Armada

While Ready Player One quickly became a fan and critic favorite, as proven by the upcoming movie, Armada fared a lot worse. I put this book off reading all the negativity surrounding it, but i was finally able to finish the book today. I have to say, I think critics have been overly harsh on this book. It was a thoroughly enjoyable read, while it was lacking a bit of excitement, it more than made up for it by it's charm.

This is not to say the book has no negatives. Some characters are very flat and boring, infact a lot of characters are. The constant references can indeed get tiring. Some times there are entire paragraph of pop culture references listed one after the another as an comparison to what's currently happening in the book.

I think all of these negatives don't do enough to make the book as bad as many say it is. If you're up for some light hearted SciFi adventure, there's not much better in the market than Ernest Cline's Armada.

4/5


- I received a copy of this book from the publisher