Ready Player One
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- Author：Ernest Cline
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Summary
In the year 2044， reality is an ugly place。 The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS。 Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines， puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them。 When Wade stumbles upon the first clue， he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize。 The race is on， and if Wade's going to survive， he'll have to win—and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape。
Reviews
Caroline
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Loved this book just as much as I did the first time round too！Though some of the 80's references were lost on me， I still enjoyed it a lot and can't read to read the next one！ Loved this book just as much as I did the first time round too！Though some of the 80's references were lost on me， I still enjoyed it a lot and can't read to read the next one！ 。。。more
Lizzie
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this has been a book that i have always wanted to read。 ever since i saw the movie in theaters， i knew i wanted to read the book。 ready player one the movie is one of my favorites of all time， which meant i had expectations about the book going in。 my expectations were met in every way。 i loved this book。 it was so different than the movie， but nonetheless i enjoyed this from beginning to end。 wade and h's friendship is everything。 the whole contest was epic。 i just had so much fun reading this。 this has been a book that i have always wanted to read。 ever since i saw the movie in theaters， i knew i wanted to read the book。 ready player one the movie is one of my favorites of all time， which meant i had expectations about the book going in。 my expectations were met in every way。 i loved this book。 it was so different than the movie， but nonetheless i enjoyed this from beginning to end。 wade and h's friendship is everything。 the whole contest was epic。 i just had so much fun reading this。 。。。more
Sol
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“It is so bad I want to give you a zero， but that’s not possible so I give you a one”
Miyuni
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Keren！！ Cuma agak susah buat pertama kali masuk ke ceritanya sih， abisnya kan ini fiksi-ilmiah， jadi banyak istilah asing & baru。 Tapi buat jalan ceritanya seru bgt！！ Dibuat penasaran sama tiap babnya， ga bosenin pokoknya。
Ahmad Ardalan
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It was ahead of it’s time。 The metaverse， NFTs are here now。 It became a reality！
Kason Whitsell
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Firstly: I enjoyed the setup and description of the OASIS。 This believable shift into VR gaming that would slowly degrade humanity into only wanting to be inside their own personal fantasy instead of dealing with the horrors of the， now decrepit， real world felt so genuine。 The fact that a corporation dedicated to sullying the nature of this free to use platform that billions depend on every day with a huge pay wall and constant ads was the villain felt so nice。 Okay now here’s the bullshit。 Our Firstly: I enjoyed the setup and description of the OASIS。 This believable shift into VR gaming that would slowly degrade humanity into only wanting to be inside their own personal fantasy instead of dealing with the horrors of the， now decrepit， real world felt so genuine。 The fact that a corporation dedicated to sullying the nature of this free to use platform that billions depend on every day with a huge pay wall and constant ads was the villain felt so nice。 Okay now here’s the bullshit。 Our protagonist， Wade Watts， is a disgusting， misogynistic asshole who literally belittles people for not possessing a weird， unhealthy obsession with legitimately everything 1980s， this Hunt， or the OASIS as a whole。 Not only that， but he is enabled by pretty much everyone around him， and is rewarded for being such an insufferable asshole time and time again。 I can’t tell you how painful reading this book was。 Any time anyone had dialogue together I physically cringed。 I really don’t think Cline has ever spoken to a woman before， let alone teenage boys。 People don’t refer to money as “dough” un-ironically。。 ever。 Adults don’t call each other “crap bags”。 Also the amount of times spent saying “oh I’m Wade I’m a NICE guy and women hate me” and then turn around and say “well I hope my online crush isn’t a gross fat girl， or a paraplegic， or an old man named chuck” exceeded 5 or 6。 It was painful。 Cline:You can’t write dialogue。 You just cannot。 I would be cringing for literally PAGES。 The chat log entries between Art3mis and Parzival were fucking brutal man。 Also， women are good for more than falling in love with men。 Also also， it’s not representation if it’s a fucking plot twist you weirdo。 Please for the love of god go outside and look at the sky。 Final thoughts: This book sucked。 I gave it 2 stars because the premise is genuinely fun to imagine， and the scenes describing the OASIS， when they aren’t brutally making you memorize random 80s trivia for pages at a time， were truly a brilliant immersion of the world Cline was attempting to make。 The story was a cool concept， and it was murdered quickly by a Mary Sue shitty protagonist who is too up his own ass， or stalking a woman on the internet to discover that maybe the “women species find [him] repellent” （actual line from the book） because he treats them like fucking objects。 This man stalked a woman on the Internet， then she falls for him， leaves him， he stalks her again， she falls for him again， he becomes a billionaire， and they live happily ever after。 What a message。 That girl you like in algebra？ Just stalk her。 She’ll come around。 Ridiculous creep。 。。。more
