Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline, is a story that takes place in the year 2045 where everyone has been playing this game called the Oasis. The Oasis is this V.R system where you can go and do amazing things like fight monsters or climb Mount Everest. It was created by a man named James Halliday who was an enthusiast of video games and fictional trilogies.The people in this time is known as the lost generation because all people do is play on the oasis. The main character of this story is a guy named Wade Watts and he lives in a town full of stacked trailers. His parents died when he was young and he lives with his aunt but he spends most of his time in the Oasis like everyone else. In the Book wade is not a very experienced character but he is clever, especially when it comes to fictional fan bases. One day the creator of the Platform Halliday, dies and sets out a video to everyone on the Oasis announcing the Easter egg hunt. The person who finds the egg wins half a trillion dollars and total control of the oasis. Wade makes it his goal to find the egg and faces a number of puzzles and challenges. He makes friends on his journey that eventually help him. His main threat is This Company called the Sixers who plan on doing what it takes to find the egg.
I thought that the book was enjoyable and full of creative twists.
I liked how all the challenges the characters faced were Pop culture
references. There were a lot of moments in the book where I'd go ," hey I
know what that is". The story had a cool concept of a future that I'd both
wish for and hope doesn't happen. In the story Society grows antisocial and
people had relied on technology for freedom of the worlds instead of a social
life in the real world. Whenever the people in the book went on these bizarre
adventures I'd think of how cool it would be to do something like that. My
favorite character was Artimus who was a very hardworking character who"s
main mission was to get the egg. She was very competitive even with Wade (her
love interest).
Reviewed by Anonymouse, Grade 10
Montrose Library
