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A review by crusoe
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Once you accept that Ready Player One is a book that was best enjoyed by nerdy, millennial, teen boys, it starts to become way more fun to read.
The writing isn't perfect and Wade being extremely overpowered is a disastrous recipe for shattering your suspension of disbelief. However, if you manage to turn your brain off long enough to get immersed in the apocalyptic world, you'll find a great story full of fun twists, sinister capitalistic villains to be beaten, nuggets of great speculative fiction and a nerdy quest that keeps you on the edge of your seat.
P.S. I'm of the rare opinion that this book isn't sexist. The world is, sure, because it's a worse version of our own, but both Aech and Art3mis are well-rounded characters (even if art3mis mirrors the manic pixie dreamgirl trope). Once you accept that Wade has a POV that is hella biased because he's a very horny teenage boy who is experiencing a first crush, this starts to make sense.
The writing isn't perfect and Wade being extremely overpowered is a disastrous recipe for shattering your suspension of disbelief. However, if you manage to turn your brain off long enough to get immersed in the apocalyptic world, you'll find a great story full of fun twists, sinister capitalistic villains to be beaten, nuggets of great speculative fiction and a nerdy quest that keeps you on the edge of your seat.
P.S. I'm of the rare opinion that this book isn't sexist. The world is, sure, because it's a worse version of our own, but both Aech and Art3mis are well-rounded characters (even if art3mis mirrors the manic pixie dreamgirl trope). Once you accept that Wade has a POV that is hella biased because he's a very horny teenage boy who is experiencing a first crush, this starts to make sense.