Amanda
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This was still quite enthralling even though I had seen the movie
Mae Sharpless
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I understand why this is Mark Zuckerberg's favorite bookIt is so obvious that this author has never spoken to a woman， met a gay person， a trans person， or had any meaningful interactions with a person of color。 saying that I did read the full book， the tec aspect is cool I understand why this is Mark Zuckerberg's favorite bookIt is so obvious that this author has never spoken to a woman， met a gay person， a trans person， or had any meaningful interactions with a person of color。 saying that I did read the full book， the tec aspect is cool 。。。more
Sarah Wood
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Amazing bookThis is one of my all time favorite book。 The story is amazing， Character’s are very likable and the development is incredible。
Danny Blessing
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Becoming more of a reality every day
Naomi
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A fast-paced and easy book but wasn't a spectacular read。I don't usually read science-fiction / fantasy books so this was a nice change from contemporary fiction。 I enjoyed the plot， and although it was predictable， it was still enjoyable and made me want to keep reading to find out what happened next。 A lot of the backstory about the OASIS and the state of the world was given to you by Wade's narrative which I liked （I hate having to do the work myself！）。 Cline did a great job of building inter A fast-paced and easy book but wasn't a spectacular read。I don't usually read science-fiction / fantasy books so this was a nice change from contemporary fiction。 I enjoyed the plot， and although it was predictable， it was still enjoyable and made me want to keep reading to find out what happened next。 A lot of the backstory about the OASIS and the state of the world was given to you by Wade's narrative which I liked （I hate having to do the work myself！）。 Cline did a great job of building interesting characters and a believable world， although it was unsettling to think how close we are to some sort of OASIS and climate crisis。 Things I didn't like about the book:- The book was written in very teenage language which made it easy to read but was also quite cringe in parts which I didn't like。- I was born in the mid-90s so a lot of the pop culture references went straight over my head and it very much felt like a book aimed at a specific type of person who would revel in the nostalgia of it - sadly this wasn't me。- There were some very unbelievable elements of the book which put me off it a bit。 I don't believe a boy aged 18 who spends 5 days a week at school would have had time to watch all the series and films， play all the video games， and swot up on all the Halliday trivia from the Anorak in the space of what 10 years？ And all the challenges to get the keys and unlock the gates seemed conveniently suited to Wade's skills and knowledge。- There was a lot of time in between finding the keys and gates where nothing much happened， and then the book would skip a lot of detail when Wade did manage to find the key！ It was very much like "this was the game， luckily I had played it many times， and so I managed to win the X Key"。 I would have liked to have seen more antagonism and moments where Wade failed rather than him luckily succeeding all the time。- Why do authors always force a romantic interest into a story where it's not needed？？ I couldn't care less about Wade and Art3mis's romance and was such a distraction from the exciting plot！So overall， a great read on the surface but if you start digging too deep you notice it's obvious flaws and cracks。 。。。more
T Cothey
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Brilliant modern Sci Fi
Sandy H
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Listened to the audio version read by Wil Wheaton on a long road trip。 I often struggle with audiobooks as a bad narration can ruin it but Wheaton did an excellent job。 It was entertaining and as I was still a teen in the early 80s I got a lot of the pop culture references so I got the in-jokes。 Fun book。 Not at all interested in reading the sequel， though。 I think the fun of this book is in the discovery and book 2 would just feel “done。”
Fey Etho
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My favourite book and I basically never read sci-fi/dystopians。
Jenna
