Ready Player Two

A Novel

by Ernest Cline, Ernest Cline

371 pages

English language

Published Nov. 27, 2021 by Penguin Random House.

ISBN:: 978-1-78475-802-8
OCLC Number:: 1268138592
Goodreads:: 54459121

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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.

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rujo 📚 reviewed Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (Ready Player, #2)

Dafür war ich jetzt nicht bereit...

3 stars

Ach ja, Fortsetzungen... Nach dem ich vom ersten Teil so begeistert war, da waren meine Erwartungen erwartungsgemäß recht hoch und wurden leider enttäuscht.

Der Autor hat sich ja bemüht, aber die Stimmung vom ersten Teil kam hier nicht mehr rüber. Die Story ist zwar eine konsequente Fortführung, aber doch sehr durchschnittlich. Es war alles irgendwie vorhersehbar und die Rätsel auch eher mäßig. Dazu hielt man sich viel zu sehr auf gewissen Planeten und mit gewissen Künstlern auf, mit denen ich so gar nichts positives verbinde, so dass bei mir der Funke einfach ausblieb. 3 virtuelle Sterne sind bei mir da noch drin, aber wenn ich gewisse Längen des Romans Revue passieren lasse, dann sind es wohl eher ziemlich blasse.

#Buch #Rezension #Roman #Science_Fiction #SciFi #Ernest_Cline

Ji FU reviewed Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

A bit more unbelievable than the first

4 stars

Ready Player One is one of the greatest books I ever read. As such the sequel is likely disappoint. Cline's writing is still spell-binding and leads one wanting to turn the page. The sequel claims to start only a few days after the end of the previous, but so much of the world has changed, like Artimus now hating Z.

Cline tries to get the magic of Haladay's contest again in the quest for the siren's soul. But while Holiday's contest took years to complete, Anarch gives our protagonist only hours to get it done. The number of times that the characters feel free to joke and guess the outcome of an invent doesn't seem believable at a time they also are fighting for the survival of much of the human race with less than 12 hours to complete it.

That being said the story is still very good, and …

That being said the story is still very good, and the "continue" section (e.g. epiloge) gives a great hop for the atheist as to a chance for eternal life. I try not to get my self-righteous Christian hat on.

Regardless I highly recommend this, but only after you've read the first, and feel free to skip the movie.

jp 👾 reviewed Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

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4 stars

Content warning ☢️ Spoiler ahead!

In summary: Sword Art Online plot plus San Jupinero

J.A. Pipes reviewed Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

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2 stars

The sequel clearly shares much of the first book's DNA, but somehow didn't satisfy me the way the first one did. The nostalgic 80s references in RP1 seemed a bit more subtle, and fit the story better. What made RP1 so unique is exactly why it can't be duplicated, I guess. The quest in the first one was a game that I (as a child of the 80s) would definitely want to play myself. The second one, not so much. For example, I'm a huge Prince fan, but I couldn't see myself really enjoying a visit to the Afterworld.

If you're the kind of person who likes spending time watching Twitch streamers, you'll probably love this book, because it's essentially a transcription of someone's live stream.

ranok reviewed Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (Ready Player One, #2)

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Awful

DJMao reviewed Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (Ready Player One, #2)

Es un tremendo libro

5 stars

Es aún mejor que el primero y solo repito si te gustan los mundos virtuales este libro debes leer.

seb reviewed Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (Ready Player One, #2)

OK Read

3 stars

Isn't as fun to read as Ready Player One.

outofrange reviewed Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (Ready Player One, #2)

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3 stars

More dead-on 80's nostalgia packaged in an entertaining story that pays homage by name to darker predecessors like Strange Days and Brainstorm.

Norbert reviewed Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (Ready Player One, #2)

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2 stars

So gut der erste Teil war so schlecht ist der zweite. Spannung fehlt, viel Blabla und die Handlung ist naja. Man hätte mehr aus der Grundidee des Buches machen können. Es wirkt sehr erzwungen.

pithypants reviewed Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (Ready Player One, #2)

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3 stars

2.5 stars but I'm rounding up so I don't penalize the score.

DJMao reviewed Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (Ready Player One, #2)

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5 stars

Si eres fanatico de la cutura de las pelicula, series y video juegos de los 80 este libro te vs gustar y si eres residente de un mundo vitual como Seconc Life o juegos como dofus, LOL o WOW te sentiras identificado.
El libro es bueno. Me encanto.

trillex reviewed Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (Ready Player One, #2)

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4 stars

Not as strong as the first one but still enjoyable

Thrashin_Victim reviewed Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (Ready Player One, #2)

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1 star

I just could not finish this book.
The reviews here are a much better read than the book was.

Jolteon reviewed Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (Ready Player One, #2)

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2 stars

While I really liked Ready Player One, this book seems like it was more of a sequel for sequel's sake. it lost most of the great character development and new ideas of the first book, and just wasn't as enjoyable to read.

Note that I listened to the audiobook, rather than reading the book.

doug reviewed Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (Ready Player One, #2)

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1 star

An utterly disappointing sequel.

Ready Player One was great because it fun and fresh and thrilling. Because of the story, not because of the writing. Even in spite of the writing. Because Ernest Cline is not a good writer.

RP2 takes the fresh/fun stuff from RP1, injects it with steroids, then hits copy & paste a million times. It's astounding (not really) that this book made it past his beta readers (including Stephen Spielberg) and editor.

The first 20% of the book is exposition. So is most of the remaining 80%.

Bad pacing? Check. Bad dialogue? Check. Wooden characters and an unsympathetic protagonist? Check. 13,000 adverbs in one book? Check.

Blech.