Ready Player One
2008 • 384 pages

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Average rating3.9

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I don't think anyone who grew up in the 1980s and played video games could not enjoy this book. I didn't play all the games the author references or even see all the movies, but I know them and loved to see them fit into the story. The future of VR was exciting to read about, even if a little scary. Also a future where companies can enslave people to repay debts is frightening and eerily plausible.

Some parts were predictable but the story was exciting and I very much enjoyed the book.

I was left with two questions: Did Wade ever tell his friends about the kill switch and did he give them superuser powers?

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