Reviews

Game Changer by Neal Shusterman

laurennreads_'s review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.25

suvi_ilona's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

aedward's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

arrose's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

forever_in_books13's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

3.75

lenaoknihach's review against another edition

3.0

Kniha mi byla poskytnuta v rámci spolupráce s @knihkupectvi_luxor za účelem recenze. #spoluprace

Byl to normální fotbalový zápas, nebýt jednoho úderu do hlavy, který všechno změnil. Ash se ocitl v jiné dimenzi.

V knize je víc světů, které hlavní hrdina navštíví a Neal Shusterman v každém z nich popisuje konkrétní problém lidské společnosti (rasismus, sexismus, toxický vztah, homofobie a další).

Námět je to skvělý, a i když mi byl Ash sympatický (byl prostě lidský, líp bych to neřekla), z jeho dobrodružných výprav do různých vesmírů jsem tak uchvácená nebyla. Nějak jsem si to zkrátka nedokázala představit. Chyběly mi trochu jasnější informace o tom, jak tohle celé funguje.

Pravidla hry jsou autorovým nejoblíbenějším standalone příběhem, ale já z nich tak nadšená nejsem.

elvenrapier's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious 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

1.0

slflorence99's review against another edition

4.0

It's no secret I'm a big Neal Shusterman fan. I read this book pretty much in one day and found it engaging, creative, and challenging. That said, of all of Neal's books I've read to date, I thought this one was maybe a little too statement-heavy. It was as if he attempted to take on all of the social struggles of our world in one book, and it became a little preachy with the first person narrative. I think all of the issues he addressed are important and valid. I just think the discussion ended up a little more obvious than in his other books.

bluejaybooks's review against another edition

Not sure how I feel about this one. It's compulsively readable, but the narrator sometimes comes across to me as borderline talking down to the reader about things that I personally often already knew about.

That said, it was interesting to see COVID-19 discussed in a book though. This is the first one I've read that's done so outside the acknowledgement section.

Also, I think it may have been more interesting had the reverse sexuality of the entire human race scenario mentioned in the book actually happened rather than how things ended up.

Spoiler

And, maybe I'm just not well read enough on the topic, but I feel like LGBTQIA rights wouldn't be where they are today without a successful civil rights movement in the 1960s for racial minorities, but gay people seemed to have the same rights in this book as they do today in spite of this. Then again, we are talking about an alternate reality, so who knows?

mrssreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0