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I generally enjoyed the story， though the references were mostly over my head。 Might have been more fun to read if I was able to play along a little but I lack the wealth of 80s pop culture knowledge needed for that。 There were a couple things that I really had to suspend my disbelief to get past。 First of all， there's an energy crisis and apparently renewables never got up to snuff， which is possible but not really probable。 But more importantly in this world where there's no energy， everybody I generally enjoyed the story， though the references were mostly over my head。 Might have been more fun to read if I was able to play along a little but I lack the wealth of 80s pop culture knowledge needed for that。 There were a couple things that I really had to suspend my disbelief to get past。 First of all， there's an energy crisis and apparently renewables never got up to snuff， which is possible but not really probable。 But more importantly in this world where there's no energy， everybody spends all their time in a virtual world that I can only logically assume consumes a lot of energy to run。 This doesn't make any sense。 The other problem for me was the primary antagonist was this evil corporation trying to get the prize and take over the virtual world and monetize it。。 But the creator HATES the idea of his creation being monetized so。。 Why wouldn't he have just written it into his will that only private citizens can inherit it？ He's a super genius there's no reason he wouldn't have the foresight to do that。 Lastly I just had a hard time believing nobody solelved the first riddle for so long， but that's just nit picky。 Anyways， problems aside， I mostly liked it and it was a fun casual read。 。。。more
Nick Hamden
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Man， what a poorly written book。In terms of problems， it is definitely written about a neck beard。 Someone who would consider himself to be a nice guy。 Not the best of heroes。 But alright。It talks a lot about being a pop culture master， but it is literally set in 2040 and refers only to 80's pop culture。 That isn't a master， that is a specialist。 That'd be like someone now who just knows a lot about 60's tv and music and movies and just a ridiculous level。 But that is it。 That isn't a pop cultur Man， what a poorly written book。In terms of problems， it is definitely written about a neck beard。 Someone who would consider himself to be a nice guy。 Not the best of heroes。 But alright。It talks a lot about being a pop culture master， but it is literally set in 2040 and refers only to 80's pop culture。 That isn't a master， that is a specialist。 That'd be like someone now who just knows a lot about 60's tv and music and movies and just a ridiculous level。 But that is it。 That isn't a pop culture expert。 Anyways， we have one chapter where he just says for long periods of time what he has seen， watched， listened to， memorized。 Cool。 There is a scene early on where he is supposed to be cool because he is trolling a friend of his， as they insult each other over movie interests。 This argument being playful， but pretty dumb， and apparently being exciting enough to draw a crowd？ It was such a huge huge hugely pointless argument， and can't at all be seen as interesting， as they insult each others masculinity and use abelist language。 One person later used the derogatory F word too， and I guess in this future they still due shit like that。 Sad。 Eventually we do get to the very very cringeworthy conversation done via text between the hero and the love interest。 It is so painfully cringey。 I think it was supposed to do that。 But it went further。 It went really awkward the amount of times the word female is used， instead of something more natural like woman or lady。 And then he does specify with some anti-trans rhetoric。 Can't cheer on such an asshole for a book。 Nope。Anyways， I heard the sequel was worse。 Said by people who liked the first one。 So I can't wait to see how much of a fire that one is too。 。。。more
Vanessa
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This one slid right in my top 5 before the year comes to an end。 HOLY BELLS。 So adventurous and fun！！！ Underdog vs。 big corporation？ A VR utopia？？ Yes and yes！！ So many exclamation marks but was so needed as an escape from work overload and being sick。 LOVE U WADE WATTS！
Kanan
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I recently watched the movie and loved it。。。so as is my M。O。， I wanted to read the book。 Surprisingly， the book and movie are really different。 They have many similar elements and characters but aside from the main theme， the plot is quite different。 Almost felt like a bonus because of those differences and what I was expecting。 From a plot perspective， I actually preferred the movie。 But regardless， this was a fun and easy read; what a cool imagination。
Leonie Gruber
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I really really love this book。 I watched the movie that was made of this book and I loved the movie right away， so I thought that I want to read the book， just to look if it’s like the movie， but it turned out， that the book is so different than the movie。 I like both the book and the movie， but I think that the movie could have been so much better if the producers would have made a movie like the book。
