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A marvelous Baroque tale

Revisado: 05-25-24

Disgustingly brilliant! Perfectly and written and narrated. A.K. Blakemore does a perfect job balancing out the beautiful and the grotesque.

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FANTASTIC

Revisado: 03-02-21

I’ve downloaded so many audiobooks with narrators being so slow and boring. I’m happy to say that Nichole Lewis is by far one of the best narrators I’ve ever heard in a long time!

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Derivative, cliché, yet fun to read

Revisado: 01-21-21

Derivative, cliché, yet fun to read. Ernest Cline returns with a sequel to one of my favourite books of all time, Ready Player One. Ready Player Two feels like a sequel, starting right off its predecessors ending. Cline did an exceptional job in recapturing the first book's events, making me really excited to see what he got to offer this time. His introduction of the new technological advancement, the ONI, was enjoyable and engaging to read; and a bit eerie since it seems like an upcoming advancement. However, Cline does fall into that "cash grab" sequel. I did love how we were back with pop-cultural references; however, did it add up to anything new? Did the book bring in new ideas? Or the most plausible question might be, was this a necessary sequel? Not so much. I don't feel like Cline added anything new or expand the story for him to write a sequel. Yes, it was nice to see the gang back, and there was no expansion of the universe but more of derivation. However, if you're a full-time fan and devoter to the first book, I recommend checking it out, though if you're some who merely "liked" the first book, I don't think you'll like it as much.

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Long and tedious

Revisado: 09-03-20

As an art history alumni, I strongly believed I would’ve enjoyed this historical fiction novel. There is no denying that Doerr’s writing is phenomenal, lushness, descriptive and at times, breathtaking. Other than that? The book was a snooze fest. I don’t understand why it had to be this big. It could’ve easily been condensed into 400 pages max. I wasn’t a big fan of how the chapters were formatted, skipping years and changing timelines, making it hard for readers to follow and tie events together. I mean it was obvious that Marie Laure’s and Werners storyline (the two main characters) was going to connect, but wow did it take forever. Furthermore, I did not like how this book too technical, I mean way too technical. Doerr seems to be rambling on in detail which doesn’t really add anything to the story expect increase the length of the book. I would understand if that was the case with a fantasy or sci-fi novel, but it was useless with a historical fiction since the ideas were mundane and no concepts were given. I don’t know what I expected from a historical fiction novel since this was my first, but I expected some kind of tension and political ideology from countries to be given, but I unfortunately didn’t get that. Doerr understands how to develop his characters I’ll give him that, but I didn’t seem to care for them whatsoever. My ratings on books aren’t purely based whether I liked a character or not, but honestly, I couldn’t think of a time I actually cared for a character. They seemed flatlined, dull and boring. I know this book seems to be loved by the majority and I’m so glad if your one who did. Unfortunately, this novel wasn’t really my thing and I was highly disappointed due to my high expectations.

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One of my favorites of the series

Revisado: 08-17-20

Spectacular in every way possible! Definitely a favorite of the series second to prisoner of Azkaban!

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