I grew up in the 80’s and this book hit all the right cords with me! It was not only well written, but Wil Wheaton did an AWESOME JOB narrating!

As soon as I am finished typing this review up, I am downloading Cline’s next book, “Armada”

Thank you Ernest Cline

Thank you Wil Wheaton

I really enjoyed this audio book. it kept my attention the whole time. I recommend it for gamers and everyone else. Will listen again

The most amazing book I have had the pleasure of listening to. The narrator did an amazing job immersing me Into the storyline.

I decided to go back and listen to this again prior to watching the newly released film so I could have a fresh memory of the book to spot discrepancies in the movie.

An addicting, fun, and sometimes hilarious story that will capture the heart of any gamer, dork, nerd, geek, spaz, weirdo, or freak from generation X, Y, or Z. A must read with thrilling highs and depressing lows that reveals the humanity in people who try and avoid it. A must read.

narrator was great but had nothing interesting to work with.. felt like the description was the same repeatedly

Wi Wheaton does an amazing narration with tone and inflection. the story is very well written and you feel for the chsracters. modern day issues are sprinkled in, and their is a hint of philosophy.

The author's writing style seemed to be intended for readers in the 10 to 13 year old range. And perhaps my automatic high expectations from it being made into a movie by Steven Spielberg were inevitably going to be left unmet. The performance by Wil Wheaton was annoying at times because of random dramatic fluctuations in his excitement. I pictured the script having random words and sets of words in all caps causing him to read the story as he did in this audible book. It was confusing at times because it caused me to question the author's intent. i.e. hmm, is that thought meant to be vital in the story so I should take note? the story itself intrigued me because of the 80s nostalgia running throughout. However, the author chose to describe much of the 80s references. Perhaps this was so the young audience he was writing to would get it, but for anyone who would already know terms, fashions, music, and other 80s nostalgia, it was tedious and detracted from the fun of recognizing the references. Overall, the story was juvenile and a huge disappointment. it was it would be like reading 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid ' with literary expectations of ' East of Eden.'

I love the story I'm not an obsessive gamer but I was able to identify with the protagonist I hated the antagonist I love the performance of the narrator I felt like he was really relaying his experience it was good overall read looking forward to watching the movie!

Love how the book play to the nostalgic part plus new references of movies, video games and songs.