Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

2 reviews

nikzzz3's review against another edition

Using disabled people as "guinea pigs" for experiments, having them go under possibly fatal surgery to get equipment and implants in their brains, and then shutting down the program once noninvasive equipment is completely finished is reprehensible.  Like its giving the ok to experiment on disabled people because its free and its for the betterment of (ablebodied) humankind. How many ablebodied people voluntered for the experimental tech surgery and implants? Zero, in the book only disabled people qualified.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Violence

kaylamoran's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.0

I was worried about this book when I heard about it, because I felt like Ready Player One was one of those books that should remain a standalone.  After reading this, I think I was right.
Ready Player One was, in my opinion, better than this book in every single way.  It was paced better, the story was more exciting, more happened (this one felt repetitive, like it was the same thing over and over with very little variety).  It was funnier, and the characters had more personality.  There weren't many surprise twists and big reveals.  All in all, I'm left feeling disappointed.
I didn't hate this by any means.  I still give it 3 stars.  But, given that the first book was much better, and Cline had the better part of a decade to write this, I had hoped for a lot better.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Violence, Medical trauma, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexism, Racism, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Terminal illness