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Disappointing in comparison to Ready Player One. Predictable and preachy...not to mention overuse of Deus ex Machina. Still was a fun read to accompany a couple of long walks.
While Ready Player One made nostalgia fun, Armada just uses it to make the reader feel old. Its a better fit for the junior-high set than adults who lived through the referenced period. The references are a knowing wink...but of grey-hairs with canes passing by each other's bench in the park. ...more
While Ready Player One made nostalgia fun, Armada just uses it to make the reader feel old. Its a better fit for the junior-high set than adults who lived through the referenced period. The references are a knowing wink...but of grey-hairs with canes passing by each other's bench in the park. ...more
So I can't believe I just read a book about the best gamers in the world being conscripted into a civilian army to fight an alien attack with remote controlled drones!! and it was a wonderful story! I am sure some of the references to famous video games went over my head but I loved the premise (and yes I have read Ender's Game and saw the movie). Zach was a great teenage hero and his father was a great adult hero. Loved the many sidekicks, the technology and the somewhat surprising ending. The
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Jan 02, 2016
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