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I. Love. This. Book. Any lingering crush that I had on Wil Wheaton from his Star Trek: The Next Generation days has totally been revived, because he did an awesome job with the narration. I'm a little young to get some of the '80s references, but I remember enough so that I had a rockin' good time. It's so much fun!
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Dec 07, 2012
PJ
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I first heard about this book on The Readers podcast. I listened to it again after having read the book and I firmly agree with all of the points Simon and Gav make.
Before I began reading the book, I was worried that I wouldn't get the pop culture references but my fears were allayed when I read the definitive reference to the movie "The Last Starfighter".
There's a lot about the futuristic world and OASIS to be described but there is enough of the plot and character development interwoven with i ...more
Before I began reading the book, I was worried that I wouldn't get the pop culture references but my fears were allayed when I read the definitive reference to the movie "The Last Starfighter".
There's a lot about the futuristic world and OASIS to be described but there is enough of the plot and character development interwoven with i ...more
Ok so despite the fact that some of the crude humor falls flat and the Japanese stereotyping is pretty enormous, this book was SO much fun. Fantastic world building, I loved the characters and their flaws, I loved all the 80s references (especially the Monty Python ones), and I loved the plot. There were a few things that fell short, but I was so entertained that I don't even care. I can't wait to see a movie version!
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This story centers around Wade Watts, a high school student who, along with everyone else in the world, hopes to inherit billions of dollars from a recently-deceased, reclusive video game designer. In order to do this, he must solve a series of riddles hidden inside the OASIS, which is like a World-of-Warcraft-if-it-took-over-the-universe kind of computer program.
This book was different for me in that even though the storyline was quite predictable, and the writing really wasn't that great, it a ...more
This book was different for me in that even though the storyline was quite predictable, and the writing really wasn't that great, it a ...more
This was a fun read. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes video games and/or 80's pop culture.
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It may be more of a teen fiction, but I found this book very absorbing and addictive.
Nov 13, 2014
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Tiffany
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Dec 25, 2014
Kelly
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