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A review by aseroff
In Real Life by Jen Wang, Cory Doctorow
3.0
The illustrations are excellent. Fantastic style and never stagnant.
The writing was pretty disappointing. The introduction was an excellent essay that shows that Doctorow really understands the forces at play in MMOs, but he misses the mark on the details that had me unable to really enjoy the setting and story. A bit of a squandered opportunity, as it also barely gets going before it's over. Could be adapted into a nice feature-length if it got fleshed out a bit. Maybe he felt he had to keep it approachable for a younger audience, or one without first-hand experience with MMOs. Not a waste of time, but entirely inessential when books like Ready Player One do a much better job on the subject.
The writing was pretty disappointing. The introduction was an excellent essay that shows that Doctorow really understands the forces at play in MMOs, but he misses the mark on the details that had me unable to really enjoy the setting and story. A bit of a squandered opportunity, as it also barely gets going before it's over. Could be adapted into a nice feature-length if it got fleshed out a bit. Maybe he felt he had to keep it approachable for a younger audience, or one without first-hand experience with MMOs. Not a waste of time, but entirely inessential when books like Ready Player One do a much better job on the subject.