Yet then again, this is a light read, and to some extent fulfills its function. Perhaps I’ve never been into the whole fan fiction thing to appreciate what’s going on, but then again, this isn’t really supposed to be fan fiction as far as I’m concerned. As has been pointed out, Cline’s referential style revolves around him writing his versions of his favourite stories, amply referencing them and toying with them along the way, but his hybrid just doesn’t seem worth the trouble to me. I did, however, until the very end, but I’m not quite sure if it did me any good. The premise was too thin for my liking, and while I could appreciate fantastical things taking place out of the blue, unlikely turns and even, as it happens, the likeliest and most obvious ”twists”, I felt completely detached from what was going on to the point where I asked myself why I should bother reading further. Unlike many readers and listeners, I wasn’t exactly won over by ”Ready Player One”, and I admit that only a third into ”Armada” I was ready to give up.

Millenium Falcon Has Problems With Hyperdrive Good fun read - recommended if you are after something a little lighter. His voicing of one of the characters near the end was amusing though but I think he had a good time with it. I think there were just 2 or 3 references I missed so I guess I must be the target audience for the book :) Wesley (sorry Wil, but you'll always be Wesley to me) did a fine job as always with the narration with enough voice acting for it to really help the story but not enough to spoil as can happen. As for the story it's fine, albeit predictable with many leaps of faith required in terms of the technology but this is kind of the point of the story. The characters are fine, but would have liked to see more of Lex in the story as I really wanted to hear more about her. I think if you go into this book with these expectations you will have a good time. But is it an easy read (err.listen), have tonnes of great geeky references, an enjoyable story and comes with a rocking playlist then yes it is. Is it hardcore, without plot holes, as good as Ready Player One? Nope. Enjoyable, geeky, a little bit silly but good fun!Īrmada is of course a great fun story.

Ernest cline armada 2