jp 👾 reviewed Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
Review of 'Ready Player Two' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Content warning ☢️ Spoiler ahead!
In summary: Sword Art Online plot plus San Jupinero
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 …
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.
Hardcover, 384 pages
English language
Published Nov. 23, 2020 by Ballantine Books.
Content warning ☢️ Spoiler ahead!
In summary: Sword Art Online plot plus San Jupinero
The label for two stars says, "it was okay." That seems an apt description of this book. I really like Cline, and his second book, Armada was one of my favorite books a couple years ago, but I feel like this one is missing a spark of originality, and ends up mostly being a rehash of the same kinds of ideas from the first book.