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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
This was just a heck of a lot of fun. I really enjoyed reading it. If you're not into geek culture, you would probably hate this book. But if you like video games, sci-fi and fantasy books and movies, and that sort of thing, this might be right up your alley if you're looking for a bit of fluff.
Reader warning: there is a lot of swearing and overall crude humor.
Reader warning: there is a lot of swearing and overall crude humor.
You don't have to be a geek or gamer to love Backward Compatible. It's pure comedic entertainment for anyone who needs a great laugh. I was cracking up from basically the front end content before Level One all the way through to the last word. It was perfect hilarity. I LOVED it!
This book was unique and clever in so many ways. From the perspective of a gamer it kind of made me squee over and over again. Some of the references made me so happy I was literally gushing to my gamer husband about it, the guy who usually wants nothing to do with the romance novels I read. I found myself constantly showing him excerpts from this book, and I think he secretly enjoyed every single bit of it. I may even get him to read it someday. It's a high-level quest I may never complete, but I've at least accepted it!
As a recovering MMO addict I can relate to a lot of the story. Wow, did it bring back memories of long days and nights of grinding out levels and camping named and running seemingly hopeless raids on mobs we'd keep throwing ourselves at over and over until we'd finally beat them. It may be a shock to the rest of the world, but yes, there are people out there who live like this, and yes, they have a great time and meet fantastic people while doing it. They are the geeks and gamers of the world, and I'd like to think they're proud of it. I certainly am, anyway.~
Thank you Sarah and Pete for not being afraid to go there in this story. I love that you embraced your inner nerd to write this, from the plot to the characters to the acronyms to all the random references that make being geeky fun.
And it is fun. Just like this book.
Just do it. Don't even take time to think about it. Just click buy and read it so you can squee with me.
This book was unique and clever in so many ways. From the perspective of a gamer it kind of made me squee over and over again. Some of the references made me so happy I was literally gushing to my gamer husband about it, the guy who usually wants nothing to do with the romance novels I read. I found myself constantly showing him excerpts from this book, and I think he secretly enjoyed every single bit of it. I may even get him to read it someday. It's a high-level quest I may never complete, but I've at least accepted it!
As a recovering MMO addict I can relate to a lot of the story. Wow, did it bring back memories of long days and nights of grinding out levels and camping named and running seemingly hopeless raids on mobs we'd keep throwing ourselves at over and over until we'd finally beat them. It may be a shock to the rest of the world, but yes, there are people out there who live like this, and yes, they have a great time and meet fantastic people while doing it. They are the geeks and gamers of the world, and I'd like to think they're proud of it. I certainly am, anyway.~
Thank you Sarah and Pete for not being afraid to go there in this story. I love that you embraced your inner nerd to write this, from the plot to the characters to the acronyms to all the random references that make being geeky fun.
And it is fun. Just like this book.
Just do it. Don't even take time to think about it. Just click buy and read it so you can squee with me.
Really cute. I enjoyed it. First book I read on my Kindle, so it just took me a while to get into the format of the device...
This was really cute. The characters were fun & I've not laughed out loud at a book like I did at this one in a long time. Strong language, which I could do without, but I cared enough about the characters to ignore it.
I really can't explain what it is about this story that kept me interested and unable to put the book down..... it's cute, its funny..... its nerdy.....
The mighty 5 stars have fallen. Praise for the full-on Monty Python quotation about "strange women lying in ponds" that came exactly when I was thinking it would be the perfect response to something a character said.
There was so much win in this book. Nerd girl who can be nerd girl and still attractive. Thank you for acknowledging that truth. Also, nerd girl who could be nerd girl and not questioned by nerd guys.
Not to mention all the nerdy references that I completely got and laughed out loud about.
So yeah, win.
There was so much win in this book. Nerd girl who can be nerd girl and still attractive. Thank you for acknowledging that truth. Also, nerd girl who could be nerd girl and not questioned by nerd guys.
Not to mention all the nerdy references that I completely got and laughed out loud about.
So yeah, win.
What did I take away from Backward Compatible by Sarah Daltry & Pete Clark? A good old fashioned romance can still be written.
If you haven’t noticed, there’s a craze in books lately. Sex. And more sex. And even more sex. The plot typically goes that a young woman meets an older man that has nightmares about sexual abuse and this girl falls in love with him and they have sex every other page of the book. You’ve read them – so have I. Backward Compatible is the complete opposite of those books.
The authors will warn you that there is NO SEX in this book. There really isn’t. There’s lots of swearing, lots of game play, and lots of young romance. You know, those awkward moments between a boy and a girl where they can’t admit to each other that they like each other – like really, like LIKE each other, and they steal looks at one another and just want to spend time together. This book is about those moments.
I’ll admit it – I’m not a gamer. Unless Candy Crush counts, which I know it doesn’t :-) That is made clear by the reference to the game in the book! However, advertised as a GEEK ROMANCE, I couldn’t wait to read this book. Since I am not a gamer, a lot of the references may or may not have gone over my head, but that didn’t matter. I laughed throughout this book. I enjoyed the romance. I KNEW the characters. I had many favorite parts in this book, but my absolute favorite part was when Katie, one of the main characters, cried. Yes. That was my favorite part. She was real in that moment. Despite her tough, I don’t care exterior, she was real.
I read this book over the weekend. It’s a quick read and it’s fun. You’ll love it! And, since it takes place over Christmas, still a holiday read!
If you haven’t noticed, there’s a craze in books lately. Sex. And more sex. And even more sex. The plot typically goes that a young woman meets an older man that has nightmares about sexual abuse and this girl falls in love with him and they have sex every other page of the book. You’ve read them – so have I. Backward Compatible is the complete opposite of those books.
The authors will warn you that there is NO SEX in this book. There really isn’t. There’s lots of swearing, lots of game play, and lots of young romance. You know, those awkward moments between a boy and a girl where they can’t admit to each other that they like each other – like really, like LIKE each other, and they steal looks at one another and just want to spend time together. This book is about those moments.
I’ll admit it – I’m not a gamer. Unless Candy Crush counts, which I know it doesn’t :-) That is made clear by the reference to the game in the book! However, advertised as a GEEK ROMANCE, I couldn’t wait to read this book. Since I am not a gamer, a lot of the references may or may not have gone over my head, but that didn’t matter. I laughed throughout this book. I enjoyed the romance. I KNEW the characters. I had many favorite parts in this book, but my absolute favorite part was when Katie, one of the main characters, cried. Yes. That was my favorite part. She was real in that moment. Despite her tough, I don’t care exterior, she was real.
I read this book over the weekend. It’s a quick read and it’s fun. You’ll love it! And, since it takes place over Christmas, still a holiday read!
Backward Compatible was a totally adorable and geeky love story. It was cute in a dorky kind of way though I have to admit that I'm not much of a gamer so some of the jokes were probably lost on me. Nevertheless it was a very entertaining and enjoyable read.
The only minus point I would give it was that it wasn't quite as clean a read as I was hoping for.
The only minus point I would give it was that it wasn't quite as clean a read as I was hoping for.
Swap out video games for D&D and this is just like my friends and I hanging out and gaming. The language is crude, the insults fly like arrows in a medieval battle. Just a side splitting geeked out funhouse of a book.