Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline

Ready Player Two (Ready Player One, #2)

by Ernest Cline

#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.

Reviewed by remo on

2 of 5 stars

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Ernest Cline intenta repetir éxito, y lo malo es que directamente nos deja ver los palos del sombrajo, es transparente en mostrarnos cómo lo está intentando, tirando de nostalgia más aún que en la primera parte, hasta la saturación hiperglucémica. La narración pierde mucho de lo bonito que tenía la primera parte, entra en detalles muy absurdos sobre qué es y qué no es políticamente correcto (por lo visto algunos colectivos woke le echaron en cara al autor nosequé tras la primera novela) y, sobre todo, se ve que está describiendo cosas que en una pantalla de cine quedan muy bien pero que contadas son un coñazo.
Si vuelven a hacer película podría hasta verse, pero como libro queda muy por debajo de lo que quedó el primero, que en sí ya no era un pedazo de novela, sino una novela simpática. Esta ha perdido la simpatía también.

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