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Ready Player Two

Ready Player Two

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  • Create Date：2022-01-27 09:51:24
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Ernest Cline
  • ISBN：1524761346
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Summary

An unexpected quest。 Two worlds at stake。 Are you ready？

Days after Oasis founder James Halliday's contest， Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything。

Hidden within Halliday's vault， waiting for his heir to find， lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the Oasis a thousand times more wondrous， and addictive， than even Wade dreamed possible。 With it comes a new riddle and a new quest。 A last Easter egg from Halliday， hinting at a mysterious prize。

And an unexpected， impossibly powerful， and dangerous new rival awaits， one who will kill millions to get what he wants。 Wade's life and the future of the Oasis are again at stake， but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance。

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Reviews

Sweet ，

Definitely not as good as the first book unfortunately！Felt like the quest was just there to make it like the first story， but I didnt engage as much with all the pop culture this time round The technology mentioned is straight out of a black mirror episode really and I didn't like how it was introduced so quickly at the start， and again at the end， without all the consequences really thought through。Worth a read if you like 80s pop culture and the first book， otherwise just reread the first one Definitely not as good as the first book unfortunately！Felt like the quest was just there to make it like the first story， but I didnt engage as much with all the pop culture this time round The technology mentioned is straight out of a black mirror episode really and I didn't like how it was introduced so quickly at the start， and again at the end， without all the consequences really thought through。Worth a read if you like 80s pop culture and the first book， otherwise just reread the first one！ 。。。more

Kevin Boucher ，

Hmm， this story structure feels familiar。 This book brings in some interesting content but poorly executes a few things。 The main character isn't relatable or really that likable， and it seems he was a bit of a scapegoat。 He did do some stupid shit， but man。 Honestly wasn't nearly as engaging as the first since before; you didn't have to like the 90s stuff to have fun but now。 Think this story would have been way more fun with Samantha as the main character since they obviously wanted that。 Hmm， this story structure feels familiar。 This book brings in some interesting content but poorly executes a few things。 The main character isn't relatable or really that likable， and it seems he was a bit of a scapegoat。 He did do some stupid shit， but man。 Honestly wasn't nearly as engaging as the first since before; you didn't have to like the 90s stuff to have fun but now。 Think this story would have been way more fun with Samantha as the main character since they obviously wanted that。 。。。more

Dkolacinski ，

i'm not a child of the eighties， far from it， so references to arcade games， etc。 is far from my cup of tea。 I enjoyed the novel a lot， especially the battle with seven iterations of Prince。 Yet I was really intrigued with the final concepts of a virtual immortality for anyone who uses the equipment in the book。 A good read， especially for someone who grew up during the heyday of these types of games。 i'm not a child of the eighties， far from it， so references to arcade games， etc。 is far from my cup of tea。 I enjoyed the novel a lot， especially the battle with seven iterations of Prince。 Yet I was really intrigued with the final concepts of a virtual immortality for anyone who uses the equipment in the book。 A good read， especially for someone who grew up during the heyday of these types of games。 。。。more

Singingbush ，

Not nearly as good as book one， but still awesome！

Nick Peeters ，

6*

Tyler Metz ，

In my opinion， this book doesn’t deserve the harsh criticism it has received。 It was good。 It will always live in the shadow of Ready Player One， but it served its purpose successfully。 I have certain specific issues with it but it was undoubtedly worth reading。

Tiffany ，

Disappointing。

Kathy ，

Even more allusions to all manner of 80's pop trivia， music， and culture！ This was very slow to start with a whole lot of self-pity from Wade Watts， but it finally got going again once he had a purpose in life again and there was， of course， a happy ending！ If you enjoyed the first one， you will （eventually） enjoy this one too。 Even more allusions to all manner of 80's pop trivia， music， and culture！ This was very slow to start with a whole lot of self-pity from Wade Watts， but it finally got going again once he had a purpose in life again and there was， of course， a happy ending！ If you enjoyed the first one， you will （eventually） enjoy this one too。 。。。more

Denlillebogblog ，

This was actually better than I thought after reading the reviews when it was published。 It probably helps that I wasn't a fan of the first book。 I liked it but didn't love it。 So what about the sequel？Well， the story is - unfortunately - based on the same exact formula with a hunt for special items。 That is a turn off and was disappointing。 But。 I liked the story behind - the reason why there is another hunt。 Both the villain threat （even though it's a bit cliché） and the emotional part。 That w This was actually better than I thought after reading the reviews when it was published。 It probably helps that I wasn't a fan of the first book。 I liked it but didn't love it。 So what about the sequel？Well， the story is - unfortunately - based on the same exact formula with a hunt for special items。 That is a turn off and was disappointing。 But。 I liked the story behind - the reason why there is another hunt。 Both the villain threat （even though it's a bit cliché） and the emotional part。 That was much more interesting than the first book。 And it also raised some important ethical questions。Unfortunately some of the quests was。。。 boring。 I mean， there was a lot of the games I didn't knew in the first book， but it didn't matter that much because most of them were only mentioned briefly。 If you're not into the themes for the quests in the sequel then you probably will get bored。 I was in two of the last ones even though I wasn't completely unaware of the subjects。 The ending was fine。 Some will call it a happy ending， but not me。 But all in all I think it was true to the story。 。。。more

