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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
tense
Quick fun read about the dangers of video game addiction. Not a lecture by any means, but a fictional representation of the psychology behind it - and how it can be weaponized for bad actions outside of the game.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
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
I hate to give a lower rating on a book like this, since it was obviously written for a different demographic than myself. I can see how a preteen boy would love this book. But for this mom, it was too much. All the kids in this book, save one, made incredibly stupid decisions, mostly having to do with internet safety, and I just don't jive with that. The second half of the book picked up a bit when the main character realized he was being stupid and started to do something about it, but it didn't make up for how frustrated the beginning made me. So, yeah, not the biggest fan.
Erebos
This was the first book and you meet Nick a student who gets the game from Brynn. The game seems very innocent at first until it takes over your own life. The game world is so fantastically described that you get the feeling that you are in it yourself. Nick is a curious guy who researches what Erebos is but by the rules of the game you can be punished very much. Nick quickly comes up with a messenger who gives him an assignment to do. There are also people who distrust the game like Nick's his friend and his teacher. The game goes so far that Nick gets an assignment to kill his teacher. Nick thought the game was clever not to do it, but to get rid of it. But the game will find out and Nick will be thrown out of the game so he will be killed. And once you're dead you can't go back. In the meantime, Nick's friend is threatened and almost killed himself after he was in a traffic accident. Halfway through the book the story changes in a positive way, now that Nick is not in the game he meets Victor and a friend of Emily together with their group they go after who is in the game and who makes this happen, what is the connection and what is the goal. In the end it is about a company that has copied the first version and let the real owner run it.
Out of anger he opened the game and finally killed that man.
This was the first book and you meet Nick a student who gets the game from Brynn. The game seems very innocent at first until it takes over your own life. The game world is so fantastically described that you get the feeling that you are in it yourself. Nick is a curious guy who researches what Erebos is but by the rules of the game you can be punished very much. Nick quickly comes up with a messenger who gives him an assignment to do. There are also people who distrust the game like Nick's his friend and his teacher. The game goes so far that Nick gets an assignment to kill his teacher. Nick thought the game was clever not to do it, but to get rid of it. But the game will find out and Nick will be thrown out of the game so he will be killed. And once you're dead you can't go back. In the meantime, Nick's friend is threatened and almost killed himself after he was in a traffic accident. Halfway through the book the story changes in a positive way, now that Nick is not in the game he meets Victor and a friend of Emily together with their group they go after who is in the game and who makes this happen, what is the connection and what is the goal. In the end it is about a company that has copied the first version and let the real owner run it.
Out of anger he opened the game and finally killed that man.
Hace 4 años leí este libro por primera vez y me gusto mucho. Fue mi primer libro en físico y no me arrepiento de haberlo comprado, fue una lectura rápida con toques de suspenso e intriga .Tiene una historia que al principio te da la impresión de que es de temática paranormal pero que a medida que pasa la historia vemos como Erebos que no es solo un videojuego se traslada a la vida real de los personajes ya que deben cumplir con unas ciertas encomiendas en la vida real.
Didn't realize the book was YA when I first picked it up, but figured that could be a good thing for my German comprehension practice, but that couldn't make me read more. It just bored me. Not necessarily the books fault, it's just not my kind of thing. Reminded of Ready Player One which I hated, so I put it down after about 50 pages.
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Când am cumparat cartea eram cam in dubii daca-mi va placea pentru ca nu mă dau deloc in vant dupa jocurile video si chiar daca suna interesant exista un „dar”. Insa m-am apucat de ea si chiar daca la inceput crezi ca nu te va prinde pentru ca limbajul e simplist si personajele sunt nişte adolescenti ajungi sa n-o mai lasi din mana si habar n-ai cum ai ajuns la jumatate.
