Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

7 reviews

jmdressel's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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enjoyed the futuristic tone and setting. it was relatively easy to get into even though i’m not a video gamer. some of the sequences of the adventure were a little confusing but i was able to follow most of the plot! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, War

Moderate: Body shaming, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

ended up feeling very much like a futuristic, video game-centered

willy wonka and the chocolate factory

type story, where

the main character we seem to be rooting for ends up inheriting everything with the golden ticket

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mrkat's review against another edition

1.5

adventurous tense fast-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

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While I understand that this book is highly acclaimed, that does not excuse it from being a poorly written piece of fiction. The dialogue and prose ruin what could have been a great story. The inclusion of blatant misogyny, racism, homophobia, and classism was not to "say something about society" but merely just some flavour to add to an already struggling story. The characters are so poorly written that I was never rooting for them and never felt the drive of their "heroes story." I guessed where the story was going within the first 100 pages and was disappointed at the lack of a twist. The middle of the story dragged on without any kind of plot or character development. 
The references to the 80's were fun, but overdrawn. If this book was for a YA audience, the inclusion of misogyny, racism, homophobia, and classism with varied slurs and curses was distasteful. If this book was for those who have a passion for 80's pop culture, the descriptions were entirely unnecessary and pull the reader out of the world-building that was already questionable at best. 
While you might find this book entertaining, I found it extremely difficult to get through. I thought that if I finished it, I would see what the fuss was about. I admit that I did not. This book is not for me and I found it dreadfully boring and poorly written. I will not be watching the film or reading any other publication by this author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

abicaro17's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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HOLY SHIT. Well gooddamm. So this is probably one of the best books I have ever read (well listened too but same difference). Wade Watts is a socially awkward poor 18 year old boy living in the year 2045. In this not so distant future, a immersive reality video game has taken over most of the planet. The Oasis was invented by James Haliday and Oggden Morrow. When Haliday died, his will revealed that he will leave all of his fortune and the entire Oasis game in the hands of the player who can find the egg he hid. Wade, and most of the Oasis population, has been searching for the first key for 5 years and when he accidentally stumbles upon the answer everything changes. This is a beautiful tale of love, friendship, perseverance, and ambition along with the message that reality is better than even the best recreations. I definitely thought this would be a boy book, based on the movie (which I have seen and can safely say this is almost nothing like it), but it pleasantly surprised me with how entertaining and emotionally deep Cline goes. This is a fantastic read/listen and I will be rereading this soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

shirarweiss's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I wanted to like this book more than I did. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had more knowledge and/or excitement about video game history and 80s culture. It took a long time for anything to really happen; there was so much world building- which was necessary to understand this highly detailed world- but it felt like sometimes the plot stopped entirely in favor of a long explanation of the world and its history or a cultural reference. Sometimes time just suddenly jumped in a confusing way. The way Wade talked about women and gender was… uncomfortable. And strange. The book did make me think about the blurred lines between reality and technology, which is fascinating and frightening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

bookmark3brodi's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, War, Classism

rachellrinehart's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gore, Homophobia, Sexism, Transphobia

rbacon's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This book had a potential to be even better than it is by cutting out the half-assed romance storyline and building on the apocalyptic/social issues/eco crisis going on and working out how to actually deal with that rather than running away from it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Homophobia