Ready Player One

Well, it took me almost one full year to finish this book – that should tell you something. It has a few clever moments and the premise is an interesting one. However, the author went waaaay overboard with the pop culture references. It seemed like you couldn't go one page without a nod to some 80s show/movie/game/etc. OK, I GET IT – the 80s WERE TOTALLY AWESOME DUDE, etc etc. I wish more time had been taken to flesh out the characters, instead of trying to find another way to fit in a LADYHAWKE reference (or whatever).

If you are a child of the 80s (like me), you'll probably get a slight smile out of the book one or two times. However, don't go into this looking for anything deeper than “Oh wow, I remember REAL GENIUS!!”