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A review by thelittlelibrarian
Otaku by Chris Kluwe
5.0
✨ Hey Nerds! This review is SPOILER FREE! I try to keep my reviews brief and not get into the content of the book so much as what I thought so you can go into it somewhat blind if you’d like!
✨ This book was sent to me by @tor & I’m BEYOND grateful for it. It gave me vibes of Warcross but on another level. It met issues within the gaming community head-on and laid it all on the table. Detailed messages of what women have received, harassment, & more. It takes it another level with the main character not only being a woman but a person of color.
✨ I felt so enveloped in the world & Kluwe definitely knows his stuff. I felt like I was in the game every time Ash was. The fights & mechanics of everything were badass & each to visualize in my head.
✨I felt very connected to this story & am quite passionate about this topic of the harassment & hate speech women receive in the gaming community. Sure, its much more accepted now but I won’t lie… I am TERRIFIED of talking in-game lobbies for fear that they guess I’m a female (or they ask if I’m a 12-year-old boy). For me to read a book that was basically a love/hate letter to the gaming community felt exactly like that.
✨I loved it too for the friendships. Ash’s connection to Wind, Slend, & Jace was incredibly tight. Reading about them going through encounters together made my heart sing because that’s me, my husband & brother running through a game together. It’s second nature when it's your team & nothing feels better than a smooth operating mission.
✨I will say, it’s dense with game information. So if tech & gaming aren’t your thing, this might not be the book for you. I loved this personally, it was detailed but not boring. The tech while advanced didn’t seem out of the realm of possibility at all. The weaponry was well researched & I’ll forever love the fact that he paid attention to the number of rounds people had & used.
✨Overall, I loved this book, I devoured it. It rips the pants off the issues in the gaming community & real-world issues of sexism, racism, & more. Kluwe didn’t sugarcoat ANYTHING. He put it out there clear as day & I’ve never felt more seen as a female gamer. Hats off to you sir. GG.
✨ This book was sent to me by @tor & I’m BEYOND grateful for it. It gave me vibes of Warcross but on another level. It met issues within the gaming community head-on and laid it all on the table. Detailed messages of what women have received, harassment, & more. It takes it another level with the main character not only being a woman but a person of color.
✨ I felt so enveloped in the world & Kluwe definitely knows his stuff. I felt like I was in the game every time Ash was. The fights & mechanics of everything were badass & each to visualize in my head.
✨I felt very connected to this story & am quite passionate about this topic of the harassment & hate speech women receive in the gaming community. Sure, its much more accepted now but I won’t lie… I am TERRIFIED of talking in-game lobbies for fear that they guess I’m a female (or they ask if I’m a 12-year-old boy). For me to read a book that was basically a love/hate letter to the gaming community felt exactly like that.
✨I loved it too for the friendships. Ash’s connection to Wind, Slend, & Jace was incredibly tight. Reading about them going through encounters together made my heart sing because that’s me, my husband & brother running through a game together. It’s second nature when it's your team & nothing feels better than a smooth operating mission.
✨I will say, it’s dense with game information. So if tech & gaming aren’t your thing, this might not be the book for you. I loved this personally, it was detailed but not boring. The tech while advanced didn’t seem out of the realm of possibility at all. The weaponry was well researched & I’ll forever love the fact that he paid attention to the number of rounds people had & used.
✨Overall, I loved this book, I devoured it. It rips the pants off the issues in the gaming community & real-world issues of sexism, racism, & more. Kluwe didn’t sugarcoat ANYTHING. He put it out there clear as day & I’ve never felt more seen as a female gamer. Hats off to you sir. GG.