A Sequel So Bad, it Ruins the First Book | Ready Player Two Review, Part 1 

“who would wanna give birth to themselves...it could be worse...” rouge...rouge...don’t underestimate people...don’t. and maybe people with a breeding fetish (basically a slightly more extreme version of pregnant fetish) would? again don’t underestimate people

I hate that I completely agree with you.

Bro my headphones are not good enough to hear good audio. It sounds just fine to me. I’m excited for part two.

Well then... ill just stick with otherland for a story about being stuck in vr

If you need a good book to get this dumb POS off your mind I recommend Daemon by Daniel Suarez. It's like Ready Player Two (came out before RP1) except it's a great horror story, has something to say about technology, has very high stakes, much more likable characters, much scarier and threatening villains. And best of all it doesn't remind me at all of that horrible SAO story because it's written as a horrifying techno thriller not shitty wish fulfillment fan fiction

Thanks for the support!

@@KrimsonRogue You're more than welcome! Its practically a national holiday whenever you upload! 🥰

Same, starter

I never finished the first book

I'm in the same boat.

That's why the naughties doing hotel thing planet exist

And 1,000 year old loli demons girls.

Second Life is probably the closest real life analogue to the oasis, even closer than VRchat. SL is absolutely teeming with furries and divorced 50+ year old chainsmokers roleplaying as ripped as fuck bikers (for some reason). Where are they in RP1? What gives? Honestly if Ready Player One and Two were about a virtual world full of sad old people pretending to be tough as fuck bikies I would read and enjoy the hell out of Cline's books.

They didn't exist in the eighties, therefore Cline doesn't know they exist, because he wrote a book about a high tech internet-adjacent world without actual internet culture. Because that makes sense.

@@JackedThor-so I think they did, but they weren't as huge as they are now

my headcanon was just that Halliday made the ONI then was just like 'dear god, I need to make everyone go outside'

@@charliejones5563 I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the ONI and the Oasis were made pretty close to eachother because the Oasis already hooks all your nerves and stuff up to a world that can replicate real sensations and experiences. So afterwards he was probably just like "Yeah, I know how people's brains light up to cause these sensations. All I need to do is map that to real people and I can put that data into a VR file." That being said, I genuinely have no idea how he thought this would just work out because by the point you're recording sex experiences to shove on the thing you'd HAVE to realize how dangerous that is, right? You don't just make super porn without realizing people would get addicted to that shit.

I imagine that's why Halliday never released the ONI himself. Maybe during development, he started to realize that we need to make reality a better place, instead of making virtual reality better. But then idk why he would leave the choice up to the heir?

Well a lot of RP2 is based around showing you that Halliday was actually a totally sick fuck

@@lagspike7763 A lot of RP2 in general seems like it's mostly the writer taking feedback from the first book and then twisting his characters super hard to address previous complaints.

Oh sh-t. that's terrifying.

Normally I'd point out that it having an upper limit of time you can spend on it doesn't mean most people are gonna be hitting it every time they log in, but the book keeps on hammering in how the ONI is so addicting and everyone wants to use it all the time, that it actually is more plausible everyone is gonna be hitting the limit or coming close to it. So uh, yeah, what the fuck Cline.

You have to log out to install the headset update. I checked

then the question is. does the book follow up on that? I mean, is anyone ever bothered for hundreds of thousands victims of homicide? because it is not a "lawsuit". it's homicide...

Plot twist: Wade is the son of the guy that trapped everyone in the VR game in Sword Art Online Season 1.

I'M SO HAPPY FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT

I heard that one before... DIGI...?

based on what?

@@glarfl2680 "based" meaning TRUE

@@Ramsey276one Digi who

I dunno man, the more people that are involved, the harder it is to check for consent. :/

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Depends how old the people in the orgy are lol

@@imveryangryitsnotbutter Well if you have fifty people knowingly and willingly participating in an orgy, it’s reasonable to assume you have consent.

@@samuelbarber6177 Except for that one guy that accidentally stumbles into the room and before he has time to process gets sucked into the pile like that flesh-blob from Inside.

Funny, Armada reminder me of the shit I wrote when I was 11.

And I joined a gang in my previous school and have a girl friend in the next town over.

@@nataschavisser573 you can't meet her though. She lives in Tokyo because her mom owns Sega Japan!

My uncle works at Nintendo.