Oliver Stephens ，

If you liked the first， you'll like this。 Its not quite as good。 but still fun。 If you liked the first， you'll like this。 Its not quite as good。 but still fun。 。。。more

Janice Huang ，

there was too much 80s trivia that i had no clue about and I would have been satisfied with the ending of ready player one。 I would have rather had a prequel about Og， Halliday and Kira and how they invented OASIS - I did enjoy the flashbacks， they were cool。

Dave ，

The first 100 pages made me think that I needed to have read Ready Player One much much more recently。 I spent a lot of time confused and annoyed。 Then it seemed like after that we got into a recreation of Ready Player One。 I enjoyed Ready Player One， so I enjoyed the other-world quest action of this book。 Cline is clever and immersed in popular culture that is familiar to me if not near and dear to my heart， so I got enough of the humor and the action was enough to keep me interested once it fi The first 100 pages made me think that I needed to have read Ready Player One much much more recently。 I spent a lot of time confused and annoyed。 Then it seemed like after that we got into a recreation of Ready Player One。 I enjoyed Ready Player One， so I enjoyed the other-world quest action of this book。 Cline is clever and immersed in popular culture that is familiar to me if not near and dear to my heart， so I got enough of the humor and the action was enough to keep me interested once it finally got going。 But there's some weird and big stuff tackled here。。。 maybe Cline meant to end things on a hopeful note， but I'm not sure he pulled it off。 One other note， I was also rather annoyed of this idea of inhabitants of this computer world being able to have the full experience of someone else's something （surfing， sex， bungy jumping， etc。） without having the investment and even pain that goes with it。 I immediately thought of something like running where it overcoming the pain is a big part of the experience。 。。。more

Angela ，

Made it halfway before I just couldn't take the all the crass language anymore。 Not quite the same fun throwback that v。1 was， so I'm okay missing this one。 Made it halfway before I just couldn't take the all the crass language anymore。 Not quite the same fun throwback that v。1 was， so I'm okay missing this one。 。。。more

Rus ，

Pretty good to be honest though lacked the mystery of the first。

Paul Morvant ，

This book was definitely not as good as the first。 I did enjoy it， but I went in having higher expectations for this one， and I feel that might have influenced my feelings for this one。

Anochezer ，

Increíble historia。 Creo que el primero es mucho más atrapante pero este no se queda atrás， muy buen libro me entretuvo un montón！Y los personajes impecables como siempre！ Tremendo final。

Wade Eyerly ，

Tried a little too hard to capture the nostalgic magic of the first one， but enjoyable。

Jacob ，

this series went from being a cute （albeit overly self-pleasing） nostalgia-fuelled adventure to a bleak look at the dystopian future our billionaire overlords have in store for us。 just waiting for zuckerberg to kick down my front door and strap me into my new digital prison where pictures of monkeys act as currency and i’m still too poor to ever afford a house。i just hope i won’t have to fight seven reincarnations of Prince in the metaverse。

Lara Graham ，

Started so well and finished so badly :（

Heleen ，

2，5* A repeat of the first book and a lot of it just isn’t interesting if you don’t know anything about the games， movies etc that they’re talking about。

Raymond B。 ，

good but not like Player OneThe overall plot is good。 Mr。 Cline takes you on a similar adventure as Ready Player One but with a few surprising twists。 Some parts seemed rushed but not too bad。 Worth a read

