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3.28 AVERAGE
3.28 AVERAGE
Kind of slow at times, but I enjoyed imagining the Prince battle.
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
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:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
slow-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
I like how I kept telling myself that "Ready, Player One" was one of the instances where I enjoyed the movie more instead of the book. And boy, now I hope there's no movie for the sequel.
Just like many other ppl, and cats, curiosity got the best of me and to say I was dissapointed is an understatement. This book is a meh at best, and a "OMFG NO MORE PLEASE. PLEASE!!!" at worst. It's like a badly written mashup wikipedia articles with so many links to click to new tidbit info. :/
Just like many other ppl, and cats, curiosity got the best of me and to say I was dissapointed is an understatement. This book is a meh at best, and a "OMFG NO MORE PLEASE. PLEASE!!!" at worst. It's like a badly written mashup wikipedia articles with so many links to click to new tidbit info. :/
No me ha gustado tanto como la primera entrega. Quizás porque el libro está centrado en los gustos de una adolescente de los años 80, un tanto distintos a los que yo tenía de niño en aquella época.
A partir de la visita al mundo del Instituto Shermer me empecé a desconectar y ya me fue difícil volver a engancharme.
Aun así, sigo recomendando su lectura. Pero, mas que nada, para saber cómo continuan los hechos que se narran en Ready Player One.
A partir de la visita al mundo del Instituto Shermer me empecé a desconectar y ya me fue difícil volver a engancharme.
Aun así, sigo recomendando su lectura. Pero, mas que nada, para saber cómo continuan los hechos que se narran en Ready Player One.
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Summary: After winning nearly unimaginable wealth and power at the end of the last book, things do not really go that well, that is until there is another quest.
I really enjoyed Ready Player One. I liked all the references to cultural history. I enjoyed the story, the light romance, the YA feel. But I just never got around to reading this second book. I bought a kindle version years ago. I finally started it this summer when the audiobook was buy one get one free with a book I wanted and nothing else to get free that I wanted other than this. I went in with very low expectations. Just looking at the star ratings of my Goodreads friends made me keep those expectations low. A few people liked it, but most were in the 1 to 3 range.
I am not going to give away many spoilers, but I do think this had more depth than I expected. The set up to the second book is long and I think while I understand that complaint, it was a necessary part of the story. Wade at the end of the first book is barely out of his teens, but he just won a company that is worth billions. He was a likable kid when he had nothing. But when he had fame, power and resources, he quickly becomes unlikable, not just to the reader, but to everyone around him. I understand why people didn't like that choice, but I think it does make sense to the story arc.
When Wade is at his best, he is on a quest. He works with his friends, and they can accomplish the impossible together. But as an individual trying to make his way in the world, he is awful. He doesn't have the skills to run a trillion dollar company. He doesn't have the ethical development to understand the implications of new technology. He doesn't have the emotional and relational development to be attractive to Samantha (the love interest in the first book.) I appreciate that this book dropped some of the YA feel. The protagonist isn't a late teen any longer and the hedonistic approach to life that is part of the story line requires at least touching on the world of hedonism.
So the long intro made sense to me even as I understand why so many didn't like it. But the main focus is the quest. The quest is why I read books like this. I enjoy the cultural exploration of John Hughes movies and Prince music. It isn't particularly deep, it is supposed to be fun. But along the way I did think that the grappling with weaknesses and outright harm in our heroes to have a greater depth in the story line than I expected from the book.
I did not love the ending. I think the whole book raised questions about AI, life in a virtual world, the problems with a lack of attention to human interactions and then the ending just seems to forget all of the questions raised earlier and embraced technological solution as a good.
I don't really know how to evaluate the book. I understand why many didn't like the parts they didn't like. I thought it was unexpected to get good reflections on the problems of heroes and those who are really great in one area of life and really awful in other areas of life. I appreciated, in a sci-fi book, the warnings about rejection of human interactions and the problems of looking to technology to solve all our problems. But I also did thought the ending really ruined the earlier thoughtful parts. So....maybe read it with low expectations.
I originally posted this on my blog at https://bookwi.se/ready-player-two/
I really enjoyed Ready Player One. I liked all the references to cultural history. I enjoyed the story, the light romance, the YA feel. But I just never got around to reading this second book. I bought a kindle version years ago. I finally started it this summer when the audiobook was buy one get one free with a book I wanted and nothing else to get free that I wanted other than this. I went in with very low expectations. Just looking at the star ratings of my Goodreads friends made me keep those expectations low. A few people liked it, but most were in the 1 to 3 range.
I am not going to give away many spoilers, but I do think this had more depth than I expected. The set up to the second book is long and I think while I understand that complaint, it was a necessary part of the story. Wade at the end of the first book is barely out of his teens, but he just won a company that is worth billions. He was a likable kid when he had nothing. But when he had fame, power and resources, he quickly becomes unlikable, not just to the reader, but to everyone around him. I understand why people didn't like that choice, but I think it does make sense to the story arc.
When Wade is at his best, he is on a quest. He works with his friends, and they can accomplish the impossible together. But as an individual trying to make his way in the world, he is awful. He doesn't have the skills to run a trillion dollar company. He doesn't have the ethical development to understand the implications of new technology. He doesn't have the emotional and relational development to be attractive to Samantha (the love interest in the first book.) I appreciate that this book dropped some of the YA feel. The protagonist isn't a late teen any longer and the hedonistic approach to life that is part of the story line requires at least touching on the world of hedonism.
So the long intro made sense to me even as I understand why so many didn't like it. But the main focus is the quest. The quest is why I read books like this. I enjoy the cultural exploration of John Hughes movies and Prince music. It isn't particularly deep, it is supposed to be fun. But along the way I did think that the grappling with weaknesses and outright harm in our heroes to have a greater depth in the story line than I expected from the book.
I did not love the ending. I think the whole book raised questions about AI, life in a virtual world, the problems with a lack of attention to human interactions and then the ending just seems to forget all of the questions raised earlier and embraced technological solution as a good.
I don't really know how to evaluate the book. I understand why many didn't like the parts they didn't like. I thought it was unexpected to get good reflections on the problems of heroes and those who are really great in one area of life and really awful in other areas of life. I appreciated, in a sci-fi book, the warnings about rejection of human interactions and the problems of looking to technology to solve all our problems. But I also did thought the ending really ruined the earlier thoughtful parts. So....maybe read it with low expectations.
I originally posted this on my blog at https://bookwi.se/ready-player-two/
adventurous
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was very excited to read this sequel. I felt like it provided the logical next steps in the story, which I really appreciated. I liked when the plot twists happened because I don't like being able to anticipate the ending and everything that is required to get there. Either way, this is definitely worth a read if you liked the first book and also like AI/human interaction stories.
I would give this a 3.5 if Goodreads would get it's shit together and let me lol. The story was fun, but parts of it felt like I was trying to run in quicksand. Just too much info, particularly the part about John Hughes. And the ending was EH. But a fun read!