Ready Player One

This novel is going to appeal to a specific age group more so than others. And that age group is people around my age, who grew up in the 80's. You know the ones who were given an Atari , and played Pac-man and Jungle Hunt on it. If a reader is not familiar with John Hughes movies, and other great movies from this time like Sneakers, and Tron, they will miss many of the references

All that being said, I was also strongly reminded of some more modern movies, like Dee Snider's Strangeland from 1998, and Gamers from 2009. These movies showed the power of the internet to be used for great good and great evil. Well lets face it, mostly evil in these movies.

I found Wade to be a sympathetic character. It was so sad to see someone who's life was so deplorable that his only refuge was on the OASIS, the future replacement for the Internet. Although he became a virtual "rock star" I have rarely read about a character who was more isolated. But that was only part of the story

This novel was a glorious romp of an adventure. It was a race to the finish, with the "good guys" being chased by the "bad guys." There was no doubt about who were the bad guys in this novel. They were dressed in black, and did nothing that was not inherently evil. Subtlety was not what Ernest Cline was going for in this novel

All and all I loved this book. I started reading it and began to become obsessed over it. When I was not reading it, I was thinking about the references mentioned in the book. I wanted to know what was going to happen next. Ernest Cline created a glorious romp down the past with his novel Ready Player One

5 of 5 stars