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Ready Player One - Ernest Cline - ★★★★★
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I think I would like this. I own it but have yet to get to it
It's lots of fun so a good book to lighten the load, which I find I need to do once in a while. The audio was great if you are that way inclined.
The audio is BRILLIANTLY done!!! It's why I liked this novel so much.
Yes! I tend to read a lot of heavier stuff -- books that can be emotionally draining so I like having a list of fun books to mix in. I've heard good things about the audio:Nice review. It inspired me to move it up. Hope you are liking the Goldfinch audio
I think it might be why I did too Karin. I'm a Star Trek fan and really enjoyed having Wesley Crusher read to me. ;-)
Jen wrote: "Yes! I tend to read a lot of heavier stuff -- books that can be emotionally draining so I like having a list of fun books to mix in. I've heard good things about the audio:Nice review. It inspire..."
Thanks! So far so good with The Goldfinch. It'll take me a while to get through the 32 HOURS!!!!
Susie wrote: "Jen wrote: "Yes! I tend to read a lot of heavier stuff -- books that can be emotionally draining so I like having a list of fun books to mix in. I've heard good things about the audio:Nice review..."
I could not finish The Goldfinch on audio. The narrator did well untle he got to women's voices, and they were poorly done. Also, it was a novel I'd have loved when I was between the ages of 15-21, but not now.
Karin wrote: "Susie wrote: "Jen wrote: "Yes! I tend to read a lot of heavier stuff -- books that can be emotionally draining so I like having a list of fun books to mix in. I've heard good things about the audio..."I'll let you know how I go.
Karin wrote: "The audio is BRILLIANTLY done!!! It's why I liked this novel so much."I second that! Loved it.
I really loved this book. I think it's going to make a really great movie (or it will fail terribly)-- Spielberg is making it. It's mostly in a virtual reality setting (like 75%???) and even though I read it a few months ago, I still have strong visual memories of how I imagined it. And even the 'real' parts I'm looking forward to seeing on screen, like the skyscraper trailer park. And it's just a fun root-for-the-little-guy story.
Loved this one! I also listened to the audio and thought Wil Wheaton was perfect for it!
One of these days I will have to listen to this audio. I loved the book and I'm not into audios but this sounds like fun.
Let me join the others who thought this was a wonderful audio. I hardly ever reread, but might do this on again in a couple of years. It's one of my favorite books and one I recommend all the time.
Olivermagnus wrote: "Let me join the others who thought this was a wonderful audio. I hardly ever reread, but might do this on again in a couple of years. It's one of my favorite books and one I recommend all the time."Me, too.
I gave this book four stars but didn't enjoy it quite as much as I had hoped to. Perhaps I might have appreciated it more had I listened to the audiobook. However, I am looking forward to the movie version being released during 2017 in the US. Hopefully the movie is well cast and will stay true to the book.
Lisa Ann wrote: "I gave this book four stars but didn't enjoy it quite as much as I had hoped to. Perhaps I might have appreciated it more had I listened to the audiobook. However, I am looking forward to the movie..."Yes, I am 100 percent convinced that the audiobook would be better; I wouldn't have liked this book nearly as much if I'd read it. I was not into much popular culture for much of the 1980s as it was past high school and I started listening to classical radio and then got involved in other things that didn't involve video games, TV, etc; I didn't watch TV for a number of years back then.
Loved this book and Will Wheaton did a phenomenal job reading it.
Do you guys think someone (me) who does NOT like video games and was not alive in the 80s would enjoy this? I have a lot of friends who have recommended this to me despite knowing these facts and I have a hard time believing I would enjoy this- but with all the hype I'm super curious and considering reading it anyway.
Joi wrote: "Do you guys think someone (me) who does NOT like video games and was not alive in the 80s would enjoy this?"I don't like video games but I was a late teen in the 80s. I loved it, and I think you would probably enjoy it. Give it a try anyway, you can always give up on it if you don't like it. And it's an easy read, goes by really fast.
Joi wrote: "Do you guys think someone (me) who does NOT like video games and was not alive in the 80s would enjoy this? I have a lot of friends who have recommended this to me despite knowing these facts and I..."I think if you listen to the audiobook you can still like it. I was oblivious to the videogames, etc, during the 80s for the most part even though I was in my 20s. There's plenty going on there and it takes place in the future.
Joi wrote: "Do you guys think someone (me) who does NOT like video games and was not alive in the 80s would enjoy this? I have a lot of friends who have recommended this to me despite knowing these facts and I..."Hmmm, I'm not much into video games, but I was a teenager through most of the 80s... (graduated high school in 1990).
I agree with Annapi - give it a try, anyway.
LibraryCin wrote: "Joi wrote: "Do you guys think someone (me) who does NOT like video games and was not alive in the 80s would enjoy this? I have a lot of friends who have recommended this to me despite knowing these..."Yes, you graduated the same year as my youngest brother did :).
Thank you guys! I think I'm going to wait until I can snag it on audio, but I added it to my TBR. Sounds like its definitely worth giving a chance!
I think you'll love it. :-)
This is on my TBR list. My husband, who isn't much of a fiction reader, read it and loved it. The author, Ernest Cline, did this fantastic comedy routine called Dance, Monkey, Dance. You can see it on YouTube. I highly recommend watching it if you have a few minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m89rY...
I'll take a look! Thanks. :-)
Like most people, I loved this book. I would even go as far as saying that if one could marry a book, this would be "the one" for me. So good! Now, for the recent Readathon, I read Armada, also by Ernest Cline, and it was so-so. A computer game becomes reality, and a seventeen-year-old guy has to fight the baddies for real. But I didn't find it believable, whereas RPO I found super-believable for some reason.
A friend is reading Armada and said it's pretty average, too.
Susie wrote: "A friend is reading Armada and said it's pretty average, too."Yes, such a pity!
Kathy wrote: "The author, Ernest Cline, did this fantastic comedy routine called Dance, Monkey, Dance...."Haha! +1 to Cline for including the FSM at the 2:00 mark!
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Wow! What a great ride! A billionaire video game revolutionary dies and has no heir. He creates the hardest game of all time, and whoever completes the game and collects the egg wins his fortune. Civilisation as we know it changes as people the world over become obsessed with finding the egg. The main character, Wade Watts, is one of those people. The year is 2044.
Buckle up. This book is littered with 80's video game, film, music, and tv show references (Will Wheaton even makes a Will Wheaton reference). It is a trip down memory lane crossed with an action packed edge of your seat thriller. I loved it.