Reviews - The Player of Games

1.19k reviews for:

The Player of Games

Iain M. Banks

4.19 AVERAGE

walenchao's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

klm_is_klm's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rhugioh's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark reflective 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

Content Warnings

arthurweasley's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful reflective fast-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: No

pete_42's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lbonitz's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

In the end, this was a fun read and I was happy to have read it. The world building was really cool and unique. The main character was basically a cardboard robot and I feel like I kept hoping for a deeper/subtler message than just socialism is good, capitalism is bad. But I did have fun, especially in the last 100 pages.

omnijack's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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: No

lyrasilverwolf's review against another edition

5.0

This book literally blew my mind! The first third starts off a little slow, but that's mostly due to Banks' ability to adapt his tone so expertly to the feelings of the protagonist. I loved the premise and after finishing that last paragraph I'm already dying for a reread. Definitely stick it out though the first part- you'll be glad you did!

n3uplas's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

sunscour's review against another edition

4.0

Did this one as an audio book, don't know if I would have liked it as much if I had read it.

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