Ready Player Two - Ernest Cline

Ready Player Two

By Ernest Cline

  • Release Date: 2020-11-24
  • Genre: Adventure Sci-Fi
Score: 4
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Description

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The thrilling sequel to the beloved worldwide bestseller Ready Player One, the near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film.
 
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST • “The game is on again. . . . A great mix of exciting fantasy and threatening fact.”—The Wall Street Journal

AN UNEXPECTED QUEST. TWO WORLDS AT STAKE. ARE YOU READY?

Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday’s contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything.

Hidden within Halliday’s vaults, 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’ll 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.
 
Lovingly nostalgic and wildly original as only Ernest Cline could conceive it, Ready Player Two takes us on another imaginative, fun, action-packed adventure through his beloved virtual universe, and jolts us thrillingly into the future once again.

Reviews

  • Good sequel…

    5
    By Mr. Nycto
    The story was solid, and relevant to what’s happening in the world.

  • Subtly insulting…

    2
    By RP1-RIP
    While a fun and interesting read, the writer inexplicably infuses racial and sexual content into the story which does absolutely nothing to further the plot. The author, it seems, is unable to help himself, describing every hero by their sexual inclinations and every villain by their singular skin color (guess which one?) and taking racial swipes that do absolutely nothing to enhance the story, and many times, in these instances, bring the readers imagination to a cold halt. This story was obviously written to appease a certain type of people in our culture while subtly insulting another. If you can look past these shortcomings it’s an entertaining short read.

  • Ready Player Two review

    5
    By topher6262
    I read many reviews that gave a poor outlook on this book before I downloaded and read it for myself; and, I’m glad did! I would not care to see another story made that brings together another “hunt”, since it would feel like that’s all this “world” has to offer. Maybe some other story could be made that delves into the human equation… but, I digress. This story seems very well thought out and concluded quite nicely!

  • Great story

    5
    By Bonebaby91
    I truly wasn’t sure about this sequel in the beginning. The first one was finished perfectly, but I’m glad to have stuck through. The ending to this was exactly what it should have been for a HEA. Still plenty of 80s references I didn’t know but I didn’t let that slow me down!

  • Should have stopped at RP1

    1
    By MusicDude70
    Another reviewer likened RP2 to “Caddyshack 2” and he was spot on! Ernest needs to unpublish this book. Lazy, preachy, and woke writing absolutely ruins this story. Cling to RP1 like a much loved 80s teddy bear and let the series end in beautiful mystery. RP2 is not the sequel you seek: Your princess is in another castle.

  • Dystopian lightheartedness

    4
    By narakku
    Oxymoronic but nonetheless true. It was a fun enough read and the stakes were high enough. A fun read for me.

  • Zero stars

    1
    By DankStew
    I hate this book but iBooks won’t let me delete it from making a duo with the first release in my library. This is horrible. I don’t even own this dumb book yet here we are.

  • Awful

    1
    By Randy 953683
    He ruined the entire thing with a weak story line and political lectures. Just pretend this book doesn’t exist.

  • Big let down

    2
    By Billrs
    What an utter disappointment. How could he go from Joust, giant Japanese robots and War Games to a love letter to Prince? In its current state, this will never be made into a movie and should never had been published. I had such high hopes for this follow up but alas…. It was not meant to be. So sad.

  • Ready Player Two….?

    4
    By S1monSays
    I really enjoyed the first book, but this one…it seemed like reading an essay that had a max word count that repeated the same concept over and over in almost the same words, over and over, just to meet the required amount of words….it could of been great

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