"MY DAD WORKS AT NINTENDO!"

WHAT. Is this true, or are you morbin’ us?

​@@KM-hv1jgit's true. I have just checked it. The quote is "Anorak just went Sonic.exe on us"

I've actually looked for this comment in that comment section, holy shit, referencing a shittypasta game in such a book, I was taken aback

What sick timeline is this?!?

@@Jakepearl13 Idk. It's so surprising seeing a reference to a shittypasta in a sequel to the book that was made into A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE. Poor people who don't know. They'll google this thing and will see that horrible being. It's cruel

People say it in the real world, just recently I heard a mother say it to her child, telling her to be a "Good Christian girl.

Remember, a good Christian girl always dons armor, saves France, and gets burned at the stake 🙏

@@KM-hv1jg Amém!

@@KM-hv1jg *saves and hates France*

@@KM-hv1jg and revives to oversee a mass-scale grail war

Sword art online has an interesting plot line, it's just entirely shit in execution

Ironic, seeing this book also uses an interesting plot exclusively for sex.

Kirito may be the worst Mary sue I've ever seen

@@caidpitman3845 Oh, wait until you experience the isekai with the smartphone dude...

@@Surikoazimaet Is it the one where he constantly respawns upon Death?

underwater

*war flashbacks*

show how fake this world is I say.

I mean, he ends up making his own derivative fanfiction movies so, he's working on himself

Yes.

Yes

Oh, absolutely. And I would definitely be one of the contributors to that.

@Fremen well skydiving is fun but...sex while skydiving

@Fremen Titanfall matches in this super VR would be lit.

Or even "Insert Coin" "Insert Credit" "New Game" "The Neckbeard Manifesto"

there’s going to be a prequel?

@@andymancan_ I believe Krimson says so near the beginning of the video?

I was thinking Player Select.

@@JayV949 Good one! That way it sticks with the "player" theme.

This would be an actually interesting novel, so obviously Cline won't write about it. It might become a fanfiction one day though

Cline still would have found a way to fuck it up.

Wade having a child would've been the cleanest way to make this specific sequel title work, unless he didn't want to write about a kid, in which case the title could also work had the MC simply been Sam/Artemis and this be a story about their soon-to-be-married relationship...oh well 😂

A possibly good fix-fanfic about the title of a book that acts as bad fanfiction of a bad fanfiction. Now that's neat.

If you use sexual innuendo it kind of is. Ready play one is self gratification. Ready player two you have a partner

🤣🤣🤣

Given how many times Wade apparently mentions getting laid in the book it'd probably fit the theme better, too

I somehow misread that as 'Wario Got Laid' for some reason

If they're into darker stuff, Ready Number Two might be more appropriate...and for the quality of the writing 💩

Where can I see this?

Less hilarious and more pitiable.

I love a good lolcow, where is he

I am also interested

Now i'm interested. Where can i find this?

It would be an interesting method to show anyone who hasn't given birth what it's actually like. Both for pregnant people to prepare and to give an extra level of respect for anyone who actually goes through childbirth. Not sure why you would do it for fun though.

I’m just picturing some mom forcing her kid to watch a recording of her giving birth being like “ Look at it! Look at it! You look at it!” Then once it’s done she goes “ Now go do the fucking dishes!”

@@ML-tr1hz Think of the funny videos where bros would try out period simulators.

​@@sxatcychan1988the old question debate of...periods vs nutkicks

​@@ML-tr1hz I would have been institutionalized if I knew the pain that was coming when I was pregnant lol. No way in hell would I watch that.

Good stand in for Cline, if you think about how he reacted to negative reviews.

Wade has the mental maturity of a 12yo moderator on a garry's mod server.

@@blankadams3120 The thing between someone like Norman Boutin and Ernest Cline is skill at writing, I suppose.

@@chalibard3826 i think ernest cline was trying to make you hate what wade had become in the first portions of the book

TBH I'm surprised porn companies aren't leading in VR tech yet, maybe they're just waiting for the tech to get gud

I was going to like this comment but it's already at 69

@@jackhazardous4008 They're mostly afraid of failure. Big rewards for success, right across this massive chasm filled with hungry dragons.

