Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

2 reviews

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

hazeleyeddreamer's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Confinement, Fatphobia

I put mass shooting and fire and injury but it's actually a bombing.