Ready Player One

I liked it alright. I didn't hate it, but there were parts that made it hard for me to read. All of the blatant 80's videogame and pop culture references made me a little uneasy. For the most part they were really cool, but then some parts seemed like one of those moments where the author is just simply trying too hard. (A ship modeled after the Serenity named Vonnegut? A delorean that had the voice of Kitt and Ghostbusters paint?) It was just too much, too obvious, and lacked a light touch. Jpod did it right IMO, and this one went waaaaay overboard. Not to mention the cheesy love story that was in the story, ick. I would have loved the book a lot more without it.

I did, however, love reading about the competition and the story of how the OASIS came to be.