Daca jucatorii nu mai pot lasa jocul si nu se mai dezlipesc de computer eu n-am putut sa mai las cartea pana n-am terminat-o, adica am citit seara pana târziu si-mi cadeau ochii in gura, iar dimineata când m-am trezit primul gand a fost sa o termin. Sincer rar patesc aşa cu cartile si pot sa spun ca nu am cuvinte sa zic cât de tare este. Adica te absoarbe in lumea aia si ajungi sa stai si sa le sufli personajelor in ceafa, sa-ti faci griji pentru ei si te roade curiozitatea. Adica te intrebi cat de subtire e linia dintre realitate si joc? Ce au de-a face sarcinile primite de jucatori cu realitatea? Ce scop au? De ce n-au voie jucatorii sa vorbeasca intre ei si de ce sunt dati afara din joc la cea mai mica greseala sau impotrivire? De unde stie jocul ce-si doresc ei sau cine sunt cu adevarat? Care-i scopul jocului si de ce unii elevi ajung sa pateasca lucruri rele si sa fie aproape de moarte? Toate acestea amestecate cu decorul jocului si cu complexitatea lui, cu suspansul din joc si suspansul din realitatea cartii te fac sa vrei mai mult si mai mult. Si când ajungi sa te obisnuiesti cu toata acea lume cartea se termina… am privit ultima pagina mult si nu voiam sa se termine.
Sincer n-as fi ghicit care-i scopul jocului si sincer toata cartea pare o panza de păianjen, iar jucatorii sunt nişte pioni ce fac treaba unei persoane dubioase. Daca solul ala a ajuns sa-i sperie incat se simt priviti si când nu sunt langa computer si nu indraznesc sa-l refuze. Miza e prea mare, curiozitatea la fel si multi merg atât de departe incat ucid. Oare merita totul pentru un joc? Un joc ce ajunge o a doua realitate pentru ei?
Bun, habar nu am daca am reusit sa va conving sa o cititi, insa eu am spus tot ce cred si as mai avea multe de spus, dar nu vreau sa va dezvaluiesc nimic. Vreau sa aflati singuri, sa patrundeti in poveste si sa cunoasteti jocul, regulile, riscurile, castigurile si sa simpatizati cu personajele. Eu sincer n-am mai vazut recenzii ale cartii la noi si mi-ar parea rau ca o carte atât de buna sa nu fie citita. Din partea mea are 10/5.
Când am cumparat cartea eram cam in dubii daca-mi va placea pentru ca nu mă dau deloc in vant dupa jocurile video si chiar daca suna interesant exista un „dar”. Insa m-am apucat de ea si chiar daca la inceput crezi ca nu te va prinde pentru ca limbajul e simplist si personajele sunt nişte adolescenti ajungi sa n-o mai lasi din mana si habar n-ai cum ai ajuns la jumatate.
Daca jucatorii nu mai pot lasa jocul si nu se mai dezlipesc de computer eu n-am putut sa mai las cartea pana n-am terminat-o, adica am citit seara pana târziu si-mi cadeau ochii in gura, iar dimineata când m-am trezit primul gand a fost sa o termin. Sincer rar patesc aşa cu cartile si pot sa spun ca nu am cuvinte sa zic cât de tare este. Adica te absoarbe in lumea aia si ajungi sa stai si sa le sufli personajelor in ceafa, sa-ti faci griji pentru ei si te roade curiozitatea. Adica te intrebi cat de subtire e linia dintre realitate si joc? Ce au de-a face sarcinile primite de jucatori cu realitatea? Ce scop au? De ce n-au voie jucatorii sa vorbeasca intre ei si de ce sunt dati afara din joc la cea mai mica greseala sau impotrivire? De unde stie jocul ce-si doresc ei sau cine sunt cu adevarat? Care-i scopul jocului si de ce unii elevi ajung sa pateasca lucruri rele si sa fie aproape de moarte? Toate acestea amestecate cu decorul jocului si cu complexitatea lui, cu suspansul din joc si suspansul din realitatea cartii te fac sa vrei mai mult si mai mult. Si când ajungi sa te obisnuiesti cu toata acea lume cartea se termina… am privit ultima pagina mult si nu voiam sa se termine.
