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Jan 06, 2017
Jvermeersch
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it was amazing
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Sheer brilliance. Bound to become a classic. And immensely inspiring.
Highly recommended to anyone who loves a good quest or scifi novel, or who ever enjoyed playing a video game in his/her life.
Highly recommended to anyone who loves a good quest or scifi novel, or who ever enjoyed playing a video game in his/her life.
When I first started this book I really liked the story, as well as, the pace. Halfway through, however, I felt it dragged a little and found myself thinking "just get to it already". I'm not a gamer at all nor am I into the "geek" life that is mentioned throughout the novel so maybe if I was, I would have enjoyed the book a little more. All in all though, I felt the concept was intriguing though a bit scary that in reality, this is what our world could really come to - that people are so into t
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Listening to the audiobook narrated by Wil Wheaton made it much more enjoyable (I tried reading a paper copy a few years ago and lost interest a few chapters in). I wouldn't say that I loved this more than the movie as they have a lot of differences and there are some parts that I like better in each. The world is definitely more rich in the book though and the plot flows a bit better. Wade is a bit more likable in the movie version; the book version I wanted to slap a few times but I guess that
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Sep 14, 2015
Mikalina Kopytko
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it was amazing
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Feb 06, 2017
Marta the Booktrovert
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really liked it
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