Disappointing

Rating: 1/10 (10 April 2018)

Firstly it's amazing how many paid reviewers are working on this to keep its rating up while down voting the genuine reviews, kind of defeats the purpose of a community review app. I knew it wasn't going to be the same as the book but this was a different story. The book was about isolation and the focus on the lead characters introverted and obsessive nature, the virtual school environment and his life in the stacks, that was what was enthralling. He didn't have the coins to leave the planet where his school was, and that was how he found the first key. The opening race is ridiculous and is just a waste of time, doesn't add anything and has nothing to do with the story.
The book was also heavily about 80's culture and while there may have been some difficulty with licensing all the content of the book, I think rather than leave this much out it would have been better not to bother. It's a bit like making a film of the Hobbit but without any wizards, or Hobbits.