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Dec 12, 2017Beatricksy rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Hhhh. It's tropey and the characters are so boring, but I gotta give it credit for being more than just a capture-the-flag-type of video game, like so many of these gaming books describe. The virtual reality segments are much more interesting than the real world ones, but it never really seems to take its gaming aspects to full potential. Also, every person they met in the trial was a huge jerk who would devolve to cannibalism soon as put on a virtual reality helmet? What sorta internet trolls you been hanging out with? The vast majority of people who would get into that trial (and it likely wouldn't involve 13 year olds) would play differently. Our protagonist is dumb as a pile of rocks, but in a mildly charming way, even if it takes him about 80 percent of the book and a monologue to figure out who the villain is. But it's fun, and I staggered through it while fighting off the flu and it didn't put me to sleep. So, good on it for that.