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Jul 17, 2018christopherdtriplett rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Like many, I decided to check this out based on my enjoyment of Ready Player One. It should be said right off the bat that this is no Ready Player One. Ernest Cline is a fun author but I feel like with Armada he is catering to a very particular audience. Where references to pop-culture, nerd culture, sci-fi, fantasy, and 80s culture were integral to RP1's overall plot, here they seem a bit more forced. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy these references as I feel like I'm the type of person Cline is writing this book for (fanboys and nerds) but when they do little to nothing to serve the plot they start to become distracting and I feel those who read this who are more casual fans will feel out of the loop and lost. Overall, Armada is a mildly entertaining read with a plot that is basically The Last Starfighter meets Ender's Game meets basically any alien invasion film you've seen in the past 50 years. Ernest Cline's writing style will find you breezing through it in a short amount of time much like with RP1. But if you're not a nerd or a gamer I'm afraid you'll feel left out.