@@jackhazardous4008 No, it's because of cost. Big tech needs big money. Why invest in realistic 3D ultra HD interactive mocap tech while people pay bazillion of cash just to pay an illustrator to draw their unique fetish in photoshop, hire actors, or just Source Filmmaker those crap? People want unique model, scenario, and character before a fleshlight.

Honestly my first thought when reading about ONI was about all the amazing food or drink I could taste that I will never be able to experience in real life.

I choose to believe it is a promise.

@@FonVegen *What is a threat, but a promise of violence?*

@Star Quite *brilliant* of you, my fellow thinker

It's a really big copy of Art of War too. I really, _really_ want to know how many pages of that are editor's notes

Does this mean Krimson is subtly declaring war on Cline?

Exactly. I completely agree, the world is filled with "Messiahs" who tell everyone that their ideas can save the world. We're back at aristocracy again.

I love the whole shtick through out the first book of wade wanting to help the needy, until he gets rich, your so damn righy

Considering the amount of time he spends murdering his detractors in pvp im inclined to agree that it barely qualifies as making a attempt at face value.

Which makes his whole empathy stance even more horse shit

To quote Pratchett, he’s decided how people should be, when he should be looking at how people *are*.

I feel like I should label this as a spoiler for the second part of my review. XD

@@KrimsonRogue Whoops! I guess critics think alike, haha!

@@KrimsonRogue I-I think you have to at least make a reference to this comment in your next video now (assuming Nextralife is okay with it.)

So basically like fanfiction. I’ve heard advice that describing characters in a fanfic is pointless and often tedious because people already know who these people are. Well when you’ve got so many references like this, yeah, not describing at least some things would probably be tedious and/or confusing.

@@andrewollmann304 Fine by me!

yeah thats. yeah

Hahahah😂

😐

Well, so you just log back in and do it again in the game. Unless you get so totally addicted you cannot wait 12 hours.

​@happy99soup82 that'd happen really quick. Doesn't matter how much virtual food you eat if irl you haven't had anything. Eventually, you'd just waste away to nothing while gorging yourself on virtual food in flavortown.

Especially egregious because of the spider mech. Pretty sure if it's running around, the liquid in your skull is probably going to move a good bit more than a micrometer

This is what happens when you write a books without doing research.

not to mention, like, what if your cat jumps on you? or a sibling shoves your shoulder to get your attention? or all those headset criminals cline mentions make a tiny mistake? no way a headset like that isn't a fuckin death trap.

That was my exact thought process.

For me it was like: "I'm going to call it ONI" Me: Oh, like the Office of Naval Intelligence, got it Video: Onii-chan~ Me: ... okay then

@@theeyesofryan Jokes on you the office of naval intelligence is full of ahegao girls saying Onii-chan

Same

@@Wired_User and a very concerned Oni in uniform wondering wtf is going on lol

At this point in his career, he might be referring to himself as a double entendre.

As if he didn't absolutely make Norman Boutin cry

@@extinctoart I doubt Norman would've watched multiple videos dissing his waifu.

@@leothebackgroundsheep3010 Agreed. It would disrupt the integrity of the echo chamber he's built himself.

The Internet: Umm it's actually really unhealthy to focus on negativity, especially negative criticism of things people are allowed to unironically enjoy :/ Me: 🍿🍿🍿🥤🥤🥤

lolll right

"lack" is a good word to use. Because it make you feel the need to have it. "You lack proper clothes" "You lack education"

It's about time someone said it, Evil doesn't prey on apathy, it preys on love and hope.

Thanks for that. I don't lack empathy, but a part of me always wonder if the person I'm feeling sorry for is in the wrong and is just lying to everyone.

It's even gotten to the point where one might even argue that perhaps the over-empathetic nature of some people have caused the problems of today. "Oh no, look at all the homeless people! We should be empathetic and just hand them free money because they're homeless!" without realizing that all that's going to do is encourage more homelessness. That is just one example. The idea that a *lack* of empathy is what's causing these problems is either very naive or malicious.

@@dannylamb456 s'a bit of a bad faith argument at that- the real issue is the fact that the minimum wage is currently long overdue for an increase because there was a collective realization of "well, we don't legally *have* to raise this, right?", and so they didn't. When the "payment to pay homeless people enough to survive" is higher than actual wages, that shouldn't be taken as an indication that the survival payment is too high, that should be an indication that wages are below what's needed to survive. Not "pay you comfortably", survive. That's not a good state of things.

