Otherworld
Jason Segal & Kerstin Miller
Audiobook: 10hr 33min
Narrator:Jason Segal
Publisher: Delcorte Press
Rating: 4/5
I went in thinking this would be something similar to Ready Player One.
I was pretty off by that assumption. There is the common portion with having Virtual
Reality however that is where the similarities end.
Simon takes the fall for hacking a system even though it wasn`t him.
The start of the book is a little rocky both moving way to fast and then slowing way down.
The pacing needs work throughout the novel. From that point on though I enjoyed
the "In Game" parts. The real world portions seemed a little unrealistic with a timeline
that didn`t fit the books structure.
Otherworld is a VR game that a majority of the book is set in.
The normal players where what we use today, headsets and hand controls.
Then there are others who in the real world are in a comatose state. They get disks
put onto the back of their heads and now can enjoy the freedoms in Otherworld that
they no longer have in the real world. The disks are still in Beta and people are dying.
Those with disks don`t know they can actually be seriously injured in game.
Simon is on a mission to rescue to his best friend Kat. One of the beta disk wearers.
To reach her he must wear a disk himself and journey through the regions of Otherworld.
Risking his own to life to save a girl who doesn`t know she needs saving.
Otherworld is an action-packed, engaging book.
Perfect for gamers and conspiracy theorists alike.
~Ashley
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