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A review by buttons_buttons
Armada by Ernest Cline
4.0
What is good book?
Scrolling through the reviews on this book I see a lot wich aren't very good, and honestly, I totally get it. Most of the characters were pretty flat und predictable as was the plot itself and the whole time the book felt like it was missing something important, though I failed to figure out what it is. And while I did enjoy all the pop culture references they weren't as great as in Ready Player One and sometimes felt a little bit clumsy and unnatural.
However, I still enjoyed this book a lot and loved every minute of reading it. Somehow, despite its flaws and despite the feeling that it indeed wasn't that good (and didn't quite catch up with Ready Player One) I really, really liked it and couldn't get it out of my head at some points. And that's what makes a book good, at least for me, in the first place.
What I also enjoy in Clines books in generall is his representation of Nerds and Geeks. Nothing weird, nothing stereotype. Someone once said about Charlie Bradbury (Supernatural) something in the line of: A character who happens to be a Nerd. And that is how I feel about Clines characters and why I love them so much. So thank you for that!
Scrolling through the reviews on this book I see a lot wich aren't very good, and honestly, I totally get it. Most of the characters were pretty flat und predictable as was the plot itself and the whole time the book felt like it was missing something important, though I failed to figure out what it is. And while I did enjoy all the pop culture references they weren't as great as in Ready Player One and sometimes felt a little bit clumsy and unnatural.
However, I still enjoyed this book a lot and loved every minute of reading it. Somehow, despite its flaws and despite the feeling that it indeed wasn't that good (and didn't quite catch up with Ready Player One) I really, really liked it and couldn't get it out of my head at some points. And that's what makes a book good, at least for me, in the first place.
What I also enjoy in Clines books in generall is his representation of Nerds and Geeks. Nothing weird, nothing stereotype. Someone once said about Charlie Bradbury (Supernatural) something in the line of: A character who happens to be a Nerd. And that is how I feel about Clines characters and why I love them so much. So thank you for that!