Armada in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Apr 27, 2015 D.G. rated it liked it

Shelves: audiobook, reviewed, science-fiction

When I read a new book by an author I’ve enjoyed before, I tried not to compare it to his past books. However, it was difficult not to do this here because Armada has many many similarities with Ready Player One, Ernest Cline’s debut novel: video-game obsessed young man learns all about 80s pop culture due to (second) obsession with a dead man and uses said video game skills to save the day. Armada tried to be more serious than Ready Player One but the plot was totally out there: even people in ...more

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Nov 06, 2013 Dichotomy Girl rated it liked it

Shelves: sci-fi, 2015

This book reminds me of when my husband and I sit around talking about the books that he is going to write some day. It starts off with a vaguely interesting idea, and then we keep adding more and more ludicrous plot points until we laugh and laugh, and the book never gets talked about again.

That's what reading this book was like for me, especially in the beginning. (view spoiler) ...more

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Jan 10, 2020 Stacey rated it it was ok

Shelves: library

Oof, this one was a struggle for me. I really enjoyed the beginning, but somehow once all the "action" started, I just got bored. *shrug* ...more

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Sep 23, 2015 S H A R O N rated it it was ok

Shelves: science-fiction, audiobook, 2015

Well, that was as disappointing as (insert overused '80s pop-culture reference here). Even listening to is as read by Wil Wheaton didn't help it. I was not expecting another Ready Player One...I didn't really want another rehash of the same book. I was hopeful that Cline would be more than a one-trick pony 'cause I would have liked to add him to my list of favorite authors.

Sadly, this book was cliché, repetitive, and just plain boring. I may have actually laughed out loud when Wil Wheaton spent ...more

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Aug 21, 2015 Patricia Guy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, ya

A disappointing second book from Cline and I would have rated in lower expect that I did love his first book. Far too predictable and used far too many overused tropes with nothing new to say.

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