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I got to around page 550 and haven't continued reading it for a while. I will continue at some point, but I've been distracted by gaming a lot, plus I wasn't really feeling it. Even when something big finally happened, it was pretty much spoiled a few hundred pages ago, so I was bored, left hoping for a plot twist or something that hasn't yet come. I feel that series badly needs a twist or something, because the main conflict isn't interesting me at all, though it could also just be I'm burnt out because of how damn long it is.

adg211288 wrote: I'd say there's a pretty major plot twist at the end of this one.

I'd set myself the challenge of 20 books for the year on Good Reads. I'm up to 30 so far.

Just read Ready Player One. Turns out the film threw most of the novel out. 

I ultimately enjoyed Ready Player Two. But if there's a criticism to be made it's that it seemed to feel written for the sole purpose of providing material for a second movie (which is in development). 

Vim Fuego wrote: adg211288 wrote: Also I picked up at least two references in it that Cline got wrong. And one of them was about Helloween. What should have been a cool nod to power metal quickly turned into a 'dude do your fucking research' moment. There are only three Keeper of the Seven Keys albums, not four as stated by Cline.  I remember thinking "fuck have I missed one?" because I don't know Helloween's discography that well.

Edited by adg211288 - 03 Jun 2022 at 2:40am

I've been in comic book mode lately after getting an Amazon Fire tablet to read digital comics and magazines on. I've got these DVD-ROMs with 40+ years of Amazing Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, and Silver Surfer. I've owned the Hulk set for years, but only read a few years' worth of the earliest issues. I'll have to look for the most interesting of the story arcs to make the most efficient use of these volumes.

I've just finished the first trilogy. Will investigate soon.