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A review by bethmitcham
Minecraft: The Crash by Tracey Baptiste
3.0
The three rating is completely on me, not the book. Minecraft is a happy place for me, where I go to poke around and make things. Rarely am I bothered by hostiles unless I do something foolish. So my expectations for this book was that it would be happy and light. It's not.
Instead it's a raw examination of the feelings of guilt and sorrow felt by a young high schooler after her rambunctious behavior cause the crash of the vehicle she and her best friend are in (possibly? she thinks it's her fault). The hospital has a new system of virtual reality that some of the young patients have further modified, so she is immersed in a game of minecraft with other patients in which their emotions and problems become exemplified by the creatures in the game. I kept getting distracted by the kids doing things I would consider ridiculously simple-minded, followed by them doing things I consider ridiculously difficult. So that through me out of the story a bit.
Instead it's a raw examination of the feelings of guilt and sorrow felt by a young high schooler after her rambunctious behavior cause the crash of the vehicle she and her best friend are in (possibly? she thinks it's her fault). The hospital has a new system of virtual reality that some of the young patients have further modified, so she is immersed in a game of minecraft with other patients in which their emotions and problems become exemplified by the creatures in the game. I kept getting distracted by the kids doing things I would consider ridiculously simple-minded, followed by them doing things I consider ridiculously difficult. So that through me out of the story a bit.