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Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

2 reviews

oddpilot97's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The first book was one of my favorites of all time, so I was excited to read this sequel. Are you spent 4 months on the waiting list for my library.

Let’s get this out of the way: the main character is kind of a turd. But that doesn’t necessarily mean I didn’t enjoy hearing his POV.

When the book started setting up the

ONI headset and talked about the potential implications of it. I thought for sure the rest of the book was going to be about grappling with the moral dilemma of whether or not to withhold this from the public, my jaw literally dropped when in the next moment, In a single paragraph, they dropped the bomb that they went ahead and said YOLO— put it on the market

I also hated how the main character ruined his relationship with Samantha so quickly after it was built up so much in Ready Player 1.

Will Wheaton’s narration is extremely enjoyable and extra fun when references to the Next Generation Star Trek happened in the book.

The pop-culture references were fun. I especially enjoyed the references to Gallifrey from Doctor Who. However, they did seem a bit more heavy-handed in this book then in the first. The scene about

Prince

felt very long and I found myself a bit bored (although I will say some of those references were a bit before my time, and so may be more enjoyable to someone who lived through the eras. That scene but with Taylor Swift’s eras would have been incredible for me.)

The ending was odd for me. They hyped up the concept of an eternal digital life, as if it were a solution to many problems, and addressed only the positives— nothing about the potential negatives. I guess they haven’t read “Tuck, Everlasting.” To me, the concept of an eternal, digital life seems scary. After all, were humans really meant to live forever? They also made a point throughout the book of talking about how the ONI Technology could make life so much better for folks with disabilities. I couldn’t help but find myself wondering if this extended beyond physical disabilities with someone with severe mental health concerns live forever, suffering from their illness?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Death

Minor: Rape and Death of parent

paigehf's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Death

Moderate: Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Blood

Minor: Rape