Esteban Torres reviewed Armada by Ernest Cline
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2 stars
- Zero buildup
- Washed up Ready Player One
- Character development nonexistent
- Flat characters
Quite bland and predictable. Borderline boring
384 pages
English language
Published April 12, 2016
Armada is a science fiction novel by Ernest Cline, published on July 14, 2015 by Crown Publishing Group (a division of Penguin Random House). The story follows a teenager who plays an online video game about defending against an alien invasion, only to find out that the game is a simulator to prepare him and people around the world for defending against an actual alien invasion.Wil Wheaton, who narrated the audiobook version of Cline's previous novel, Ready Player One, performs the audiobook of Armada as well. Plans for a film adaptation are also in process.
- Zero buildup
- Washed up Ready Player One
- Character development nonexistent
- Flat characters
Quite bland and predictable. Borderline boring