Ladies and gentlemen, from this day forward, "Ready Player One" is my life, and I will obsess over it constantly. Ernest Cline has crafted a masterpiece. If you're looking for a great book review, let me just say: read this book!

I did something unheard of: I took a day off writing just to finish reading **Ready Player One** by Ernest Cline.I get why *I* loved this book, but I'm less sure why millions of others did. The plot revolves around solving puzzles and tasks based on 80s nostalgia. Our hero, a young guy born fifty years later, has to research the era, specifically one old man's nerdy take on the decade.For me, it was a trip down memory lane. It took in specific D&D modules I played with my friends (The Tomb of Ho...

Anyone I saw writing a negative review for this got, like, totally roasted in their comments BUT. I'm going for it anyway.



Sum up Ready Player One by Ernest Cline in a single word? Wanky. Seriously, let's talk about this book in my review.


Replace with: That 400-page book which used 80s references to condescend to people not invested in that culture was incomparably wanky.

(Deleted rest of review on account of being sick of getting abused in the comments)

This book is a geek fantasy. A nerd utopia. Speaking as a formerly addicted World of Warcraft player (among others), I absolutely loved *Ready Player One*.I truly believe you can sense an author's passion through their writing, and it's crystal clear that Ernest Cline is a fellow gamer and geek. I salute him! His passion for games bleeds through every page of *Ready Player One*. Any true fangirl/fanboy can spot a fake one a mile away (like spotting a dead fish in a Bath and Body Works – okay, ma...

ETA: Just so this review doesn't get even *more* attention by me editing it, I'm not replying to comments on this review anymore. It's four years old, and while I stand by what I wrote, I'm not interested in discussing it, either good or bad. And I'm honestly glad they made it into a movie.Such a letdown. The idea of a treasure hunt inside a massive immersive online world is cool. I like the concept of people in 2044 being obsessed with '80s culture to find clues to solve the puzzle. But the boo...

For the better part of the first half of Ernest Cline's *Ready Player One*, I wasn't all that impressed. The writing felt flat, and the story was nothing to write home about. The book gets a lot of hype because it's absolutely saturated with 1980s pop culture references, especially to science fiction, fantasy, and video games. The problem? Most of these references just felt… pointless. Cline would describe something by comparing it to a movie or TV show—which is a particularly annoying way of "t...

I originally gave "Ready Player One" 3 stars as harmless, lightweight fun, but my opinion of it declined as time went by. Then after reading Armada I fully realized what a talentless one-trick hack that Ernest Cline really is so I changed this rating. Plus, his outraged hardcore fans kept coming on here and telling me that I missed the point since I didn't give it 5 stars so I might as well give them something to really be mad about. If you're one of those Cline fans who wants to whine about it ...

That single star might be a bit deceptive... For a good chunk of my time reading it, I honestly thought "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline was going to be a solid 4 or 5-star read. The constant barrage of 80s pop-culture nods were so spot-on and relevant to my own life that it felt like the book was written specifically for *me*. (The love interest is described as being like Jordan from "Real Genius"... seriously!)But.All the Star Wars, Ferris Bueller, and Highlander references in the world can'...

Back in 2011, "Ready Player One" was arguably the most praised book of the year. It garnered rave reviews from NPR, The New York Times, Wired, John Scalzi, Patrick Rothfuss, and countless others. It boasts an impressive 4.3 average rating on Goodreads.com (a feat considering its 20,000+ reviews), and you'd be hard-pressed to find a negative review in any major publication. I cannot, in any way, comprehend this. Please believe what I'm about to say, as it's not even close to hyperbole: "Ready P...

I got to read an ARC of this, and it appealed to every geeky part of me.

I'll probably write a blog about it later, but for now, a brief review:

Simply said? This book, **Ready Player One** by Ernest Cline, was fucking awesome. If you're looking for a great **book review**, look no further!