Ready Player One
2008 • 384 pages

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This is a fantastic read! I'm such a sucker for books that involve pop culture references and that is basically the premise of this book. Miix in there that it's also pulling from some clearly dystopian themes and you have a book made perfect for reading. I loved the plot. Ernest Cline's adventure was fast paced, filled with enough details and riddles to keep the reader engaged, and also pulled you back to some of the great things from your childhood. Even if you were never a gamer, children who were raised in the 80s of have an appreciation for that era will appreciate the references to 80s bands, movie, and novelists. I especially liked the FlickSync challenges that the main character had to go through. I found myself hoping that if our world ever goes to shit, that someone will be smart enough to build an OASIS for me to play around in.

So overall, fantastic read. I really enjoyed it.

December 31, 2011