Ready Player One: A Novel

Ready player one is the best book I’ve ever read. Its full of adventure and excitement and can relate to us in many ways. I would give this book 5 out of 5 stars. Ready player one is about a place called the Oasis” which we would perceive as super VR. Their whole life is centered around the Oasis and was created by James Halliday and Ogden Morrow. James Halliday passed away and left behind an Easter egg. You must get 3 keys to get the Easter egg. Once you obtain the Easter eggs. You get a ton of money and get to control the Oasis. Wade a.k.a. Parzival figured how to obtain the keys. IOI is a corrupt corporation who wants all power and money over the oasis. They try to take out Wade and his friends in the oasis but fail. Upon failure they decide to go after them in the real life. Wade, Art3mis, Aech, Shoto, and Daito are fighting for the key a and fighting for their life. Sonner or later IOI is catching up and captures Wade. While Wade is capture is hacks into IOI and finds out that they have been stalking all of them and found a video of IOI agents throwing Daito off the cliff. He meets up with all the squad and they prepare for the biggest fight the Oasis has ever seen. They fight IOI and win and Wade and his friends become the owners of the Oasis. The Story was amazing. It always stayed interesting and was filled with mind puzzles waiting to be discovered. It shows us many morals and teaches us about evil and good of man. There’re some things I would change like the part of killing Daito, but it shows the seriousness of the evil of man. The Characters fitted perfectly. Wade was the desperate gamer who loved the Oasis and Halliday. His personality fitted perfectly making him suitable to control the Oasis. His friends had their own identity, but all were very similar to Wade they were willing to fight for the Oasis no matter what. Nolan Sorrento is the head of operations of IOI. He is an evil man who is greedy for money and power. He gets so greedy he’s willing to destroy the oasis just to kill wade. His evil brings out the best in wade and his friends. The characters show their personalities very well which shows how good of a writer Ernest Cline is. His style was very modern and smooth. He included tons of humor while being serious at the same time. He showed lots of detail but kept straight to the plot. This book sounded personal to him at some points and so he tried to make it personal for us such as that we could feel what the characters were feeling. I liked this book a lot and I really don’t like books at all. It related to most modern people even though it was set in 2044. I will defiantly be reading his sequel he claims to be writing. It would really recommend it to people who likes video games or likes action packed books. It’s a funny book with some edgy humor which us modern kids love. I believe this book is on the best sellers list because it attracts its readers. It keeps you wanting to read more, and it doesn’t bore you with random details of how that tree at your grandparent’s house behind the farm where u used to play smelt or looked. It gets straight to the point and is good at doing so. It also is probably on the best sellers list because the movie came out this year and was a huge seller itself. All in all, this movie was 5 out of 5 stars. It was well written. Would recommend to anyone even if you hate books. The Story, characters, and everything about this book is amazing. I hope the second book will be as good as the first.

