Review: Elusion

Elusion by Claudia Gabel
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

An interesting take on an omnipresent virtual world that may or may not be a sabotaged technology that is harming its users. Entertaining fiction, with some mysterious twists and family drama. I'm just not sure it pulled me in entirely. The virtual world didn't feel inescapably, obsessively real in comparison to the "real" world, for one thing. Ready Player 1 and Eye of Minds both did a much better job making a virtual gaming world come alive in exhilarating and terrifying ways that make the reader feel like an actual, immersed user in the story. For another thing, the romantic interests felt contrived. Maybe I'm just over fictional teenage romance.

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