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A review by jessica42980
The God Game by Danny Tobey
3.0
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This review will appear on my site on January 3, 2020.
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We are beginning to get more novels that reflect the way society is heading and The God Game is one of them. The God Game is an Augmented Reality game that you play on your phone, such as Pokémon Go and its predecessor Ingress. I played Ingress for a while and enjoyed it and the beginning of the novel seemed like ‘what if The God Game was Ingress but thought it was real and thought it was actually God???’ That is what interested me in reading The God Game.
Charlie and his small group of friends, The Vindicators, are tech savvy misfits who all have various negative home issues. A lot of the book dealt with coding, which I know nothing about so that all went over my head. The characters are YA but this novel is not. This will be for the older and more mature teens (16+) as the themes and language reflect. There are a handful of anti-Trump references throughout the novel, which shows the teens maturity level. But I have to admit, the first couple of references were entertaining in how they got the game’s attention. ( I don’t really like politics showing up in the novels I read).
Once our group realizes how much the game affects real life and the consequences of playing they begin trying to beat the game. But can you beat the all knowledgeable and all-powerful god? Or at least an AI that believes it is God? There are Bible references throughout as the AI quotes verses.
Tobey did a great job with developing this group of misfits and building his story. I found myself more connected with The Vindicators home issues and wanting to see what would happen there. The last 50-60 pages really moved for me. It definitely picked up and I wanted to see what was going to happen. But the ending and this novel were really just not for me. If you are a gamer, coder, or have more than basic computer knowledge I can see you enjoying this novel more.
**Many thanks to St. Martin's Press for sending me an arc to read and review.**
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This review will appear on my site on January 3, 2020.
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We are beginning to get more novels that reflect the way society is heading and The God Game is one of them. The God Game is an Augmented Reality game that you play on your phone, such as Pokémon Go and its predecessor Ingress. I played Ingress for a while and enjoyed it and the beginning of the novel seemed like ‘what if The God Game was Ingress but thought it was real and thought it was actually God???’ That is what interested me in reading The God Game.
Charlie and his small group of friends, The Vindicators, are tech savvy misfits who all have various negative home issues. A lot of the book dealt with coding, which I know nothing about so that all went over my head. The characters are YA but this novel is not. This will be for the older and more mature teens (16+) as the themes and language reflect. There are a handful of anti-Trump references throughout the novel, which shows the teens maturity level. But I have to admit, the first couple of references were entertaining in how they got the game’s attention. ( I don’t really like politics showing up in the novels I read).
Once our group realizes how much the game affects real life and the consequences of playing they begin trying to beat the game. But can you beat the all knowledgeable and all-powerful god? Or at least an AI that believes it is God? There are Bible references throughout as the AI quotes verses.
Tobey did a great job with developing this group of misfits and building his story. I found myself more connected with The Vindicators home issues and wanting to see what would happen there. The last 50-60 pages really moved for me. It definitely picked up and I wanted to see what was going to happen. But the ending and this novel were really just not for me. If you are a gamer, coder, or have more than basic computer knowledge I can see you enjoying this novel more.
**Many thanks to St. Martin's Press for sending me an arc to read and review.**