By my son, Noah, the reader & reviewer of this book... Ready Player One was a thrilling adventure filled with science fiction, geeky references, and a creative outlook on the future. This book takes place in 2045. Most of the world’s resources have run out and there is an energy crisis that has driven many people out of a job. How do people deal with living in such a terrible world? The OASIS provides an escape for millions of people. It’s an online multiplayer game that allows millions of people to connect and explore. The creator of this OASIS became a multi billionaire named James Halliday. After he died, he created a contest for everyone in the OASIS to solve a bunch of clues using facts about his life. The winner would inherit all of his money and become the CEO of Gregarious Simulation Systems. Because this was such a good prize, millions of people studied Halliday and everything he did. Among these people was Wade Watts, an 18-year-old senior in high school. In order to obtain the Easter egg, you had to find the copper key and then find the first gate. After that, find the jade key and then the second gate. And lastly, find the crystal key and the third gate. Five years pass and no one can decipher the copper key riddle. Until one day in school, Wade figures it out. He becomes famous for being the first one to get his name onto the score board. However, he runs into his cyber crush, Art3mis. They hit it off and exchange contact information. She shortly completes the gate after him. Wade immediately finds the first gate and moves on while Nolan Sorrento, president of IOI blows up his home. More happens and eventually Wade is forced to work with Art3mis, his best friend Aech, and Shoto in order to open the third gate. He has thousands of people from the OASIS help him unleash a full-on attack on the Sixers (another name for the people at IOI). After all the effort, Wade wins the contest and finally gets to meet Art3mis in person. Many characters change toward the end of the book. Art3mis neglects Wade to focus on the hunt regrets it because she enjoyed her time with Wade. James Halliday spent his entire life escaping his miserable life through video games. Before he dies, he tells Wade not to make the same mistake as him. However, Wade changed a lot throughout the entire book. He starts off as a regular teenage boy, just playing video games every waking second of his day, desperate to find the egg. He isolates himself completely from other people until he meets Art3mis. He starts focusing more of his time and energy on her rather than on the hunt. Before her, speaking to girls was out of the question. Also, his goals with what he would do with the money changed. At first, he just wanted to build a spaceship and fly far away from earth. But after meeting Art3mis, he wanted to help feed the hungry like she did. He became very selfless and even risked spending the rest of his life as an IOI indentured servant just to make sure people wouldn’t have to deal with IOI taking over the OASIS. At the very end, the author wanted to show the readers just how important it is to be in the real world. “It occurred to me then that for the first time in as long as I could remember, I had absolutely no desire to log back into the OASIS.” (pg 372) Staying logged onto the OASIS has removed so many people from reality and hurt their mental health. Sometimes, escaping in the real world, no matter how bad it is, is the right thing to do. I thoroughly enjoyed every part of the book. While there were a lot of boring long descriptions, they were necessary. I loved how the characters changed a lot throughout the book and enhanced the theme. Teaching kids to not ignore the problems in the world and not just escape onto their phones is crucial. Ernest Cline was showing us what would happen if we simply did nothing and I hope this was a wakeup call for everyone. I liked the dialog and how the characters connected. I feel like Cline really captured the true essence of a friendship. Wade was also a good character. Some his lines and sayings were funny, and this made him a likeable protagonist. Some of the plot points were good as well. I would’ve never thought to have Wade become an indentured servant to penetrate IOI from the inside. That was really creative. I also enjoyed all of the references in the book, even though I didn’t understand most of them. And the way he incorporated them in the riddles was just absolutely brilliant. This is my second time reading the book and I enjoyed it so much. I’m sure all the nerds out there (especially ones who were teens in the 80’s) really appreciated this work of art

Ready Player One is a thrilling adventure with an intriguing plot, captivating characters, and a unique virtual world. Cline's writing style is exciting and fast-paced, drawing readers into the virtual world of the OASIS. The characters are well-developed and real, and the book has great depth and detail. The story is full of suspense and surprise, and readers will find themselves rooting for Wade and his friends as they battle the corporate villains. It follows the story of Wade Watts, a teenage orphan living in a crowded future-world where the only escape is the virtual universe of the OASIS. When the creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves a challenge to find an Easter egg hidden within the virtual world. When Wade finds the egg, he must battle a powerful corporation to prevent them from taking over the OASIS and destroying it. Overall, Ready Player One is a great read for fans of science fiction and virtual reality. It is a captivating adventure that will keep readers hooked from beginning to end. Highly recommended! Thank you

In one sentence, Ready Player One is a geek 80′s retro cyberpunk techno thriller virtual reality love story. But one sentence is not enough. Let me get one thing out of the way first: If you are a child of the 80′s and were a computer geek and/or role player in the 80′s, like I was, you get a lot more out of this book, simply because of all the references to 80′s geek and gamer culture in the novel. If you are not, the book is still an excellent, fun and action-packed read. About the plot: In 2044 the world is a pretty messed-up place, war, recession, environmental destruction and the depletion of natural resources have devastated the world and sent most economies crashing down. The USA have turned into a poverty-stricken, almost lawless place, where civilization as we know it only exists in the remaining bigger cities. Most people flee their harsh reality in an online cyber environment called OASIS (Ontologically Anthropocentric Sensory Immersive Simulation) created by James Halliday and Ogden Morrow of Gregarious Simulation Systems (GSS), formerly known as Gregarious Games. It is World of Warcraft, Second Life, Facebook and your real life combined. People go there to play, work, hang out, shop. You can do everything in OASIS. One of the people who flee their harsh life and live mostly in OASIS is Wade, a destitute orphaned boy who lives with his aunt in a stacked pyramid of trailers and makes a living on the side repairing and scavenging electronic equipment while being enrolled in OASIS-based online highschool. His life changes when one of the founders of GSS, Halliday, dies. In his will, released as an online-video sent to every OASIS player, he declares an Easter Egg hunt of epic proportions. Within OASIS, three keys are hidden and whoever finds them and unlocks the three gates inherits Halliday’s multi-billion fortune. All clues for the hunt are 80′s geek gamer references and things from 1980′s pop culture Halliday loved so dearly in life. The hunt creates a subculture called Egg Hunters (Gunters for short) and leads to a 1980′s revival. Wade becomes a Gunter and on his quest to find the keys gathers a group of other gunters around him who will become known as the High Five. But all is not well, because a multinational corperation, IOI, just another incarnation of Evilcorp Inc. devotes enormous resources to finding the keys and does not stop at extortion and blackmail at all to get what it wants, far from it. But I shall not spoil! Ernest Cline has created a masterpiece, a blend of Matrix, Blade Runner and every sci-fi/cyberpunk movie of the 80′s you love. plus everything you find in WOW and other such games taken to the extreme, after all, computer technology is so much better in 2044, thanks to Moore’s law. There is action, there is cyberpunk, there is a love story, there is a coming-of-age story in there. There is a tale of true friendship and of loyalty. And: There is tons of 1980′s references and some tongue-in-cheek hat-tips to our time (like the Doctorow/Wheaton tac team) A true masterpiece and an excellent read. I devoured it in three days. Highly recommended reading!

