My Opinion
In this book I am by a "review" hear about another blog (unfortunately I do not remember which blog was), where you can not really call it a review, because the blogger broke the book down because they do so could not handle. I found, however, that the blurb sounded extremely interesting and besides, it was something new in terms of dystopia: A male (!!!) protagonist, it is not a government that represents the main opponents and it does everything from in a cyberworld, what even a very interesting setting is. The cover of the issue that I have, I think basically very good, because it shows exactly how the poor have to live in North America: in caravans towers. In addition, the brown background looks not very positive. Nevertheless, I think that the German cover is better managed because it immediately shows what it is all in the book. In addition, I find the black background a little more comfortable and also the allusion to Pac-Man is given, because this game also plays a role in the book. The man who is also pictured on the cover also illustrates the main problem of the book: Caught in a cyberworld.
Wade Watts is a refreshingly different main character as you otherwise find it in books. He is pudgy, pimply, disliked and a total nerd. He spends every spare minute in OASIS and he even goes to school there. His best friend is Aech (pronounced like the English "H") and even though the two have never seen in the real world, they hang in OASIS around a lot together. Aechs Avatar is more advanced than Wade's Avatar Parzival and he also looks for the keys to find the Easter Egg. If both talk, that might be a little unusual for the reader at first, because both use a lot of youth slang and also some Spanish names. She also insulted like for fun with some extremely rude expressions. This has personally do not really bother me (frankly made me both a little reminiscent of me and my best friend: D), but I would imagine that some readers do not like to read something. In addition, the first 50 pages of the book were extremely slow and simply explains only a lot and I really doubt the whether I would ever read the book finished.
At the beginning of the circumstances for the contest and Wade's life are explained, everything is written from the perspective of 18-year old protagonist. He has a vast knowledge of all kinds of films, songs and computer or console games of the 1970s and 1980s. This shows that the author has well researched and many games / movies / songs that are mentioned in the film, one knows itself, some are a completely new and unknown. After the first 50 pages, however, are overcome, the story begins to be exciting. For Wade, and Parzival finds the first key and is thus of all Easter Egg hunters closest to the target. An exciting journey through the world of digital 1980s begins and Wade gets to know many interesting characters that are in my opinion almost all beautifully built and shaped. Basically, they are not flat and they remain true to their convictions. After the first key has been found, the action is rapidly gaining momentum and an event follows another. Finally, device also Wades life in danger and rather out of luck he survived an attempt on his life, because although it is guaranteed that true identities OASIS can be learned never, comes a powerful organization (IOI) behind the man who Parzival controls and threatens Wade to kill him if he does not say how he found the first key. This book is the story of a classic adventure games. Wade must find objects and solve puzzles, 372 pages long, the Easter Egg is searched and hunted and by the way the protagonist emerges under real life because IOI investigated him and wants to kill. Revalued this book is the fact that again and again can be found in the book review to our time. The escape from reality into the virtual world, which takes place today. The blind eye to the impending disaster, that the earth is going down, that the polar ice caps have melted and the petroleum consumed. However, the Internet censorship and the tremendous commercialism is illustrated by IOI. Similarly, corporate rule and moguls is heavily criticized. So IOI example, indebted customers move as forced laborers until they have paid off their debts, but usually ends in a lifelong slave labor.
And one of the main issues in the novel about virtual reality: Is it possible to fall in love someone whom you have never seen before and who is known only through the Internet? And can you trust his cyber friends that they are honest with one?
The writing style of the author is very liquid and can be read well, that English is not very difficult. Yet many computer technical terms are found in the book and that could be a problem for some readers.
Conclusion
Ready Player One is a very exciting and interesting book and some relatively rare and new on the market of dystopias. Those who have a great interest in old computer games and movies from the 1980s, which will see a lot here. For all others who do little more with computers than going to the Internet, which never or hardly play computer games, this book will probably be more likely to nothing, because they certainly have problems, to identify with the protagonists. Since I like to get in involved and also some of the games and movies know that are mentioned in the book, I could a lot with it. Nevertheless, you have to be a computer player to understand everything, because Ernest Cline describes everything very detailed and accurate. I just think that the topic of non-gamers may uninteresting. Nevertheless, you will also find the usual and legitimate social criticism and warning against to spend his life in the network. Overall, I found the book very well and therefore finally awarded 4 out of 5 stars.
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