Jeff Parker ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 A disappointing follow up to what I felt was an excellent first novel。 The same techniques and tropes now take on a tiresome， irritating role; the weird facts and tangents of 80s nostalgia now seem forced and uninteresting。 Gone is the sense of wonder and possibility of endless adventure in One， replaced by unlikely plot holes and nonsense settings。 Whole “planets” devoted to John Hughes and Prince？ The most interesting area， from Tolkien， gets the least amount of text。The author also uses cring A disappointing follow up to what I felt was an excellent first novel。 The same techniques and tropes now take on a tiresome， irritating role; the weird facts and tangents of 80s nostalgia now seem forced and uninteresting。 Gone is the sense of wonder and possibility of endless adventure in One， replaced by unlikely plot holes and nonsense settings。 Whole “planets” devoted to John Hughes and Prince？ The most interesting area， from Tolkien， gets the least amount of text。The author also uses cringy plot elements to advance the story。 Of course the obscure riddles remain， but the solutions fall magically into the skills and knowledge of each team member in turn。 Shoto is an expert at Sega Ninja as a game as well as a feminist power piece。 Arty knows every inch of John Hughes’ world， right down to memorizing the timing of every NPC movement; she also has the silmarilion， and even the songs and locations within it， memorized perfectly。 Aech is the world’s foremost authority on Prince and every impossible secret of his world and quests， too。 The main character is mainly just a whiny， helpless man-child without them。And why the lip-service to so many SJW causes？ My suspicion is that， after an early draft of the novel was complete， someone complained that nothing was done in the novel to address the “problems” of institutional bigotry that HAD to exist behind every second of the 1980s。 The story has very little to do with gender， sexuality， and race issues， but the author makes a point of awkwardly slipping them in anyway， though they contribute to nothing more than his own claim to wokeness。 The characters stop and devote a couple of lines to reminding us of a lack of female or ethnic representation， or that everything you ever loved was actually secretly evil， before dropping right back into the plot as if nothing happened and it’s okay to love these things again。And must everything now be directed at the “whitewashing” of American hallmarks？ Does anyone actually care if John Hughes films lacked racial diversity？ Are we that angry that Duckie was a bit of a jerk to women？ Are we appalled at the lack of recognition some female artists received two generations ago as if it actually matters now？ Was Tolkien’s LoR actually racist？ Was Prince converting to Christianity a disgusting betrayal to homosexuals around the world？ Are we really to believe， as the author seems to， that immersive VR experiences will both erase racism AND make everyone on earth some form of gender- or sexually-fluid？ Or that a corporate process that forced the hiring of a female for every man hired is a practical and logical recipe for success？The answer for pretty much everyone is no， but the author felt the need， likely during the editing process， to insert a progressive apology for EVERY。 SINGLE。 ONE of the areas of 80s nostalgia he chose to focus on for his story and to address the latest complaints of institutional bias in America。 And it wasn’t even done well。 The novel was not as exciting as the first， and it unfortunately left me with the sour feeling that the author felt more pressure to advance social causes than to tell another grand story。 。。。more

Dylan ，

Enjoyed it， was a very interesting story but definitely enjoyed the first a lot more。

Alex ，

This was not a good book， and any height it reaches is only because of nostalgia readers have for the first book or for references this one makes to earlier pop culture。 The main character is a jerk who somehow gets redeemed and the supposed lessons don't make any sense。 And the whole first quarter of the book is wasted on exposition。 I'm thankful I was able to take it in by audiobook， as I wouldn't have finished it otherwise。 But this one is a real stinker。 This was not a good book， and any height it reaches is only because of nostalgia readers have for the first book or for references this one makes to earlier pop culture。 The main character is a jerk who somehow gets redeemed and the supposed lessons don't make any sense。 And the whole first quarter of the book is wasted on exposition。 I'm thankful I was able to take it in by audiobook， as I wouldn't have finished it otherwise。 But this one is a real stinker。 。。。more

ANGEL ，

~ 4/5 stars ~I was pleasantly surprised with this book， despite the MANY negative reviews I saw。 I think this is a solid sequel to the first book and I really hope the adaptation of this is better than the first one。 I would highly recommend this series if you're a fan of the sci-fi video game/simulation trope。 ~ 4/5 stars ~I was pleasantly surprised with this book， despite the MANY negative reviews I saw。 I think this is a solid sequel to the first book and I really hope the adaptation of this is better than the first one。 I would highly recommend this series if you're a fan of the sci-fi video game/simulation trope。 。。。more

Jeffrey Henning ，

The adventure continues！ Loved this book！

Ted Thomas ，

This book gets a bit more profound than the first。

Teddi ，

Library audiobook。Not finished。 I just didn't like the poor little lonely whiney rich boy Wade has become and as a result didn't really care about the plodding story。The high point is the enthusiastic narrator。 Library audiobook。Not finished。 I just didn't like the poor little lonely whiney rich boy Wade has become and as a result didn't really care about the plodding story。The high point is the enthusiastic narrator。 。。。more

Rose ，

3。5 stars in reality。 I need more L0w Five though。

READandFUN360 ，

Ero davvero agitata quando ho cominciato a leggerlo， perché chi mi segue da un po’ sa quanto io abbia amato il primo libro。Quindi avevo paura che questo non fosse all’altezza delle mie aspettative。La verità è che mi sbagliavo！！ Bello come il primo！Una nuova avventura per gli altissimi cinque， che li porterà a conoscere più nel profondo se stessi e a chiudere una storia che effettivamente aveva qualcosa dì mandante nel primo。Ho amato le citazioni dei film， dei giochi， serie tv e chi più ne ha più Ero davvero agitata quando ho cominciato a leggerlo， perché chi mi segue da un po’ sa quanto io abbia amato il primo libro。Quindi avevo paura che questo non fosse all’altezza delle mie aspettative。La verità è che mi sbagliavo！！ Bello come il primo！Una nuova avventura per gli altissimi cinque， che li porterà a conoscere più nel profondo se stessi e a chiudere una storia che effettivamente aveva qualcosa dì mandante nel primo。Ho amato le citazioni dei film， dei giochi， serie tv e chi più ne ha più ne metta， e ho adorato i protagonisti che hanno mantenuto il loro carattere anche in questo volume。La trama mi è piaciuta molto e non l’ho trovata debole anzi！ Molto originale e con un finale dal colpo dì scena facileQuindi lo consiglio？ OVVIO 。。。more

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