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A review by doods
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
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Wade Watts hyper geek at a new low! This installment in the series has a real "oops all bad guys" vibe to it. Now a mega billionaire almost trillionaire Wade has decided to go full tech bro and do all the usual trappings of them.
Invading privacy of his users? check! In one scene in the book he offers a billion dollars to whoever can help him find the first shard. Once informed someone knows about it he joins their private chat invisible and listens in to their conversation. But thats the tip of the iceberg its also revealed later that his company can spy into the homes of every and all of their users. Ernest Cline does not delve into why this is wrong, only writing that it would be a legal issue if the public found out.
In another section of the book Wade talks about a punk rock band that made a song calling him "a sixer Filating punk" He then describes how he bankrupted each member of the band. At no point does the book highlight how that is an insane suppresion of free speach that Wade is knowingly taking part in.
Thats not the end of this new evil Wade! Wade also releases tech that further disconnects people from reality immersing them more in this digital world while their planet rots. While all his friends sans Sam go along with it. Sam is the only person who speaks out against these actions and trys to actually save the world. Wades lesser crimes include being a little baby. Teleporting himself to users that dont like him and killing them so they lose all their levels and characters.
Sadly at no point in this book does Ernest Cline want to actually talk about the issues he brings up. Hes far more interested in this new egg hunt which is BORING as hell. The only character who was redeemable-Sam- Decides she was wrong at the end and gives in to the new evil billionaire on the block Wade Watts.
The first book thrived in its refrences and criticism of mega rich assholes and this book forgets that in favor of filating the now mega rich Wade Watts and bringing up a ton of real issues Wades money could go to solve but he never does. Why bring them up if you dont want to talk about them Ernest?
In conclusion this book is shit ass billionaire propaganda.
Invading privacy of his users? check! In one scene in the book he offers a billion dollars to whoever can help him find the first shard. Once informed someone knows about it he joins their private chat invisible and listens in to their conversation. But thats the tip of the iceberg its also revealed later that his company can spy into the homes of every and all of their users. Ernest Cline does not delve into why this is wrong, only writing that it would be a legal issue if the public found out.
In another section of the book Wade talks about a punk rock band that made a song calling him "a sixer Filating punk" He then describes how he bankrupted each member of the band. At no point does the book highlight how that is an insane suppresion of free speach that Wade is knowingly taking part in.
Thats not the end of this new evil Wade! Wade also releases tech that further disconnects people from reality immersing them more in this digital world while their planet rots. While all his friends sans Sam go along with it. Sam is the only person who speaks out against these actions and trys to actually save the world. Wades lesser crimes include being a little baby. Teleporting himself to users that dont like him and killing them so they lose all their levels and characters.
Sadly at no point in this book does Ernest Cline want to actually talk about the issues he brings up. Hes far more interested in this new egg hunt which is BORING as hell. The only character who was redeemable-Sam- Decides she was wrong at the end and gives in to the new evil billionaire on the block Wade Watts.
The first book thrived in its refrences and criticism of mega rich assholes and this book forgets that in favor of filating the now mega rich Wade Watts and bringing up a ton of real issues Wades money could go to solve but he never does. Why bring them up if you dont want to talk about them Ernest?
In conclusion this book is shit ass billionaire propaganda.