Not without a lot of changes, no.

The fact I read that in Alastor’s voice tells me I’ve been thinking too much about Hazbin Hotel.

@@justin2308 did they make more episodes?? I thought they only ever made the pilot

@@merrybright5732 It got picked up by a studio and Vivzie is working on new episodes, they want it to release all at once when every episode is done

I felt like I read somewhere that the idea for this book came out of convos with him during the first movie.

So I should do more often, that’s what I’m getting from this anyway.

The demons are missing out on Tourist Souls these days, let them feast.

The holy trifecta: oni, onii-chan, and onision

Will it be the Public Restroom Necktie Woman? I hope so.

Don’t tempt me with a good time

Hell it even contains a psychotic tyrant manchild, also like in mother 3! We can only hope someone creates an Absolutely Safe Capsule to lock him in, both in the oasis and out

And their both bratty man-children playing God

That’s what I was thinking, just a Porky tank.

Thought it sounded familiar.

That was my first thought as well.

Nothin personal

@@tysonq7131 Except it's all personal.

My favorite moment is the power fantasy of superhacking a griefer to kill him without lifting a finger

Teleports behind you can be done right though. Its one of Skeleton Knight's biggest powers in Skeleton Knight Isekai.

It's like when old Chris Chan went on genocidal rampages against gays and anyone he didn't like but still acted like it was fine

OMG yes

@@dr.anderson1847 why is everyone in the comments talking about Chris Chan? 🤔

25:38 this part is so weird- like sure, poor people experiencing those things using the oni is great and all, but it's not a substitute because it's not their actual experience. It's not how they as individuals would have felt their own unique sensations and thoughts while dining in Paris or whatever the fuck scenarios Cline listed. It can only give the user those sensations from the original recorded person's point of view. So the oni user still isn't experiencing it for themselves from their own point of view in the way they themselves would have experienced whatever event if they'd been there irl. That doesn't seem to be an important distinction to Cline, which is...disturbing.

I think he's fully aware of how dystopic it is. In the first book Wade says out loud that the planet has gone to shit and his dream is to build a spaceship with a bunch of nerd paraphernalia and escape from it. His girlfriend wants to use the money from the reward to actually help people and make the world a better place. The book even ends with Wade saying they were going to save the world with all of their money.

Is 30 dollars the norm? Cause that sounds like a lot for one book. I usually pay €10 for a book, which would be what, like 15 dollars?

You just put more thought into the premise than Cline ever did.

The Glass Toilet

I read a couple pages over my friends shoulder while he was reading it and didn't feel like I could go further than that.

I struggled to read RP1, I was so glad to be done with it. I had an issue with the page structure or don't, the paragraphs were too blocked and long. I've never heard of RP2

Based RLM

That is already a vast improvement over the actual plot. I'm curious how it would play out.

To add tension, a rogue AI in this scenario acts like the beginning of a new Morris Worm. The out of control virus during the early days of internet flooding as many data as it could in order to make as many easter eggs as possible. This data overload slowly glitches the players inside the OASIS like a beta release of a buggy game, similar to Cyberpunk 2077. With how advanced the ONI system is, people in the game are subjected to impairments similar to body disfiguration in real life which forces Wade to be physically empathetic in order to connect and amass human resources in game to solve the mad AI riddles collectively. Alternatively, Wade is forced to amass human resources to force log out or safely crash as many client of the account as possible using a similar method to bug in Minecraft Server Hypixel. This works because the kill switch must be manually executed by Anorak, and he only disables regular log out interface. By using multiple books filled with corrupt gibberish String to the maximum memory limit, stacked in a Backpack/Shulker Box which overloads the character data limit, immediately crashes the session effectively logging out the receiver of the data stack. This also creates opportunity for heroic sacrifice as this method doesn't work for the griefer/account crasher because they have to slowly input the data to overload while the other receiving account crashes from the data burst in addition to their own stacked corrupt data.

@@defaulted9485 baller

@@KrimsonRogue Oh my god, senpai noticed me!!

@@defaulted9485 Oh, I love this idea! Didn't understand the technobabble, but I think I love all of it!

I ask that when my 15 yo dog is asleep for a long time lol

Lol I just sit there in fear for a moment before I hear a loud "MMMMMMMEOWWWWWWWW" and go "oh ok she's just being dopey again"

A thing all pet owners have asked their pet at least once

"Sadly, yes. But I LIVED!"