My Thoughts: 1. Just like a real videogame, the plot had me addicted from the start. For me, being a medium gamer, I LOVED all the old classic 80's references. It's geeky, sci-fi and fun, all in one! 2. The author does an amazing job building such an intricate and yet simple, futuristic technological world. It felt like I was actually playing the game and experiencing virtual reality through the character. 3. Flawless. Is what I would describe the plot, the writing, and pacing. Cline's writing style seem so effortless and yet detailed enough for the reader to fully experience the story. 4. What I enjoyed most about the plot is that it has a realistic quality and believable element. Most dystopian or sci-fi novels I've read have far-fetched and over-the-top ideas that end up ruining the book. It's scary to think about how much time in our daily lives is spent on the internet and I wouldn't be surprised if in a few decades reality will be overruled by virtual technology. Cline does an amazing job with the plot by adding a few fun twists and turns which makes the journey much more adventurous and exciting. 5. I praise Cline for his ability to make so many connections from the 80's and incorporating them into oridinary clues and riddles. It amazing how every small detail plays such a crucial role in the hunt. I was so engrossed with the hunt that it felt like I was playing it myself. It was smart of Cline to get the reader involved and thinking along with the protagonist in solving the game. 6. I really admire Wade's character. He's just an ordinary, average-looking, slightly overweight teen who, like many of us, undergoes a virtual identity to escape reality (not to mention he has an adorable crush with a famous online blogger). Wade's character is much like James Halliday, the deceased multibillionaire, who never felt at home in the real world and is socially awkward. When Wade embarkes upon this new adventure, he soon realizes that not everyone is excited about his newfound discovery. I love how smart, determined, and calculating Wade is; he picks his battles rather than impulsively jumping into situations. Wade's journey was non-stop action and suspense and a total page-turner that kept me on my toes the entire time. 7. I had to pace myself and tell myself to slow down in order to enjoy the book or else I would have read it all in one sitting. Just like every amazing stand-alone book, I was so sad that it ended. I'm hoping Cline thinks about doing a sequel because there's so much more I want to know! 8. In all, if there's one thing I must say about Ready Player One is READ IT NOW!!

Ce livre est une tuerie. Je l'ai commandé en entendant parler d'une future adaptation de Spielberg en film, et je pense qu'on va se retrouver avec encore un chef d'oeuvre en puissance. Cette histoire de quète du graal pixelisée est palpitante. Et pour tous les enfants des années 80 comme moi, une vague de nostalgie assez rafraichissante. Le style est plutôt classique, mais les personnages sont attachants, les rebondissements nombreux et l'intrigue très bien ficelée. Au passage ces pages sont un vraie bouillon de pop culture qui ratissent large. Vivement le film !!!

Ernest Cline heeft een fantastisch boek geschreven... De link tussen de echte wereld en de OASIS is wonderbaarlijk... En er gebeurt alleen in het begin (eerste 25 bladzijden) weinig Het is vol actie, Popcultuur en een wonderbaarlijke vr wereld Zeker een aanrader