Dana’s Reviews > Ready Player One > Status Update

So if some avatar swoops in like God and solves all the problems in this virtual world and in this plot, it kind of gives a whole new dimension to the phrase "deus ex machina," doesn't it?

You know how someone sat down to puzzle out how long Phil Connors would have had to re-live February 2nd in the movie Groundhog Day to have accomplished everything that was shown? If I cared more about this book and the characters in it (I don't), I would sit down & figure out how long Wade would have had to spend to accomplish everything he says he's done/watched/learned/memorized. I can almost guarantee it's >5yrs.

I'm becoming 100% certain that "Art3mis"'s ~hideous disfigurement~ she keeps alluding to is going to be something dumb and minor, and she'll end up being Wade's reward. Along with, probably, billions of dollars and more power than his naive ass has ever dreamed of or can handle.

Ughhhhhh. This dude would be decried as a Mary Sue and mercilessly flamed if he were a chick. I could do without the ten-page-long masturbatory "godDAMN I know my obscure 80s trivia!" drags. Someone give me the abridged version so I don't have to read this guy jerk himself off over how clever he is for five more hours.

If I have to hear Wil Wheaton say poseur (“poh-ZEUR”) one more time I’m gonna shove a paperclip through my eardrum. Also, for how many pages does this gatekeepery, 80s trivia dick measuring contest continue? I hate everyone in this bar.