@@aidanmills6136 and now i have 8 lives!

So the reverse of the feeling you get from watching psycho pass?

No, no, it's a dystopia from the perspective of the dictator

@@BlueLizardKing isn't that what i said?

@@jackhazardous4008 They said it better.

Oh Hai Theresa...

Ah, another individual of culture, welcome friend

They’d probably use it to train a new batch of Spartans.

isn't SAO based on a novel? pretty sure it's already written

When he mentioned it I couldn't help but think isn't there a incest storyline in that series

@@onetrickponysona2613 yeah i have some of the light novels for some reason i need to clean out my bookshelves

​@@onetrickponysona2613 not only is it written, but it's being written again from the start.

its like how super hero movies try and make their characters "relatable" by giving them minor personality annoyances and making egregious mistakes while still framing them as fundamentally virtuous people who just made a widdle boo boo and will still be praised as messiah figures at the end of the day

And here I was having conniptions over my characters deciding to wreck a space station’s water supply as a diversion. Turns out I was worried over nothing! If they’re the protagonists, it’s okay!!!!! /s

Or stop shilling frequent references

This implies he actually wrote any of that instead of just copying and pasting everything from the Wiki.

If you are at all interested in gaming you know what Sonic the Hedgehog is. And if you aren’t interested in gaming why are you reading this book?

Did none of you read the first book?

@@SorowFame I think everyone knows who sonic the hedgehog is anyway...

Keep in mind that this is Cline we're talking about. The same guy who thinks computers are actual magic as Anorak's lockout was "in a totally different language". Because surely you can just compile new code in a totally different language without crashing the program. The author thinks that software is actual magic and its just computer wizards casting stronger programming spells than the other.

I think this shows that the author has exactly zero knowledge of computers, coding, or the digital world lol

That right there would have been a much better story. The premise alone has more character than Wade does in the rest of this story. The "lesson" he has to learn by the end falls flatter than most after school specials.

You know what? That would be a much better story (the bar's so low, it's easier to list things that aren't), but it would also justify the title. With everybody scrambling to find the bargain bin Chaos Emeralds, everyone is wondering who will become "Player Two" with some sort of elimination match between however many people it takes to find seven not-Dragonballs. I mean, he still finds them all himself and becomes both Player One and Two and ends up having to give the company to himself and learns nothing, because he's a no-talent hack. I mean, the writer is... because they are totally separate people, wink.

I like the idea that nobody in this world even with vast wealth on the line seems to even consider..... parsing the code to access the relevant data. I mean you don't have to wait a month after the release of a major title today before the molders have gutted it and strung the guts out like a serial killer so it seems a bit odd that with millions upon millions of active users and vastly powerful corporations interested in the thing there would still be surprise messages and hidden secrets.

Or like going backwards at the start, how that is the first thing many people would try when looking for Easter Eggs. Just add this critical research failure to the list of general incompetence and Big Bang Theory-level 'jokes.'

Not only is that a sick idea, that would also take care of the “Why is this book called Ready Player Two” problem

I appreciate the alliteration. XD

All Hail Krim, Lord of Long Hair & Literature Rants!

That does sound interesting. It's very relatable to the modern internet considering ageplay, loli art, and ai chat bots can be used to roleplay child abuse and SA without actually involving children. It's in such a weird area where it's very clearly fucked up that people have these fantasies and it shouldn't be normalized, but is it morally wrong if no one is harmed? Should society criminalize an act with no victim? Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check it out!

Bandgeek8408 was the first book reviewer I watched, then it was Dom, then Krimson. I honestly wish I could see all three do a review together.

And have Generally Phooky illustrate

I have no hopes for that either. God why does this exist.

i’ve never read the book or watched and reviews of it, what’s the deal with her? does wade treat her like shit or something

Everytime I hear someone mention a character that’s a POC/LGBTQ+/Neurodiververgent and follow up with “We’ll get to that” it’s always something awful

@@baalgodofrain something tells me that its gonna be nice and awful now, given the authors characters through this book -_-

@@digitalwanderer6809 it’s either that or it’s gonna be terribly mishandled to the point of being worse than not including her or just a fully irrelevant and pointless addition for some of that sweet wokeness

I’ve beaten that exact quest and still didn’t make the connection… now all we need is a bunch of unrelated interaction by just shoving the flower in other people’s faces :)

no. Noooooo, that… no… Cline, what the fuck.

