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paigehf's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence and Death
Moderate: Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Blood
Minor: Rape
a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and War
Moderate: Transphobia
shadyeglenn's review against another edition
0/10 Just Plain Bad
Straight, white, cis man writes self-indulgent and philosophically bankrupt piece of nostalgia porn featuring racist, sexist, and homophobic ideologies.
For a good SF book written by a white man with similar-ish SF tech, I would recommend:
-An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
For all around excellent SF to get the homophobic/sexist/racist taste out of your mouth:
-The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
For hard SF:
-The Quantum Magician by Derek Künsken
For thrilling SF that is a great catharsis for releasing anger (with a satisfying ending):
-The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
Please value your time and read something other than this book, see above suggestions for a valuable use of your time.
Straight, white, cis man writes self-indulgent and philosophically bankrupt piece of nostalgia porn featuring racist, sexist, and homophobic ideologies.
For a good SF book written by a white man with similar-ish SF tech, I would recommend:
-An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
For all around excellent SF to get the homophobic/sexist/racist taste out of your mouth:
-The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
For hard SF:
-The Quantum Magician by Derek Künsken
For thrilling SF that is a great catharsis for releasing anger (with a satisfying ending):
-The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
Please value your time and read something other than this book, see above suggestions for a valuable use of your time.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Racism, and Misogyny
abithereader's review against another edition
adventurous
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
1.0
This is easily the worst book I have ever read, and managed to be even worse than the first book. 2/3 of this book is just info dumping and the actual plot of the novel is crammed into the remaining third. Cline has tried to improve on the tokenism and transphobia of RPO and made it so much worse. Every living and relevant female character in the series uses the OASIS to hide part of their identity, these do not exist to add to the characterisation of women, instead these are used to demonstrate Wade's positive reaction to these being revealed to show how supposedly progressive and changed he is.
I read this for my dissertation on literature featuring women with birthmarks, I hoped that Cline would develop Art3mis' backstory and emotions about her birthmark and how this influenced her decision to hide it. Very little time is given to this, Art3mis says in an interview that she hated her birthmark growing up and that is it, suggesting that Cline has given zero thought to why a person with a birthmark might want to hide that they have it.
The whole point of the quest is to bring back an AI version of Kira that a rouge AI of Halliday made without her consent so that she can choose to be destroyed or remain an AI. Once this is achieved, Wade gains the power to create AI avatars of people who've used an ONI headset and immediately produces AI avatars without their consent, which is portrayed as a good thing, love to see a book that has zero moral framework.
I read this for my dissertation on literature featuring women with birthmarks, I hoped that Cline would develop Art3mis' backstory and emotions about her birthmark and how this influenced her decision to hide it. Very little time is given to this, Art3mis says in an interview that she hated her birthmark growing up and that is it, suggesting that Cline has given zero thought to why a person with a birthmark might want to hide that they have it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Transphobia and Homophobia
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