Brief synopsis (no spoilers)
What if this life is just a simulation? What if our bodies are in another world, plugged into a virtual reality game, and our entire life is just one play in that game? What would our real life be like, if we could experience several full simulated lifespans, in our teen years, and then enter adulthood? That is the premise of this story.
Category
Sci-Fi
Why I chose this book
It was either free or discounted on Amazon, and sounded interesting
My personal opinion (the review)
Too many inconsistencies. For example: The real world is able to view the players in the game in "real time", but time in the game is sped up, so that a week in real life is worth a decade in the virtual world. How do real world people have enough time to experience the virtual world, in real time, while still being accelerated? Danielle enters the game 3 days behind Trew, but she only ends up being 1 year younger. If a week is a decade in the game, then 3 days should have been roughly half a decade. Also, the author left nothing to the imagination. I felt like I was being walked through every point in the plot, instead of being left to figure some things out with context. It felt a little condescending, but not quite that strong. It's a great premise, though. This could have been an amazing, reality-shattering story.
Warnings
Language: not really
Violence: none
"Adult" situations: implied, but not described
Death: yes, and of a major character
Movie rating equivalent
PG
Protagonist description
Trew and Danielle are the main characters within the game, and are very popular outside the game. They have a natural knack for the game. Brandon is the main character outside the game, and is incalculably wealthy, and pretty self-absorbed. But he's pretty normal for being so outrageously wealthy and famous.
Point of view of story
First, but changing narrators
Book length
Short- quick read
Story flow
Choppy. Jumping between two worlds, with two different definitions of time was odd
Grammar and spelling issues
Some issues; a few being fairly distracting
Character connection (no spoilers)
None
For series:
Independent or integral (stand-alone or back story dependent)
Unknown
Series review as a whole
I believe I got the first book for free. I won't be purchasing the second book.
If you only have time for one, read: (which one)
Pass. Choose one of the many other, better series out there
What if this life is just a simulation? What if our bodies are in another world, plugged into a virtual reality game, and our entire life is just one play in that game? What would our real life be like, if we could experience several full simulated lifespans, in our teen years, and then enter adulthood? That is the premise of this story.
Category
Sci-Fi
Why I chose this book
It was either free or discounted on Amazon, and sounded interesting
My personal opinion (the review)
Too many inconsistencies. For example: The real world is able to view the players in the game in "real time", but time in the game is sped up, so that a week in real life is worth a decade in the virtual world. How do real world people have enough time to experience the virtual world, in real time, while still being accelerated? Danielle enters the game 3 days behind Trew, but she only ends up being 1 year younger. If a week is a decade in the game, then 3 days should have been roughly half a decade. Also, the author left nothing to the imagination. I felt like I was being walked through every point in the plot, instead of being left to figure some things out with context. It felt a little condescending, but not quite that strong. It's a great premise, though. This could have been an amazing, reality-shattering story.
Warnings
Language: not really
Violence: none
"Adult" situations: implied, but not described
Death: yes, and of a major character
Movie rating equivalent
PG
Protagonist description
Trew and Danielle are the main characters within the game, and are very popular outside the game. They have a natural knack for the game. Brandon is the main character outside the game, and is incalculably wealthy, and pretty self-absorbed. But he's pretty normal for being so outrageously wealthy and famous.
Point of view of story
First, but changing narrators
Book length
Short- quick read
Story flow
Choppy. Jumping between two worlds, with two different definitions of time was odd
Grammar and spelling issues
Some issues; a few being fairly distracting
Character connection (no spoilers)
None
For series:
Independent or integral (stand-alone or back story dependent)
Unknown
Series review as a whole
I believe I got the first book for free. I won't be purchasing the second book.
If you only have time for one, read: (which one)
Pass. Choose one of the many other, better series out there
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