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3.28 AVERAGE
3.28 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
Perdió la magia totalmente. Quizás es porque leí el primero hace mucho tiempo, pero todas las referencias y easter eggs que tenía se sentían orgánicas, como algo que aportaba a la historia.
Esta secuela se siente super forzada, hace larguísimas secciones de la historia que no suman nada, tratando de meter cuanta referencia sea posible solo porque se puede.
El sidekick nuevo que es trans? Qué importaba para la historia? NADA. Mencionar algo solo para pretender ser inclusivo no es dar visibilizar a la diversidad, es discriminación también.
Inexplicable como escribe a Art3mis, se plantea el principio del libro como una persona que terminó despreciando a Wade, y una hora después ya le está haciendo ojitos de nuevo. Aparentemente lo que si continúa bien desde el primer libro es el cringe a la hora de escribir como se comporta una mujer.
La conclusión tampoco sirvió para nada. Nadie aprendió nada útil, la solución es hacer un backup de la gente y la tierra no importa nada. Nos estuvo vendiendo diferentes vistas sobre la AI, cuidar la tierra, etc. Sin llegar a ninguna conclusión coherente.
Una decepción.
Esta secuela se siente super forzada, hace larguísimas secciones de la historia que no suman nada, tratando de meter cuanta referencia sea posible solo porque se puede.
El sidekick nuevo que es trans? Qué importaba para la historia? NADA. Mencionar algo solo para pretender ser inclusivo no es dar visibilizar a la diversidad, es discriminación también.
Inexplicable como escribe a Art3mis, se plantea el principio del libro como una persona que terminó despreciando a Wade, y una hora después ya le está haciendo ojitos de nuevo. Aparentemente lo que si continúa bien desde el primer libro es el cringe a la hora de escribir como se comporta una mujer.
La conclusión tampoco sirvió para nada. Nadie aprendió nada útil, la solución es hacer un backup de la gente y la tierra no importa nada. Nos estuvo vendiendo diferentes vistas sobre la AI, cuidar la tierra, etc. Sin llegar a ninguna conclusión coherente.
Una decepción.
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
More of the same
More of the same. I didn't enjoy the lengthy section about Prince, and it felt like poorly written and edited fanfic.
More of the same. I didn't enjoy the lengthy section about Prince, and it felt like poorly written and edited fanfic.
Not as good as the first, but the retro references were fun.
Been too long since I read the first one, not interested
adventurous
challenging
funny
tense
medium-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
First finish of the year! And with it, a lot to process. As with RPO, this is an epic geek fantasy, as well it should be. It was for me, as I'm pretty sure RPO was, a Must-Finish-This-Right-Now-OMG kind of book.
Okay, so, now that I've had a little time to process, a more in-depth review.
The big overarching points, I think, are 1) people can change 2) your faves are problematic 3) you're not you without your memories 4) nerdy nerdiness.
1) and 2) are sort of concurrent - we see Wade noting a couple of times that Halliday was, at the very least, sexist/chauvinist, and that he recognizes that now. My guess is this came on the heels of criticism of RPO, and that's also where characterizing Halliday as a...not quite incel, but certainly a creeper-type... also comes from. And Wade recognizes that his own treatment of Sam/Arty to be problematic, as well, though I feel like some of that can be chalked up to being a dumb 20-something with not-great social skills.
3) doesn't really come up until the end - Anorak was a messed up computer program because Halliday deleted some of his memories, which on one hand is terrifying, but on the other hand, makes some sense. Not to say that a murderous AI is ever in the right, but that I can see how it happened. Though, his learning/knowing better is kind of glossed 0ver.
Further, there's a through-line of Wade having to return to the planet he spent his childhood at, and how hard it is to see the place he effectively lost his mom, and also how he doesn't generally revisit painful memories.
4) RPO was, obviously, the 1989s-1990s nerd's wet dream, which is absolutely why I loved it so much. RPT is, too, but a much more laser-honed nerdiness. Sadly, as I am neither a Tolkien fan or a Prince fan, a lot of those chapters were wasted on me. Still, it's a fast, fun ride.
What I had a little problem with was, as above, the glossing-over of kind of important stuff. While I wouldn't expect there to be Anorak-narrated chapters, the fact that we got an epilogue narrated by Parzival suggests it might have been possible, or even considered.
Also, the base conceit of Anorak being a super evil AI who inserted firmware/infirmware updates without any of the four owners of Gregarious/OASIS thinking that was weird kind of drove me nuts. While they might not keep up on all of the contents of updates, they should have known there wasn't one happening on the day this all happened.
All that said, it was a good read, not as good as RPO, but it leaves me hope that if we return to the OASIS, maybe we see it through L0hengrin/the L0-five's eyes.
Okay, so, now that I've had a little time to process, a more in-depth review.
The big overarching points, I think, are 1) people can change 2) your faves are problematic 3) you're not you without your memories 4) nerdy nerdiness.
1) and 2) are sort of concurrent - we see Wade noting a couple of times that Halliday was, at the very least, sexist/chauvinist, and that he recognizes that now. My guess is this came on the heels of criticism of RPO, and that's also where characterizing Halliday as a...not quite incel, but certainly a creeper-type... also comes from. And Wade recognizes that his own treatment of Sam/Arty to be problematic, as well, though I feel like some of that can be chalked up to being a dumb 20-something with not-great social skills.
3) doesn't really come up until the end - Anorak was a messed up computer program because Halliday deleted some of his memories, which on one hand is terrifying, but on the other hand, makes some sense. Not to say that a murderous AI is ever in the right, but that I can see how it happened. Though, his learning/knowing better is kind of glossed 0ver.
Further, there's a through-line of Wade having to return to the planet he spent his childhood at, and how hard it is to see the place he effectively lost his mom, and also how he doesn't generally revisit painful memories.
4) RPO was, obviously, the 1989s-1990s nerd's wet dream, which is absolutely why I loved it so much. RPT is, too, but a much more laser-honed nerdiness. Sadly, as I am neither a Tolkien fan or a Prince fan, a lot of those chapters were wasted on me. Still, it's a fast, fun ride.
What I had a little problem with was, as above, the glossing-over of kind of important stuff. While I wouldn't expect there to be Anorak-narrated chapters, the fact that we got an epilogue narrated by Parzival suggests it might have been possible, or even considered.
Also, the base conceit of Anorak being a super evil AI who inserted firmware/infirmware updates without any of the four owners of Gregarious/OASIS thinking that was weird kind of drove me nuts. While they might not keep up on all of the contents of updates, they should have known there wasn't one happening on the day this all happened.
All that said, it was a good read, not as good as RPO, but it leaves me hope that if we return to the OASIS, maybe we see it through L0hengrin/the L0-five's eyes.