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Leanne VC Croft BA (5 KP) rated Ready Player One in Books

Oct 25, 2018

Ready Player One

Ernest Cline | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry

8.9

(161 Ratings)

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A fantastic read.
Set in a futuristic world were VR is the biggest part of their everyday lives, many people play in the Oasis. The Oasis is a VR game where anyone can be anyone. Gamers are attempting to beat the game to win the prize money that has been left by the creator and to inherit the game itself.
I really enjoyed this concept and the fact that the Oasis challenges are the classic games like Pac man, games I have enjoyed and can relate to.
The best aspect of this book is, even though it's set in a world nothing like ours, we can relate to the characters and their enjoyment with tech and gaming and escaping reality as we do when gaming or reading.

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Kimmic (814 KP) rated Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas in Books

Feb 2, 2020

Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

Adam Kay | 2019 | Biography, Health & Fitness, Humor & Comedy, Medical & Veterinary

7.6

(9 Ratings)

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What an absolute flop!!!

After loving "this is going to hurt" I was so excited to get this when it came out. And then it arrived. For the price of a standard hardback I got a pocket notebook! Oh well it still has potential.... nope! This feels like an absolute stretch to make money on another release around christmas using the back of the last book (which was actually really good) to sell to previous fans. I feel this flop will actually do the opposite and put people off buying the next one (if there is another) because they were tricked into buying this rubbish with an expectation that it would be as good as the first. This one went straight into the charity shop bag!

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Kelly Rettie (748 KP) rated The Couple Next Door in Books

Feb 15, 2020

The Couple Next Door

Shari Lapena | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

8.0

(75 Ratings)

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Easy to read and follow (0 more)

Lots of twists

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Started this book and got into it from the first chapter. A couples baby goes missing while they are having dinner at their neighbours. The husbands business is failing and hes desperate for money, and so I thought "okay I know what happened". This book starts you off thinking it's super predictable, but then more twists show all those involved. At the end when the baby is finally home, it appears all is well and a happy ending.... in the last chapter one last twist means no happy ending after all. All in all easy to read and follow, just 300 or so pages of plot twists that make you want to keep reading to get the full truth.