Restricted Section Book Club discussion

Do you have a favorite quote from the book yet? Anything you wish had happened differently? Something you're really hoping happens before it ends? How are you feeling about the book?

Wade has redeemed himself a bit in this part of the book. Reconnecting with his friends, making progress on the quest and getting some of his focus back. The scene where Shoto talks about Daisho's death made it clear that IOI were prepared to go to any lengths to win.

I liked the detail of having Cory Doctorow and Wil Wheaton on the OASIS user council (even though they would be in their seventies by then). There's a bit of a disconnect in a world where murder and indentured servitude don't seem that big of a deal but the law forbidding DNA records from being stored seems to be sacrosanct.

I can't see how Wade thinks he'll achieve anything by becoming indentured but he's obviously got some plan in mind.

Ernest Cline is currently my writing idol. I was feeling like I was about to vomit in the scene in Chapter 22 where Wade is playing Pac-Man. I assumed he'd beat it but I felt like I was there with him watching it happen and was freaking out. Ha ha! The fact that I was literally just having a conversation about arcades and how my pediatrician's office had Donkey Kong and Pac-Man when I was a kid right before I read this part of the book may have contributed to my feeling this way. But still.

Alice wrote: "I felt like I was there with him watching it happen and was freaking out"

Oh my god! I felt like that throughout the entire book, whenever Wade played anything! I love getting that feeling from a book!

I really love that at the end of this section, everything is taken away from the OASIS. Wade is put into the IOI indentured servitude, and he can't avoid reality anymore by hiding in the OASIS.

Ashley wrote: "I really love that at the end of this section, everything is taken away from the OASIS. Wade is put into the IOI indentured servitude, and he can't avoid reality anymore by hiding in the OASIS."

The indentured servitude is creepy. So many people have so much student and credit card debt... it makes me want to go pay extra on my bills this month. Ha ha!

Kristina wrote: "Something you're really hoping happens before it ends?"

I'm hoping that Wade finds whichever IOI employee is holding the shield in place for the Sixers at the third gate. The mean part of me wants him to drag that person out of their chair like IOI did to Daito. Although, I suppose for the sake of Wade being the hero he probably shouldn't kill anyone in real life.

This part made me so anxious! I was not sure if Wade was making a good decision by going into the sixers slavery.

I agree that Wade is a little bit more like able in this part. It was really weird transitioning back to this prolonged section that takes place in the real world because true majority of the book is in Oasis. I'm a little bit confused though on how he managed to get arrested right when he wanted to. Did I miss something because it seemed like the officers just showed up independent of his plan?

I just started this section and I'm currently listening to the audio book. Hearing Wil Wheaton narrate the fact that Wade wanted to re-elect Wil Wheaton in the OASIS was hilarious!

Kylea394 wrote: "Hearing Wil Wheaton narrate the fact that Wade wanted to re-elect Wil Wheaton in the OASIS was hilarious!"

Ha ha! That's awesome! :)

He got arrested cause he triked his bank account so he would be in debt with IOI. Obviusly not a week passsed till IOI "knocked" on his door.

When he escaped he cleared his bank debts and deleted his fake personality.

Alexandre wrote: "He got arrested cause he triked his bank account so he would be in debt with IOI. Obviusly not a week passsed till IOI "knocked" on his door.

When he escaped he cleared his bank debts and deleted..."
I figured that out, but this wasn't answered in these chapters. It was explained in the next section.

I really hope the Pac Man game has some sort of relevance later. Otherwise, that was a huge waste of reading.

Like many have stated before, I think Wade has started to redeem himself and the level of human intervention is quite troubling. I also agree that I hope the quarter has some relevance later in the story.

At this point in the book, I'm actually kind of sad that I'm not reading about the world in the OASIS. I really wished there was another way that he could have done whatever he's planning on doing, and that being said, I AM SO CONFUSED. I want to know so badly why he decided to do this in this way, and what will happen. Why is the author doing this to me??? Why did he have to turn himself in to IOI?! That was so dangerous! I must know what happens.