Ready Player One: Reviews by 2018 Reading Challengers

[Winter, Group Reads]

Tell us what you thought of the book! You can leave your review here. Even if you read the book outside of the group, please feel free to let us know what you thought of it.

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[Kelly]

I just ordered this one from the library as I am going to try to complete as many of the monthly reads as I can

[Julia]

I literally fell in love with this book! Can't wait to see what you think of it.

[Fatima]

This book have been on my tbr over a year I'm so happy of this chance to pick it up and read it with u ^^

[Willemijn]

I loved this book! I really like dystopian stories, but this is one of the rare ones that feels quite plausible. Sadly though, I didn’t really get most of the ‘80s references, because I grew up in the ‘90s. However, don’t let that stop you from picking up this book, as it doesn’t make the book less good if you miss the references. I hope everyone here enjoys Ready Player One as much as I did!

[Colleen]

I kept asking myself if I'd actually written this book and forgotten about it (I wish LOL) - it is a book I wish I had written. Of course I've written 0 books so...but absolutely loved it.

[Cathie]

I loved this book so much that I've read it twice so far and I very seldom do that with any book.

My first review is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Tara]

I just loved this book. Could not put it down!

[Michelle]

I totally loved the book. I agree with Willemijn that I didn't really understand most of the '80s references, but I loved the book nevertheless. I'm really glad I read it! :)

[Michelle]

This is a favorite of mine. I was born in the 70s so this was like a love story to most of my youth.

While the musical song and lyric references sometimes went by me, I at least knew the group names. Video games, books, and movies were very recognizable.

I first read it as an ebook, and later as an audiobook. Will Wheaton voices the novel and it’s a good fit. Highly recommend highly enjoyable!

[Ketutar]

I didn't plan on reading this, but then I joined the BARC Anorak's Almanac challenge and wanted to read it to understand the challenge... boy was I glad!
I love it. I read it in one sitting. Was up way past my bed time :-D (Perks of being an adult ;-))

I was born 1969 and even though it was in Finland and that's why a lot of references were unfamiliar to me (for example that Saturday morning cartoons. Never happened. Though my grandfather had cable and when I visited him in the 90s I used to watch Transformers :-D (Yes, I know, 20-something watching Transformers... and not for nostalgic reasons) - I did recognize myself in the "old people" :-D

I needed to check that all the "good guys" really were good guys, and I am so happy they were that. Gave me that nice, warm, fuzzy 80s feeling :-D 80s was a good era. (To me, at least.)

There was only one thing I found irritating, though. Seppuku is not the Japanese word for suicide.

[Joy D]

Really enjoyed this book! I have been meaning to read it for a while. I have done a bit of online gaming, so I was familiar with the terminology, which I think helped me enjoy it more. Loved the 80s nostalgia.

My Review

[PattyMacDotComma]

I've only just joined this group, and it's appropriate that I read this book last year for another group's challenge. I might not have tried it otherwise, but I loved it! Yay for challenges! Link to my review