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A review by irraya
Minecraft: The Crash by Tracey Baptiste
3.0
I had really enjoyed Mincraft: The Island and so I can't help comparing this book to that one. While The Island was a fun introduction to Minecraft, The Crash goes much further into the Minecraft world. Never having played the game, I didn't have a problem understanding The Island, but I didn't know a lot of the game stuff in The Crash.
The Crash is part litrpg/Minecraft and part YA/contemporary. It's more mature than the first book, and has more depth. The Minecraft part was enjoyable to a certain point, but then I didn't know or care what was going on. I think the YA part also had a part to play in my not caring where the story was going.
The YA part is similar to a lot of popular books nowadays. If someone likes one of those books, most likely they'll enjoy this book. I frankly couldn't stand Bianca. I couldn't relate to her extreme 'teenagerness'. It's easy to figure out what's going on pretty early in the book, but having to wait till the end was like an itch you can't scratch.
I loved the side characters, Esme, Anton and AJ. Two of them had quite big roles in the story, but somehow it felt as though they were background characters for a lot of the time.
This book is a lot like Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, where the characters are immersed into a game world, and they have to play to the end to get themselves out. Those who play Minecraft will love that aspect. Those who don't, might probably be confused by a lot of things, like the baddies. It's easy enough to look up online, but I do feel that it would have been more enjoyable for me if I had played the game.
Audiobook - I don't like Jack Black at all, but he had made The Island fun to listen to. January LaVoy has a really wonderful voice, but I'm not sure if her's was the perfect fit for The Crash. Maybe it was a bit too perfect for a litrpg book?
The Crash is part litrpg/Minecraft and part YA/contemporary. It's more mature than the first book, and has more depth. The Minecraft part was enjoyable to a certain point, but then I didn't know or care what was going on. I think the YA part also had a part to play in my not caring where the story was going.
The YA part is similar to a lot of popular books nowadays. If someone likes one of those books, most likely they'll enjoy this book. I frankly couldn't stand Bianca. I couldn't relate to her extreme 'teenagerness'. It's easy to figure out what's going on pretty early in the book, but having to wait till the end was like an itch you can't scratch.
I loved the side characters, Esme, Anton and AJ. Two of them had quite big roles in the story, but somehow it felt as though they were background characters for a lot of the time.
This book is a lot like Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, where the characters are immersed into a game world, and they have to play to the end to get themselves out. Those who play Minecraft will love that aspect. Those who don't, might probably be confused by a lot of things, like the baddies. It's easy enough to look up online, but I do feel that it would have been more enjoyable for me if I had played the game.
Audiobook - I don't like Jack Black at all, but he had made The Island fun to listen to. January LaVoy has a really wonderful voice, but I'm not sure if her's was the perfect fit for The Crash. Maybe it was a bit too perfect for a litrpg book?