Don’t forget EL James and Meyer. If these two can get a book deal, so can you

It's all about knowing your audience and marketing it right

@@cam4636 And getting New York Times to call your book "a #1 bestseller".

@@KaiKrimson56 Well, that didn't quite work out for Lani Sarem...yet

Eventually, people will recognize good writing. It might take some time; but know this: it's never a matter of if, simply when.

Well this is a rare sight.

And in today’s Unexpected Crossover news…

Hearing Mike and Connor talk about these books is so much fun.

@@CityofButterfly The fact that they also did the second book is the cherry on top. Being able to flip to some page and always getting a dumb sentence that may or may not be something a viewer sent in is a testament to how utterly low the standards are for anything Cline writes.

Been listening to it at work and I'm so glad to have been introduced to their show

Seeing how poorly the rest of the book is written and the demonstrated lack of self awareness of the author I think you’re giving him too much benefit here

I mean that’s what this entire video is about

I've gotten that comment so many times that I'm almost convinced that's the official name for it. XD

@@KrimsonRogue I think there have been official petitions to our government to rename our dollar to the "dollarydoo". Clearly has never gone anywhere as it's the more fun and logical choice imo. side note: I really love that episode of the Simpsons, but some people here really hate it too. It depends on who you ask

Really?

Your government will have to pay royalties for the dollarydoos money. Dont forget, the mouse owns Simpsons nowp

Honestly, I'd begun to think .hack and the games were a fever dream until the new game came out.

@@spunkmckunkle5604 There's a new game? Shows how in touch I am with that franchise. I actually never played any of the games, just watched the Anime and OVAs.

@@horizontalker9695 yeah. It's .Hack GU. Similar to the original games. The gameplay is alright, but I couldn't stand the number of cutscenes and travel. Like 60% of the game is go to place at the far end from spawn, watch cutscene, get email, log out to check email, go back to same place. I think I gave up after being interrupted three times in a boss battle to be told stuff that could have been told either before or after. Story was alright, but paced in about the worst way.

@@spunkmckunkle5604 so by “new,” you meant “the games that came out ten years ago”

@@deyedrah by "new," I meant the all-in-1 version of the games that weren't the original 4, which was released on the PS4 in 2017.

It's not fun. I would go into detail, but it's not pretty. I hope your mom is okay and that you're doing well also!

@@lunabearsong2043 don't worry, me and my mom are fine :D

Isn’t childbirth extremely painful anyways? Why would anyone want to experience that if they have a choice and they aren’t even getting a child out of it?

C-sections are painless tho. You get morphine to the spine, which numbs everything below that point. Plus, it ain't your stomach.

Sometimes I wonder why there's women that want to have children. Just imagining it hurts me.

Bro what? Over some movie, how childish are you

Can. I get yo number tho 😅😅😅

@@obbalad the duality of man

@@Wolfbarr01keepin up the rizz grindset

But that's only what can fit into the frame!

To be honest, if he did do that, it would feel even more like a bad fanfiction of SAO, since in the second arc, the protagonist does the exact same thing

Now, now, we can't have something like that! Wade is the big balled badass on campus! He's the Mary Sue, remember! Mary Sues can't be bothered by "petty" stuff like that!

@@anacromacia at least it still be a shocking moment.

@@anacromacia DOKTOR TURN OFF MY PAIN INHIBITORS

Yes, this is literally what happens in Sword Art Online.

"It's not plagiarism, it's a homage."- Ernest Cline, probably.

Alternatively, it's a totalitarian state but written by the dictator

When you're owned by a critic, you tend to sense a bad piece of entertainment

@@multilad816 are you speaking from personal experience?

Actually hold on that sounds good

12 Angry Men is one of my favorite plays. What is/was your sequel about? Did it follow Number Eight? Or the defendant?

@@emilylike-the-soup2502 well, it’s long over now, never finished it, but it def inspired a story I’m currently working on!! I had a couple of sequel ideas, but the main one I was talking abt in the comments is one where the jurors themselves become detectives and have to start working together once more :]

Can't wait to read 13 Angry Men

12 angry men is a good book

I gotta say, all these weird hangups and "I have sex" moments in the books give me reeeeeally creepy vibes about cline himself.

