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I love good YA. This was not good YA. This was obvious, trite, lazy YA. Really disappointing. The main character is egregiously and painfully a stereotypical Mary Sue. She has rainbow hair and a cool Escher tattoo! (Escher is cool is you are 13... maybe...) She’s such a good hacker that she orchestrated revenge against the bullies of a high school acquaintance - but she doesn’t have the sense to ensure the acquaintance isn’t accused of the crime. So rather than lay a false trail away from her “f
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2.5 stars, rounding up
I liked Emika, and I love the premise of this book. I did not, however, buy the romance and I had no idea what was going on in the game most of the time.
I did like the bit about asking for help (my favorite thing about most new middle grade and YA is the insistence that characters not carry burdens by themselves), but I didn't get a real sense of why Emika would trust the people she did.
Basically, this needed more character development (aside from Emika and Hammie--who is a ...more
I liked Emika, and I love the premise of this book. I did not, however, buy the romance and I had no idea what was going on in the game most of the time.
I did like the bit about asking for help (my favorite thing about most new middle grade and YA is the insistence that characters not carry burdens by themselves), but I didn't get a real sense of why Emika would trust the people she did.
Basically, this needed more character development (aside from Emika and Hammie--who is a ...more
3.5
Really good high tech faced pace adventure through all kinds of gamer worlds. Great diverse characters including interesting gaming girls. I’ll be reading more!
Sep 08, 2017
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Jenni
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Nov 18, 2017
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Dec 05, 2017
Dana Berglund
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Wendy E.
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Jan 09, 2018
Karianne
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Aug 01, 2018
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