Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

13 reviews

pomegranate_muse's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Body horror, Stalking, Murder, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, and Death

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Bullying, Vomit, and Death of parent

blueacorn1991's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia

drnaynay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, and Murder

eyedoc's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Bullying, Cursing, Murder, Classism, and Death of parent

bookmark3brodi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Grief, Addiction, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Suicide, Classism, Gore, Violence, War, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Bullying

arrowlyn's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Cursing

Minor: Forced institutionalization

eli_jw's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

The story itself was interesting, and the book was at its best when it was focusing on the quest and all the nostalgia that came with it. Unfortunately the characterisation and dialog were both really, really terrible. Every time Parzival and Art3mis spoke I wanted to throw the book out the window, honestly. Overall an entertaining but also uniquely frustrating read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Transphobia, and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Slavery

yossy_cookie's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

This was a fun book. It was an easy read and well paced. I enjoyed some of the"geek" references in the book, although I felt a lot of the references are  outdated and will probably only really be nostalgic to 80s kids.

There were elements of 1984 and The Matrix but neither particularly well executed. I didn't find the story tense at all and I felt the characters were pretty generic and not hugely developed, which I guess is maybe why the story didn't feel tense to me.

Again, it was a fun read. I enjoyed it. I'd recommend it for someone looking for a light sci fi dystopian book that has Matrix elements. Equally, if you really loves video games and 80s geek culture theme you may well enjoy this. If that's what you are looking for I'm sure you'd enjoy this. Only thing I would say though, is for what is essentially a purely plot driven book, it could probably have benefited from being about a hundred pages shorter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, and Slavery

Moderate: Drug abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

ishouldbereading's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Death

Moderate: Murder and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Lesbophobia, Racism, Drug use, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Death of parent

itsheyfay's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Bullying, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Classism, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Outing, Sexual content, and Abandonment