Armada in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

Jul 07, 2015 Kaitlin rated it it was ok

Shelves: fiction, sci-fi

I loved Ready, Player One, so was really excited when I saw this book available on my library's shelf. It's definitely in the same vein and for the same type of reader. Though I'm not much of a video gamer (does playing tetris on my iPhone count?) I still enjoyed this book. I think it will appeal more to people who are / were avid video gamers b/c there were a lot of visual cues from, inside references to, and conversation about video games from the 80s forward.

This book has an almost Ender's G I loved Ready, Player One, so was really excited when I saw this book available on my library's shelf. It's definitely in the same vein and for the same type of reader. Though I'm not much of a video gamer (does playing tetris on my iPhone count?) I still enjoyed this book. I think it will appeal more to people who are / were avid video gamers b/c there were a lot of visual cues from, inside references to, and conversation about video games from the 80s forward.

This book has an almost Ender's Game feel throughout it (other reviewers also mention a movie I'm not familiar with)--(view spoiler)

I do think this would make a fun movie. And I liked the plot! It just wasn't that unique. I wish there was more emotional depth to the book. But all in all, I enjoyed reading it!

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Aug 07, 2015 gwen g rated it liked it

Shelves: ya, sci-fi-fantasy

A fun YA save-the-world-from aliens adventure. It's not the singularly immersive and wonderful experience that Ready Player One was -- it has a lot less crossover appeal for non-YA fans and readers who don't care about video games...

... which isn't to say it's not a fun book for anyone, because it is -- it's just not as thoroughly fantastic as Cline's first novel. And I'm not the target audience for either one (95% of the gamer-geek references go directly over my head at the speed of an alien st ...more

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Jun 08, 2015 Ally rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2015-challenge

Let's be honest. No matter what Mr. Cline wrote for his follow-up to Ready Player One, it was never going to be enough for me. Surprising a lot of people, but especially me, his first novel was completely engrossing and took a perch in my top 5 books of all time (high praise from this reader). So that being said, this was still an engrossing story but I find myself less interested in the aspects of alien culture than I did about the 1980s nostalgia of RPO. Moving forward, I look am excited for w ...more

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