A review by rjbs
You by Austin Grossman

4.0

I really enjoyed this. I'm sure it's often compared to "Ready Player One," so I'll make that comparison. "You" is better in many ways. It is a story about people and the way we make sense of of our lives, while Ready Player One is largely a thriller. The narrative structure of "You" is unusual, flowing between time frames and levels of reality without warning. Sometimes this doesn't work, but often it does, and the effect is delightful in the way that it blurs the line between the characters in the story and characters they create and play with. I am pleased to have read this, especially because I started reading it with no idea what it was going to be about. It was a pleasant surprise.