Okay, let me start out with how long it took me to read this book. Over a year. I’m not one to stop reading a book all together and just put it back on my shelf, but with this one I did. I picked it back up today (October 20th, 2021) Finished the last couple chapters because it had been in my “currently reading” for a YEAR. I would consider the book fast paced, it just gets tedious at times.

I really enjoy Kali Ling. I enjoyed the fact that she’s a person of color and really incorporates her culture at the end. I also enjoy the other characters like Derek, Lily and Hannah. They were all significantly diverse and I believe it made them more enjoyable to read. Rooke I had a problem with because I felt he was really watered down except maybe the whole Taoist thing.

I’m a huge fan of virtual reality and have been looking for other books like Ready Player One, so this is the only reason I picked up this book in the first place. I wasn’t disappointed with the ending but it was obviously predictable. I enjoy the whole competition of virtual reality fighting and believe it will eventually be a huge thing in real life. I believe this book showed a glimpse of what that world would look like and that part didn’t disappoint.

I’m only rating it a 2.5 because of how long it took me to read and how much I didn’t want to finish it. Idk.