tell. No showing. The book felt like when a friend comes up to you to recount a story and they laugh at all the parts they perceived as funny and good but those parts fall flat on a retelling. One of those “You just had to be there” stories. Any suspense and drama was lacking since you already know he wins in the end and any challenge he comes across is solved pretty easily (eg: played Joust and other important video games a bunch previously; Just happens to know the two selected 80’s movies out of HUNDREDS word by word; Last game conveniently has a cheat that Art3mis knows about and Wade could achieve on his first try; etc) Sure all the references were fun but it didn’t stop the overall book from being kind of boring to get through.
harleyrae's review against another edition
4.0
I came into this having seen the movie a handful of times. I was expecting this to be very similar to the movie, that being said they were very different. Outside of the basic idea, the two are pretty different. Which in some way might have been a good thing since I didn’t know exactly what was going to happen next.
While I overall enjoyed this, it did have a lot of slower moments just filled with random banter about the 80s. I would at times find myself drifting in these sections, though soon drawn back into the story. I found the audiobook to be extremely addictive. In general I had a blast with this book.
While I overall enjoyed this, it did have a lot of slower moments just filled with random banter about the 80s. I would at times find myself drifting in these sections, though soon drawn back into the story. I found the audiobook to be extremely addictive. In general I had a blast with this book.
merilizabeth's review against another edition
2.0
I asked a group of YA Fantasy people to encourage me to read this, because I did got stuck in the beginning and got confused by the amount of information it got poured out. So I did finish this one and cant really say I didn't enjoy it, but I read it after I saw the movie and this is one of the cases where movie is so much better. I didn't understand half of the references, because frankly I am not an 80's kid and not obsessed with that time to enjoy all the popculture and gaming stuff although I once was a gamer for a while. Not a bad read, but frankly not forth the time either.
perpetualdally's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-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
2.75
eloisalou's review against another edition
4.0
Este livro é bom para todos os geeks dos anos 80 e não só. Eu, que nasci já no decorrer dos 80 e não desfrutei completamente do que tantos amigos meus mais velhos falam, senti-me completamente viciada e não consegui parar de ler. O senhor Ernest é muito espertinho, sabe prender-nos pela curiosidade, mas tenho de confessar que a história não é propriamente fantástica ou original, mas por não estar nada à espera do que encontrei, acabei por gostar imenso: fez-me sentir como se estivesse com o Harry Potter de novo, à procura dos Horcruxes, mas de uma forma completamente retrogeek e fantástica.