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Although the notion of the prominence of video games in every day life is often put aside and deemed untrue, this book is written in a very engaging way that provides lots of insight including evidence as to why this notion is true.

The POV in this book constantly shifts from third to first person as the speaker attempts to narrate unfolding events while providing personal insight and experiences toward the subject as well.

The speaker conveys his thoughts through a tone of awe towards video games, which gives this book a biased point of view. So far, the speaker never actually discusses or even mentions the negativities of games. Instead, he continues to glorify them by speaking of how they are changing society for the better.

This book focuses on the impact of video games on the modern world and how they are becoming more prominent than ever in our every day lives.

So far, the book has given lots of exposition about characteristics, setting, etc. in the form of conversation between a psychologist and a friend of a "psycho" teenager. The incident that occurred that led to this interview hasn't yet been revealed, however, the introduction of background info will definitely help to interpret the storyline and messages communicated later in the book.

In the foreword, the author talks about how at this time, the volume of data is rapidly increasing, and security companies are able to retrieve and analyze this data at an unbelievable speed. This is supposed to be keeping us safe, but it makes us wonder if this is an invasion of our personal privacies.

I'd say the first 50 pages or so were pretty slow-paced, but as the story progresses, the plot starts to elevate, making the book even more interesting and creepy.

I think the conflict of this book is very interesting because Lonnie, the main character, has the potential to become an NBA player, but he lives in Harlem, which is a dangerous and bad influential neighborhood. For example, there is a scene in the book where a store is being robbed, and Lonnie takes something as well to sell later.

The exposition is coming to an end and the main plot line is arising. This books definitely creates an atmosphere of a lower class neighborhood.

The falling action is definitely prominent now. The action and excitement in the book has come to the end and the story is mainly about college recruitment rather than playing basketball. Despite this fact, the book is still fairly interesting.

I was drawn to this book because I'm a basketball fan and the title of this book seemed interesting to me. It turns out to be better than I expected because there is a lot of action and thrill throughout the story.

The story told in this book is phenomenal, but it isn't written very well because there are too many different names. Some of the characters have only been introduced in one sentence, but they appear many times in the story, and it is difficult to remember who they are. My favorite scenes in this story are the scenes on the basketball court because there is a lot of excitement since I'm a basketball fan.

Currently there is a lot of exposition, and not much action is occurring. The exposition is giving a rich background for the reader to lean on throughout this book.

The book is getting more intense and suspenseful. Many crucial events are occurring that are leading up to the climax.

The beginning started out rather slow as a result of lots of exposition, but now the pace has picked up. Many crucial events are occurring that are part of the rising action and are leading up to the climax. I would recommend this book to anyone who is into fantasy or action.

This book includes has a lot of irony in it because there are many events that occur in which the reader wouldn't expect to happen.