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Armada

Ernest Cline

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Nov 15, 2015 Melissa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Probably closer to a 3.5 rating. Suffers great from second-book-expectation-syndrome - still good (and a really fun listen, since I managed to lay hands on the audiobook read by Wil Wheaton) but not as good as reading Ready Player One for the first time. I hate to use the term derivative, but the beginning of the book definitely felt too much like The Last Starfighter or Ender's Game. But a good ending. Loved the make-up of the Armistice Council. ...more

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Jul 24, 2024 Cindy rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, science-fiction, stand-alone, 2024, gift

The best part of this book was the characters. The plot was a little shaky and definitely derivative, but the pacing was good. It was Clines characters that really made the book. They were believable and it made you care about them. 3.5 stars

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Aug 18, 2021 Kristen rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi, audio-book, 2021

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Zack Lightman is super into gaming, in particular a game called Armada, which centers around an alien invasion of Earth. Players get to control various battle drones and ships to stave off the alien attack. So it is understandable that Zack thinks he’s losing his mind when he sees a spaceship exactly like those in Armada flying around outside his school window. But nope, the aliens are real and the game developers created the game, in ...more

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