A review by mxarson
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

2.5

Aw man…. I had such high hopes because ready player one became my favorite book SO  fast. I was left speechless and stunned…. But I thought it was a good stand alone book and was confused why it had a sequel. Still excited, I read this immediately and… it was boring. So the beginning was pretty promising…? I guess? It was a little too much world building for a world we already got to know in the last book… Wade didn’t learn his lesson pretty much and I was cringing so hard at his actions/ thought process. And then the main plot started to kick up with the shards. I think that this book has way too many 80’s references that- while some may appreciate- it was…. Not needed in a lot of  parts in this one I feel like???? And the book got more boring as I kept reading, so I twiddled my thumbs a lot before clicking enter on a Google search of what happens in the rest of the book. Uhhhhhh yeah I’m glad I didn’t finish it. Every summary to summary, analysis, etc made me roll my eyes to be honest? The ending was kinda boring too? I picked up my book and then read the last chapters myself to see if the text was better than the analyses and no… no it wasn’t idk it was so corny and felt like a “sci-fi…???” Coroline- the blue haired chick with the other mother? The buttons? yeah that. Idk not for me-
P.S.
what the fuck is “non-binary sex”???? The whole gender and sexuality explanation was so fucking annoying and not needed. He was getting somewhere alluding to the point that gender and sexuality is a spectrum but still completely got it all wrong Jesus Christ. 

I wrote this review when I decided that I didn’t want to ever finish it and—— I’m not sure if I would change any word I wrote. I guess it picks up a bit but the ending is horrible lmao I would’ve rather had ready player one be a stand alone. Also, SAM! U R JUST GONNA COMPLETELY FORGIVE THIS GUY IMMEDIATELY????