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wells140's review against another edition
5.0
Enjoyed this one as well, I liked the insight about the girls. It made me appreciate Lisbeth a lot more than I did just watching the anime.
djinnia's review against another edition
5.0
Okay, I have to admit to watching SAO before reading the books. But what I found was that the anime brought the stories to life in the best way. The four stories were great as their episodes. There was bits that were missing in the anime that I got to read about in the stories. The only problem was that the four stories were not chronological in time. The last story should have been the first in sequence. Other than that, loved it.
jklong's review against another edition
4.0
This is not a continuation of the story from vol 1. This book is a series of 4 short stories that occurred during the first book. The author wanted to flesh out more non-essential characters. I enjoyed this book, but the stories weren’t necessarily needed. Definitely ready to start the next volume to get a continuation of the story that vol 1 left on a cliffhanger.
gitadine's review against another edition
3.0
The reason I found this book a bit boring is because I already watched the episodes, so I knew about the side stories (except for the third one). It was still the same straight-forward style though, and I like it that it felt like fan fiction (which is not a bad thing!).
wyvernlordthor's review against another edition
3.0
Ah, the second volume of SAO. If you didn't read my review of the first one, let me fill you in on what it said: don't read volume 2. It's not a terrible book, and some of the later chapters I actually quite enjoyed, but it is completely unnecessary. The thought experiment of the first volume has been fully explored, so all that's left to do is go back and tell a bunch of pointless side stories about various girls falling in love with the main character, who is already in a relationship. It is also told from these girls' perspective, which gives Kirito a lot more credit that he deserves. The series is much more interesting when we can see his thoughts and can tell how much of a socially awkward teen he really is.
grimmarchive's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
aryn456's review against another edition
fast-paced
2.0
Interesting for the most part but it felt very rushed at times. I also don’t see why these short stories weren’t in the first novel, especially after it ended with such a big cliffhanger. I stopped reading because of that.
mercury20's review against another edition
mysterious
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5