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Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

 


SYNOPSIS

Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday's contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything.

Hidden within Halliday's vaults, waiting for his heir to find it, 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'll 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.

REVIEW

The last time that I read Ready Player One was about two years ago and I was completely taken by this world that seemed so probable but futuristic. It was simply a joy to get to know the characters and how they used this amazing world at their fingertips. Now, with the sequel finally in readers hands, we all expected the same kind of excitement that we all experienced in the pages of the first book. But it was very clear from the first chapters of RP2 that what we knew was going to be turned upside down and inside out. This is something new and there is a different message to tell. 

We journey to the events after Halliday's competition and how this has changed the High Five and what they did with their newfound wealth. It comes apparent how this has changed their outlook of how they see the world, some for the better and some for the worst. 

It is only then when they discover something innovative and new that it sets off a quest in the OASIS that could change the world forever.

I didn't hate this book. Some of the chapters were quite longwinded, but I think it is a book that rewards you in the end. I actually quite liked the ending. I thought it was quite different and reminiscent of previous sci-fi books that I have read in the past. In some ways, it is a love letter to how sci-fi has changed pop culture. 

Some of the characters in the previous book that wasn't there as much also got to shine. For instance, Og was a great example of how important he is and the important role he had to play. I think that he might be my favourite since reading this book. 

Even though there are quite a few reviews that have put this book down, I don't think that it should stop you from reading it. It's not the same as the previous book but I don't think that it should be. There are some interesting parts of this book that I prefer to RP1. Overall, even though it is not perfect, this book does have some great passages that need to be read.

RATING: ***1/2 (THREE AND A HALF STARS)

BUY LINKS

Amazon: Ready Player Two: The highly anticipated sequel to READY PLAYER ONE: Amazon.co.uk: Cline, Ernest: 9781780897431: Books

Waterstones: Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline | Waterstones

Bookshop.org: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/3917/9781780897431

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