Kid reviews for Ready Player One

When I finished Ready Player One I was stunned. It had everything that a good book should have; plot twists, fore shadowing, characters with personality, action, humor, you derived knowledge from it....... Sorry! I tend to get excited about amazing books.
When I read this book I didn't read anything that bad unless swearing and game violence makes you uncomfortable (all the language is basically smack talk as it does often appear in games). Also, it might make you feel upset because they live on what was once our world but now is ruined because of what humans did to it. It might also frighten someone because it shows what people would go to get money.
I will never forget this books and the messages and new ideas within it.

the book is great on it's own, but you should only read it if you can withstand mild sexual reference and heavy levels of profanity in literature.

So, I made the mistake of reading this at 13. I was innocent. I am no longer innocent. This was the most inappropriate book I have read in my life (and I do read a lot!). There was an insane amount of cursing, and there was a part which glamorized masturbation, saying it was necessary, amazing, etc. HOWEVER as a sci-fi geek and tech nerd, I thoroughly enjoyed the plotline and the fact that most of it is set in virtual reality. The book was very well written, but would be a lot better if the author had toned down the language and had not included so much sex-related stuff, which detracted from the plotline. Overall a great read for mature teens and adults.

There are some good role models, but way too many curse words.

This book is my favorite! But it does have quite a lot of language and sexual references. I recommend it for people who can handle it.

Set in the near future where resources are limited and the only escape from it is a virtual world. Amazing book, read through it in a few weeks because it was so great. Although there are very iffy scenes in the book.

Violence -
The main characters parents are killed in an explosion (implied)

Language -
Many uses of "f--k", "s--t", and "damn"

Sex -
The main character goes through a depressive phase where he buys a sex doll and masturbates

This book was great, and I don’t want age restrictions to hold people back from reading this. If it will get someone reading then let them read it. Most of the content would be picked up by even going to school, it’s very mild. I didn’t even pick up on some things people are talking about (I read it when I was 11).

Great storyline as soon as you pick it up. Addictive, and is very well thought through world. I am disappointed about the talk of masterbation, sex toys, and foul language, as well as crude gestures. Be careful, and its a great, but be prepared. PARENTS- i reccomend having a conversation about morals and online safety, as well as hiding behind a screen and what it would be like if everyone lived VR :)

For one thing, the book is written like it is YA, but Ready Player One is clearly intended for an adult audience; it has swears on almost every page, and 80s references that only children of the 80’s will understand.

That’s only the beginning. Here are my ratings out of 5 of all the important aspects of the book.

Plot 2/5

Virtual reality is almost a trope these days. Personally, I don’t think that cramming a bunch of obscure 80s references into a mediocre plot makes a good book. However, it is evident because of the vast majority of positive reviews, that most people disagree with me.

World building 2/5

I was fairly interested in the world building, until the info dumping began. Page after page of often trivial information. I struggled to finish this book because of it.

Characters 0/5

You may have noticed I gave the characters a rating of 0. That is honestly how I feel. Every single character in this book is either poorly written, or just plain annoying. (Yeah, that’s you, WADE). What infuriated me the most was how Shoto and Daito were written. They were stereotyped with not much thought. Also, I felt a little uncomfortable when Aech’s skin was described as “chocolate brown”. It is just a little weird for a white author to describe a black character like that. Art3mis had hope of being an interesting character at first, but it soon became apparent that her sole purpose was Wade’s love interest. She even forgave him for cyberstalking, and they started dating again.

Wade -100/5

Oh look, another category. Yeah. I couldn’t live with myself after giving the characters section a 0 when Wade was included, so I made a subcategory for him.

Wade is arguably the worst part of Ready Player One. He’s an arrogant cyberstalker who thinks that anyone who doesn’t know as much pointless 80s trivia as him is an inferior being. His narration is terrible, as he only talks about himself. Wade doesn’t even slightly offer a good perspective on Ready Player One’s vast world.

In short, Wade is just plain annoying, and he’s the kind of person I would happily punch if I were to meet him.

Overall review 1/5