I love this book. From the first page, the story sucked me in and I couldn't stop reading. This book was like my own pair of VR glasses through which I could follow the protagonist's journey, both inside and outside of the OASIS. Unlike most dystopian novels, much of the story feels plausible to me. At least the VR part of it did. Even though today virtual reality is nowhere near as good as it is in the book, it very well could be by the time we reach the year 2045. Reading this made me wish I was born 10 years earlier, because many of the '80s references were a bit lost on me. Thankfully, that did not make it any less great to read though.