Hannah
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i hereby declare this book worth the hype
Julie
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I read this out loud to my daughter （20s） and mother （90s） and we all thoroughly enjoyed it。 The characters are interesting， the hunt is intriguing， and the 80s references are of course endearing。 We watched all the music videos （after I burst into song with each lyric in text） as well as the Schoolhouse Rock！ ones。 My mother really wasn't paying attention to what I was watching back in the 80s， but she was delighted to discover these all now。 Who would recommend this book to？Gamers， Gen Xers， V I read this out loud to my daughter （20s） and mother （90s） and we all thoroughly enjoyed it。 The characters are interesting， the hunt is intriguing， and the 80s references are of course endearing。 We watched all the music videos （after I burst into song with each lyric in text） as well as the Schoolhouse Rock！ ones。 My mother really wasn't paying attention to what I was watching back in the 80s， but she was delighted to discover these all now。 Who would recommend this book to？Gamers， Gen Xers， VR-curious and anyone who likes a good riddle to solve。 。。。more
Jen
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This book dives into gaming in an easy way that allowed me to follow the storyline as well as pick up some video game jargon。 The deeper idea of the alter- reality is constant on your mind as you read。 The challenges we face socially connecting with people also makes this book more than a kids adventure tale。
Ramona Calabaza
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4
Jess
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I really REALLY wanted to like this book。 Unfortunately， the writing is so pretentious that the protagonist is completely unlikeable， and I found myself wanting him to fail on multiple occasions。
Cynthia Nobuta
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¡Rayos！ creo que soy la única persona que no le gusto este libro y eso me entristece porque de verdad quería que me gustara， pero mi problema es que es demasiado largo， de verdad largo。 El capitulo 19 y 20， NO OCURRE NADA。 Siento que podía quitar bastante paja y quizá un libro de 300 paginas hubiera resultado mas interesante
Hannah Sevy
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I GUESS THIS IS AN UNPOPULAR OPINION BUT WHATEVER I DONT GIVE A SHIT。 i liked this book a LOT。 despite being far too young to understand the majority of the 80s/90s references， I love a good futuristic/dystopian novel and STILL understood some of the references （THEY INCLUDED MONTY PYTHON AND THE SHINING AND I LIVED FOR IT）。 the love story between samantha （art3mis） and wade （parzival） is kind of my favorite dysfunctional love story on this earth。 also， the language and description in this book I GUESS THIS IS AN UNPOPULAR OPINION BUT WHATEVER I DONT GIVE A SHIT。 i liked this book a LOT。 despite being far too young to understand the majority of the 80s/90s references， I love a good futuristic/dystopian novel and STILL understood some of the references （THEY INCLUDED MONTY PYTHON AND THE SHINING AND I LIVED FOR IT）。 the love story between samantha （art3mis） and wade （parzival） is kind of my favorite dysfunctional love story on this earth。 also， the language and description in this book is incredible。 i’ve read this book…several times…and I really， really like it。 。。。more
Marie
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Loved the world building， but wasn't a big fan of the plot。 I liked it， but not loved it。 I'm curious to know what would happen to the world after the end。 Loved the world building， but wasn't a big fan of the plot。 I liked it， but not loved it。 I'm curious to know what would happen to the world after the end。 。。。more
Tiffany Watson
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Soooo good。 I started this book cuz it was the only one available， but then I couldn’t put it down！
Dilliemillie
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Ugh。 From the exposition dumps to the cringey dialogue to the long-winded niche descriptions that comprise this hard-to-believe story of an underdog magically conquering all， Ready Player One reads like a immature teenage gamer's wet dream。 It's just not my style。 Ugh。 From the exposition dumps to the cringey dialogue to the long-winded niche descriptions that comprise this hard-to-believe story of an underdog magically conquering all， Ready Player One reads like a immature teenage gamer's wet dream。 It's just not my style。 。。。more
Kasey
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Gave the audiobook an hour， but this was just not for me。
Reference
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hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=Ready Player One&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft
The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Ready Player One&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0