@@PriyaPans they really do

I was already terrified of cline thanks to the nerd porn poem. He is what i could have turned in to if i never confronted my own toxicity and became a better person

​@@TheBonkleFox E x c u s e m e ? A _what_ poem?

@@chansesturm7103no way this dude just typed “nerd porn poem” and didn’t give us any context

You and me both. I was halfway through the book before I stopped getting Halo flashbacks.

same

@@KrimsonRogue that is a bad thing? what do you what in your story a god that can do anything and can not be killed or a person that can never conquer anything!

"Your Health is low." 😆

"The Batteries In Your Controller Are Low"

LMAO HE REALLY THINKS HE'S DOING SOMETHING

No, they will be "Ready Player Three", "Ready Player Four", "Ready Player Five" and "Ready Player Six".

Don't forget the final book in the series: "Press Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A and Start"

That's... actually not bad enough considering that's an required items used by every single new students for years and probably only get replaced if it's broken (unless you're Ron). Quite good world building.

Or just compare it with phone or smartphone

Okay but let's not pretend that Harry Potter doesn't have insane worldbuilding. Like every adult (virtually) can teleport instantly, but they use the world's slowest bird to send MAIL

@@trequor OK but colleges still send acceptance letters IRL when email exists.

@@haroldd7178 Some colleges do. Lots dont bother anymore. Email is not the same as magic or teleportation either.

"Nothing _personel..."_

When I first read this comment I had no idea how accurate it was... My god

*personnel The misspelling is important

He writes about it so triumphantly too, like no mate you got hacks.

The truth is, the game was rigged from the start.

Good point

It gets much worse in Part 2 of the review. I'm not convinced that Cline knows what it's like to experience empathy.

Also, what bloody empathy is in the book? It's one of the most unrelatable story I've ever sat through so far, and that's coming from someone's who's seen every longform book review here.

These are the takes, these are the opinions 🔥

I think it’s obvious that he’s referring to empathy as in sympathy; understanding other people and the like. Not that he conveys any.

Why You like the worldbuilding of Godzilla?

@@CrissCHG Yes. Also, it depends on which Godzilla you're referring to.

A common trap a lot of new writers fall into (and some old ones too, looking at you Rowling) I've observed is that they feel the need to overexplain EVERYTHING, when in many cases it's best to just leave a topic alone and trust the audience to fill in the gaps, rather than trip over one'self trying to explain all the minutia of how something works.

@@GodOfOrphans See: JK Rowling

@@myname9130 I know I mentioned Rowling in the brackets.

Don't we all?

We all need emotional support from cats

Actually, not entirely. From my understanding (that being the anime, not the manga or LN), pain was dulled, but not muted. Unpopular opinion, but I liked the Alfheim ark of the anime, the end fight most notably, both in-game and in the parking lot.

@@galvanizeddreamer2051 It was turned up once the whole "you're stuck here" thing happened. Also > Actually liking the worst part of the entire story, for an already terrible story Jesus Christ how do you have taste this bad?

@@CamelotGaming Easy. I watched it when i was 14, and haven't since.

Get Ready for Gun Gale Alicization! XD

Empathy is the Noob's Trap and dump stat in the game of life, anything past a certain early treshold is not only unhelpful but in fact detrimental as it makes people exponentially more open to abuse and manipulation and just being made a sucker in general. The modern age in particular practically deifies empathy yet people who claim to be proponents of it display downright abusive behaviour to others on a regular basis and are caught in scandal after scandal after scandal, all the while people become less and less empathetic to their neighbors not more, and those who rise above the admittedly justified mire of distrust paranoia and hatred are routinely abused for their willingness to see the good in others, not rewarded. Empathy is kinda like one's willingness to beleive player messages in Dark Souls, you might occasionally find a hidden wall or some treasure but 9 times out of 10 it'll just get you killed.

@@GodOfOrphans your so cynical it’s funny

Worse than a class traitor, an industrialist AND monopolist

RP1: Dystopia from a pseudo-elite who think's he's oppressed RP2: Dystopia from the same pseudo-elite, who is now dictator.

He gots laid too

@@scparker6893 people can dislike multiple things about a book and aren't obligated to list every single one in their comments

Has that actually happened? Any psychological papers or case studies from professionals? Or just a potential imagined consequence?