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A review by adamgolden
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
1.0
(1.5/5★)
Between the extremely cringe-worthy dialogue, the predictable and utterly generic plot, and the "look at me, I'm such a nerd" not-so-obscure 80's references, this is easily one of the worst books I've read this year. While I understand this is a "Young Adult" novel, it obviously panders to people that grew up in the 80's...which leads me to believe that just as many adults are reading this. There are, however, a lot of cool ideas in this book. But instead of focusing on those, at least half of this book focuses on "obscure" (when they're really not, and I wasn't even born in the 80's) references that are just there for the sake of being there. The protagonist is your typical modern day incel who happens to have everything handed to him on a silver platter. The general consensus is that Ernest Cline is projecting himself through the main character, Wade, and after reading some of the authors' "poetry", I'm inclined to agree. All I can hope is that young boys don't look up to Wade as some sort of idol to model themselves after, because the less people there are like Wade, the better.
Between the extremely cringe-worthy dialogue, the predictable and utterly generic plot, and the "look at me, I'm such a nerd" not-so-obscure 80's references, this is easily one of the worst books I've read this year. While I understand this is a "Young Adult" novel, it obviously panders to people that grew up in the 80's...which leads me to believe that just as many adults are reading this. There are, however, a lot of cool ideas in this book. But instead of focusing on those, at least half of this book focuses on "obscure" (when they're really not, and I wasn't even born in the 80's) references that are just there for the sake of being there. The protagonist is your typical modern day incel who happens to have everything handed to him on a silver platter. The general consensus is that Ernest Cline is projecting himself through the main character, Wade, and after reading some of the authors' "poetry", I'm inclined to agree. All I can hope is that young boys don't look up to Wade as some sort of idol to model themselves after, because the less people there are like Wade, the better.