UPDATE: (which contains major spoilers!) 
 So WB released the movie teaser yesterday at SDCC. Well, it was awesome but not colorful as I thought it would be. (Yes, I'm expecting rainbows but no unicorns, so what?) It was 2045 instead of 2044, which, I think is okay. But Wade is friggin 20 years old and omfglorious, thin and freaky-handsome, isn't he? Totally different from what was described from the book and not as geeky as I thought he would be. 
 But, really, pick up this book before they ruin it. 
 ORIGINAL REVIEW: 
 VIRTUALITY + '80s POP CULTURE + EPIC ADVENTURE = FVCKING AWESOME MASTERPIECE! 
 Have you ever imagined what it would be like to live inside your favorite video game? Picture it. Now. Because Ready Player One will take you on a wild ride with a story about teens who jacked themselves up inside the world of an M.M.O.R.P.G. game, or something like that, which they called OASIS. 
 Excited? Yep. You better be. 
 RPO is one of the geekiest yet exciting and entertaining book you will ever read. It was a fresh piece of fantasy with few modern day mediums of entertainment touch on the wonder and magic of being somewhat-sucked into a video game. 
 Cline created not just a futuristic dystopian world. There are great action scenes, fantastic world building, the right amount of romance, crazy mind-blowing plot twists, and an amazing and holy view of '80s pop culture. 
 Truthfully, I thought this would be just a simple story of a boy who meets a girl and ultimately saves the day. But no. It's more than that. And it's more than I could ever think of. The characters are some to easily gravitate to and easy to root for. The world building is also well done, I'm looking forward to possible additions in the next installment if there will ever be. And the romance in the story didn't actually feel forced. 
 So I mentioned '80s pop culture. Yes, I know I did. Because it is one of the best things about RPO; it's stuffed with '80s references - music, games, personas, name it! - and it never felt so gimmicky. Personally, I did not recognize some of it since I'm a bit youngand not-so-obsessed with whatever we had in the '80s. 
 Anyway, despite the futuristic-virtual setting and cyberpunk adventure, there's also strong characterization, plot setting and an absolutely fantastic world building (Did I say that already? Yeah, I think I did), which is plausible. But really, like seriously, just grab this book and rock! 
 Ready Player One is absolutely an unputdownable book at its finest, (like there's so much going on and I just couldn't put the book down, literally!) And this is definitely one of my favorite standalone story of all times. 
 *HAIL CLINE!* 
 Final rating: 5 solid BIG stars!