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I felt like the last person on the planet who had not read Ready Player One last year when I received it from Book of the Month. It is really not the kind of book I generally read, young adult and techy sci-fi, but I thought with so much hype and all the 80’s talk surrounding it I would give it a try. I am really glad I did because I really had a good time with it! Like I said, I got it last year, but when I heard that it was being made into a movie I decided to wait to read it so the story woul
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There is a fine line between 2 and three stars for me and this book sits firmly on it. While I loved and got the pop culture references, I was lost at the vintage video games. The characters are two dimensional at best and the last chapter was a throw on that I felt was a bit superfluous. While I'm sure parts of the story were meant to be twists and turns they seemed formulaic and suffered from heavy foreshadowing that left me feeling a bit bored. This is a genre I don't normally read so I could
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I'm usually not a fan of these types of books that are almost sci-fi. But I'd read so many positive reviews I finally decided to have a go. And I'm glad I did! It was very interesting and fun, and nostalgic!
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I think this will be a great movie but the video game details were just sooo boring to me. I can see how people would be into all the 80s pop culture, but growing up in the 90s/00s, it was just kind of lost on me. Excited to see the movie though because I think it might be the rare example of the movie > book.
This book was quite a ride. I loved it, despite my doubts about the story being for me. This was what I needed as I have been struggling with a minor reading slump the last couple of months. I plan to read more of Ernest Cline's books in the future.
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I totally geeked out listening to this!!! This book is full of 80’s era geeky references and pop culture.
One - Wil Wheaton’s narration is awesome!
Two -ZORK!
One - Wil Wheaton’s narration is awesome!
Two -ZORK!
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