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I was very excited to start reading this book. I kind of saved for when I had time.

And now, on page 80... well, I read Ready Player One a few months ago, and ended up disappointed. Now, this (even if it was written earlier) seems far too similar, which feels like a bad sign.

Since around page 250, I find this a very slow and painful read - not necessarily in a bad way. It is well-written (and the translation is good, too), it is just... it sometimes like observing every symptom of a slowly expanding headache in microscopic detail. Noone in this book seems to have any hope of ever being content. That does not exactly make it the best book for sleepy evenings after stressful days at work

(in the German edition). I got stuck at this point - really liked it until here, now I have a hard time concentrating but can't put my finger on why this is.