Sincer n-as fi ghicit care-i scopul jocului si sincer toata cartea pare o panza de păianjen, iar jucatorii sunt nişte pioni ce fac treaba unei persoane dubioase. Daca solul ala a ajuns sa-i sperie incat se simt priviti si când nu sunt langa computer si nu indraznesc sa-l refuze. Miza e prea mare, curiozitatea la fel si multi merg atât de departe incat ucid. Oare merita totul pentru un joc? Un joc ce ajunge o a doua realitate pentru ei?
Bun, habar nu am daca am reusit sa va conving sa o cititi, insa eu am spus tot ce cred si as mai avea multe de spus, dar nu vreau sa va dezvaluiesc nimic. Vreau sa aflati singuri, sa patrundeti in poveste si sa cunoasteti jocul, regulile, riscurile, castigurile si sa simpatizati cu personajele. Eu sincer n-am mai vazut recenzii ale cartii la noi si mi-ar parea rau ca o carte atât de buna sa nu fie citita. Din partea mea are 10/5.
Als Teenie eins meiner Lieblingsbücher. Als erwachsene Person stoßen mir dafür leider zu viele Dinge sauer auf. Es ist ein absoluter pageturner, flüssig und spannend geschrieben. Leider ist es gespickt mit Behindertenfeindlichkeit, Frauenfeindlichkeit und jeder Menge lookism. Die Charaktere sind Teenager und das ist auch die Zielgruppe - da ist es umso wichtiger, solche schädlichen/gefährlichen Dinge nicht einfach zu reproduzieren, sondern einzuordnen.
Ein paar Beispiele: Das love interest ist natürlich "not like other girls", weil Mädchen ja verachtenswerte Geschöpfe sind, vor allem wenn sie einem Stereotyp von Mädchen entsprechen. Das wird vor allem an Brynne sehr deutlich, aber auch daran dass weibliche Begriffe als Beleidigung für männliche Charaktere verwendet werden (Häkelschwester, Madame, etc).
Sämtliche Charaktere, die die Lesenden als böse/eklig wahrnehmen sollen sind dick und/oder haben Akne, kratzen sich ungeniert am Po und sind einfach nich so gutaussehende Sportskanonen wie Nick und Emily. Würg.
Behinderung ist das schlimmste für unsere Charaktere. Es ist eine gefährliche Konsequenz, Personen, die bestimmtes Wissen oder geistige Kapazitäten nicht haben, werden dafür belächelt oder angegriffen. Psychische Probleme führen zu schwerer Gewalt, womit wir dann auch den Trope des psychisch kranken Gewalttäters erfüllt hätten. Ich hoffe, Teil 2 ist dahingehend einfühlsamer, immerhin ist es 2019 erschienen.
Ein paar Beispiele: Das love interest ist natürlich "not like other girls", weil Mädchen ja verachtenswerte Geschöpfe sind, vor allem wenn sie einem Stereotyp von Mädchen entsprechen. Das wird vor allem an Brynne sehr deutlich, aber auch daran dass weibliche Begriffe als Beleidigung für männliche Charaktere verwendet werden (Häkelschwester, Madame, etc).
Sämtliche Charaktere, die die Lesenden als böse/eklig wahrnehmen sollen sind dick und/oder haben Akne, kratzen sich ungeniert am Po und sind einfach nich so gutaussehende Sportskanonen wie Nick und Emily. Würg.
Behinderung ist das schlimmste für unsere Charaktere. Es ist eine gefährliche Konsequenz,
Spoiler
über die dann später als es ja ~Gott sei Dank~ nicht dazu kommt Witze gemacht werden.
Wow. I must have read this book for the first time shortly after it came out, in 2010 or 2011. I didn’t expect to like it that much now because back then I gave most of the books I read 5 stars.
But wow, it was good! The book has you hooked right from the beginning. And I’m saying that as someone who is not into playing video games at all. But this book is something else. I can highly recommend it!!
Ready for Erebos 2!
But wow, it was good! The book has you hooked right from the beginning. And I’m saying that as someone who is not into playing video games at all. But this book is something else. I can highly recommend it!!
Ready for Erebos 2!