Wednesday 6 December 2017

Otherworld - Book Review


Otherworld (Otherworld #1)
by Jason Segel, Kirsten Miller


What is it about:
The company says Otherworld is amazing—like nothing you’ve ever seen before. They say it’s addictive—that you’ll want to stay forever. They promise Otherworld will make all your dreams come true.

Simon thought Otherworld was a game. Turns out he knew nothing. Otherworld is the next phase of reality. It’s everything you’ve ever wanted.

And it’s about to change humanity forever.
Welcome to the Otherworld. No one could have seen it coming.


What did I think of it:
I'm a gamer as well as a book addict, so this sounded like a cool read.

It starts out with Simon playing Otherworld, but after one chapter it switches back to the normal world. It takes forever to get back to Otherworld, and I even wondered why they had the book start this way. The first chapter didn't seem necessary to the story apart from giving Simon easy access to information I had wanted to see him struggle for.

Anyway:
This story is very different from what I expected. Apart from Otherworld only getting a bigger role later in the story it's also less about Otherworld as it is about conspiracies and human greed, with Otherworld as backdrop for part of the story.

And it's an entertaining story, but at a couple of points not very believable. I'm not talking about the setting here, but about the mechanics of the conspiracy. Otherworld itself didn't really do it for me either, it was bland compared to the worlds in games I love.

All in all a nice read, but if you want a book about gaming I advice you pick up Erebos by Ursula Poznanski or Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.

Why should you read it:
It's an entertaining YA read.


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