<s>
Ready	B-Application
Player	I-Application
Two	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2020	O
science	O
fiction	O
novel	O
by	O
American	O
author	O
Ernest	O
Cline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ready	B-Application
Player	I-Application
Two	I-Application
was	O
published	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
24	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
expressed	O
disappointment	O
in	O
the	O
story	O
,	O
writing	O
,	O
characters	O
,	O
and	O
poor	O
usage	O
of	O
references	O
saying	O
that	O
it	O
failed	O
to	O
expand	O
in	O
"	O
new	O
and	O
exciting	O
ways	O
"	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
with	O
many	O
taking	O
note	O
of	O
excessive	O
similarities	O
to	O
Sword	B-Application
Art	I-Application
Online	I-Application
and	O
other	O
popular	O
media	O
in	O
the	O
plot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ready	B-Application
Player	I-Application
Two	I-Application
was	O
published	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
24	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
"	O
treasure	O
hunt	O
"	O
promoting	O
the	O
book	O
was	O
held	O
on	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Roblox	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Faisal	O
,	O
who	O
is	O
organizing	O
the	O
meeting	O
,	O
turns	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
corrupt	O
A.I.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Anorak	O
's	O
A.I.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
High	O
Five	O
find	O
the	O
next	O
three	O
shards	O
on	O
Kodama	B-Application
,	O
Shermer	O
and	O
Halcydonia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Club	O
and	O
Tom	O
Jorgensen	O
of	O
IGN	O
gave	O
Ready	B-Application
Player	I-Application
Two	I-Application
a	O
C−	O
and	O
4/10	O
respectively	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
latter	O
saying	O
that	O
"	O
inside	O
jokes	O
and	O
clear	O
reverence	O
toward	O
the	O
material	O
keep	O
 [ it ] 	O
from	O
feeling	O
like	O
a	O
total	O
misfire	O
"	O
but	O
ended	O
by	O
saying	O
that	O
there	O
is	O
"	O
little	O
heart	O
to	O
be	O
found.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
review	O
for	O
Wired	O
,	O
Katwala	O
stated	O
"	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
could	O
write	O
a	O
better	O
book	O
,	O
"	O
remarking	O
that	O
"	O
Cline	O
is	O
back	O
with	O
a	O
sequel	O
that	O
has	O
all	O
the	O
same	O
flaws	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
but	O
few	O
of	O
its	O
plus	O
sides	O
,	O
"	O
though	O
he	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
state	O
that	O
"	O
people	O
who	O
love	O
[	O
pop	O
culture	O
references ]	O
will	O
probably	O
enjoy	O
this	O
book	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
novel	O
would	O
adapt	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
movie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Laura	O
Hudson	O
from	O
Slate	O
noted	O
a	O
sexist	O
undertone	O
to	O
Ready	B-Application
Player	I-Application
Two	I-Application
in	O
the	O
novel	O
's	O
treatment	O
of	O
women	O
:	O
"	O
[	O
There	O
is ]	O
the	O
idea	O
that	O
after	O
reliving	O
the	O
recorded	O
memories	O
of	O
women	O
,	O
supposedly	O
clueless	O
men	O
experience	O
a	O
moment	O
of	O
enlightenment	O
and	O
now	O
realize	O
that	O
women	O
are	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Readers	O
heavily	O
mocked	O
it	O
upon	O
its	O
first	O
day	O
of	O
release	O
,	O
causing	O
Ready	B-Application
Player	I-Application
Two	I-Application
to	O
trend	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
when	O
popular	O
threads	O
chided	O
passages	O
for	O
their	O
perceived	O
pandering	O
and	O
poor	O
prose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2017	O
,	O
Cline	O
acknowledged	O
that	O
the	O
resurgence	O
in	O
his	O
motivation	O
to	O
write	O
Ready	B-Application
Player	I-Application
Two	I-Application
was	O
due	O
to	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
first	O
film	O
's	O
script	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
successes	O
both	O
financially	O
and	O
critically	O
.	O
</s>
