Hardcover, 384 pages
English language
Published Nov. 23, 2020 by Ballantine Books.
An unexpected quest. Two worlds at stake. Are you ready?
Days after Oasis founder James Halliday's contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday's vault, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the Oasis a thousand times more wondrous, and addictive, than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle and a new quest. A last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who will kill millions to get what he wants. Wade's life and the future of the Oasis are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance.
Content warning â˘ď¸ Spoiler ahead!
In summary: Sword Art Online plot plus San Jupinero
Ready Player One was epic, this one is pretty dull
Isn't as fun to read as Ready Player One.
More dead-on 80's nostalgia packaged in an entertaining story that pays homage by name to darker predecessors like Strange Days and Brainstorm.
So gut der erste Teil war so schlecht ist der zweite. Spannung fehlt, viel Blabla und die Handlung ist naja. Man hätte mehr aus der Grundidee des Buches machen kÜnnen. Es wirkt sehr erzwungen.
Good book, it just had really big shoes to fill.
If you liked the first one, you'll like the sequel. It shares very similar strengths and flaws.
Good read. I was concerned that it would just be a rehash and lip service to the previous book, but Cline was able to make a story that complimented the first book well. I would never tell an author that they cannot integrate commentary into their writings, but there were moments that Cline was rather preachy and pulled me out of the story. Some of this was really well integrated into the story, like the empathy the new tech provides, Duckyâs overlooked problems, and the overlooked women of early gaming development. But other times there were inserted comments that had no bearing to the story, was spoken about a few pages earlier, and really jars the reader away from the flow of the story. But easily overlooked as Cline does a great job.
Wade starts out the second installment whiny. I was worried. This isn't quite as great as Ready Player One, but it's pretty great. It was certainly a boost during this depressing, isolated holiday season. [Wil Wheaton continues to be one of my favorite narrators.]
When I stumbled across Ready Player One it was new, it was different, and it was written for the nostalgia hitting spots for this kid who graduated from high school in 1989.
Then it became cool to hate the book, the author, and everything it stood for. I didnât, I still hold a special place in my heart for Ready Player One.
When I saw this, I instantly got it on release and started to read it. By page 100 I was ready to put it down. I was so disgusted with what Percival had become by the end of the first act i almost put it down forever.
Then the second act kicker came in.
This book went through the mid life crisis anyone is going through looking back a their life as a kid, and how ânostalgicâ it was and how great you thought it was, it pokes âŚ
When I stumbled across Ready Player One it was new, it was different, and it was written for the nostalgia hitting spots for this kid who graduated from high school in 1989.
Then it became cool to hate the book, the author, and everything it stood for. I didnât, I still hold a special place in my heart for Ready Player One.
When I saw this, I instantly got it on release and started to read it. By page 100 I was ready to put it down. I was so disgusted with what Percival had become by the end of the first act i almost put it down forever.
Then the second act kicker came in.
This book went through the mid life crisis anyone is going through looking back a their life as a kid, and how ânostalgicâ it was and how great you thought it was, it pokes holes in every terrible thing the 80s were, and all the marginalized people, the sex objectified women, everything, rips them to shreds.
Then it brings back something Iâve been missing in 2020, a lot of hope.
Iâm sure a lot of you will continue your âhate it cuz itâs coolâ mantra, but this to me felt like Mr Cline had a bit of an epiphany, and learned form it, and wrote something better than the first.
