Ready Player One: Final Thoughts

After finishing up the last couple of chapters of Ready Player One, so much went through my mind. I really enjoyed reading this book, but I also can't get over how intelligent Cline makes Wade's character. The part that stuck out to me the most was on page 356 when Wade said, "Over the past six years, I'd watched Holy Grail exactly 157 times." Like how does someone just remember that off the top of their head? There were more little things like that throughout the book that made me have thoughts like this as well, but this was the one instance in this chapter.

I also thought the ending of this book was very predictable. The main character reaches his goal and becomes incredibly wealthy, gets the girl in the process, and defeats the enemy. I'm glad Wade ended up finding the egg over the sixer's though. Maybe it's just me, but I still think it would've been cool if Parzival, Art3mis, and Aech all ended up winning together instead of Art3mis, Aech, and Shoto's avatars all dying.

One other thing I would've been interested in reading is a little more falling action. Maybe something about what actually happened with all the money the four of them earned. Did they actually end up stopping world hunger? What are Shoto and Aech up to now? Like I said, I think it was a really good book and I enjoyed reading it, I just think it would be cool to know what happened a few years after the big hunt.

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  1. Madison BirmeleSeptember 17, 2017 at 7:51 PM

    Yes, I agree. When he brought up how many times he watched 'Holy Grail' I also thought how can someone just keep track like that? At the end of the book I also would have liked to know what they did, and if they continued to be friends down the long road. Maybe that would have called for another book, or even a longer version to this book. Like most books and even movies the ending was predictable I thought as well. In the middle of the book I would have disagreed because of how it was going with the Sixers but more so into the end I figured something good would happen and come out of Wade's hard work.

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  2. UnknownSeptember 21, 2017 at 9:27 AM

    Like you and Madison, I also was skeptical about a few of the things Wade did in the book, such as the Holy Grail reference you mentioned. I understand that Cline is attempting to portray Wade as obsessive and as a genius, but sometimes the examples would go a little bit too far. Watching Monty Python that many times over six years would equate to a little over twenty-six times a year, or about twice a month. With school, mastering video games, hanging out with Aech, and studying other media that Halliday enjoyed, I find it hard to believe Wade would spend that much time on one movie.

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