Wild Things: YA Grown-Up discussion
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August 2013- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
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I loved this book! One of my 3 top favourites of all time! :-) I tell everyone to read it :-) My review is here: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
I'm having a tough time with this one... I like the idea of the book, and I'm an 80's kid so I get all of the references, but I am having a tough time with the video game/techie lingo. My son (an avid video game and computer geek) asked me to read it, well, BEGGED me to read it so I am.
I think I'd like this better as a movie, where so much tech-speak wouldn't be necessary because you'd see what was being done.
I guess it would be different if you weren't a gamer at all. I feel the same way about a lot of spy novels where they just confuse the heck out of me.Sorry you're not enjoying it Angela.
It picked up at the end! I did like the story, just all of the details my son enjoyed were lost on me. :)I have a few friends I can definitely recommend it to.
I listened to this on audio. Wil Wheaton reads the audio, and I think he did an excellent job with it. The narrative of the book is well suited to him. However, I think as many reviews said...it's nostalgia-porn. Though, with the 80s and game references aside, I think the world the author built was interesting and something I can definitely see happen.
Michelle, you say porn as if that's a bad thing! BOLOL!
Cathie wrote: "Michelle, you say porn as if that's a bad thing! BOLOL!"It's not that it's a bad thing...so long as you are viewing decent porn! ;P
However, I do see why people want to look back fondly on previous eras. Much as the same way people want to watch porn...it gives them a fantasy they understand and want to live. That is a big theme in the novel and I think it's why it resonates with certain people. People look back fondly on a "simpler" time. And I suppose it says a lot about the current era if the 1980s are considered a "simpler" time.
Well, judging from your 4 star rating, you considered this above average nostalgia-porn :-) Glad you enjoyed it. (I thought it was exceptional :-)
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Enjoy!