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indoorg1rl 's review for:
The God Game
by Danny Tobey
4.75 stars.
I didn't realise I had been waiting for a book like this for a while. Sci-fi Thriller - my two favourite genres combined!
Readers might compare this to [b:Ready Player One|9969571|Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)|Ernest Cline|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1500930947l/9969571._SY75_.jpg|14863741] because of the Game component, but they are two different story, and I'm glad the book didn't try to market itself as 'the next Ready Player One'.
Loved the Augmented Reality element. I would've probably enjoyed it more had the characters been a little bit older (with higher stakes rather than school-related problems), but I could also see the appeal of using teenage characters as they could be more self-absorbed, acted less rationally, and upped the chill factor of what the God Game impact had on them.
The mystery element wasn't too shocking, I actually semi-guessed it halfway through the book. The actions were pretty good, even though it wasn't the best (there were other books that could deliver action sequences really well) - the involvement of sending codes on the fly to a moving machine was really creative and awesome (although being a coder myself, I would've loved to see more code in the book rather than some packets sent via TCP & UDP. And there was little to no mention of encryptions, which would've definitely existed to protect 'God').
Another small complaint, the story resolution could've been done a little bit tighter - with 5 characters, each having their own backstory and story arch and resolution, I guess I could understand how airtime was really precious, and the book was already big as it was (449 pages!), but I wouldn't have minded 50 more pages.
So, the book wasn't perfect, but it was an amazing journey. I flew through it, and I would love to see it adapted into a movie!
I didn't realise I had been waiting for a book like this for a while. Sci-fi Thriller - my two favourite genres combined!
Readers might compare this to [b:Ready Player One|9969571|Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)|Ernest Cline|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1500930947l/9969571._SY75_.jpg|14863741] because of the Game component, but they are two different story, and I'm glad the book didn't try to market itself as 'the next Ready Player One'.
Loved the Augmented Reality element. I would've probably enjoyed it more had the characters been a little bit older (with higher stakes rather than school-related problems), but I could also see the appeal of using teenage characters as they could be more self-absorbed, acted less rationally, and upped the chill factor of what the God Game impact had on them.
The mystery element wasn't too shocking, I actually semi-guessed it halfway through the book. The actions were pretty good, even though it wasn't the best (there were other books that could deliver action sequences really well) - the involvement of sending codes on the fly to a moving machine was really creative and awesome (although being a coder myself, I would've loved to see more code in the book rather than some packets sent via TCP & UDP. And there was little to no mention of encryptions, which would've definitely existed to protect 'God').
Another small complaint, the story resolution could've been done a little bit tighter - with 5 characters, each having their own backstory and story arch and resolution, I guess I could understand how airtime was really precious, and the book was already big as it was (449 pages!), but I wouldn't have minded 50 more pages.
So, the book wasn't perfect, but it was an amazing journey. I flew through it, and I would love to see it adapted into a movie!