Ready Player One

Growing up, I hardly ever played video games. I mostly spent my time reading, watching cartoons or playing outdoors. So in most parts of this book, I couldn't connect to what the characters were doing or experiencing. And I think for most people, this book is a comfort read purely for the nostalgia it evokes.
But I've got to say, even though I got maybe 1 out of 5 references made, I still thoroughly enjoyed it.
This book was fast paced, action packed and I flew through it! The geeky banter was so much fun to read!

Switching to some negatives, the first thing that really annoyed me was the number of times trivial things were reiterated! I mean, I get it, a girl in the OASIS could actually be a guy called Chuck living in his mom's basement.I get it! Arg! But I'm overreacting haha. The repetitions stopped once the actual story took over or maybe I stopped paying attention to them. I don't know which.
Some details felt unnecessary but it didn't pull me out of the story so it didn't bother me that much.

So overall, this was a fun read.
If you were/are a person who likes to escape into video games and 80's music and movies are your jam, you'll LOVE this book. But even if you don't, the story is quite unique and entertaining and still is equally enjoyable! :)