Ready Player Two

IMHO: The characters, while carried over from the first book, were either flat cardboard cutouts or jerks, sometimes both. I guess that's what happens when the protagonists become rich beyond their wildest dreams and control a hugely popular and powerful cyber realm. I just could not find any point at which to identify with the characters, especially Parzival. Even when a situation arises which requires a call to action, ostensibly to serve as a motivator to kick start the plot after many long, boring pages, this franchise cannot be saved. A huge disappointment. DNF. I will have to go back and re-read Ready Player One to get the bad taste out of my mind.