I need to say my expectations were really high about this novel as I kept seeing it on booktok and goodreads lists but honestly those expectations were not fulfilled. It is entertaining, for sure, but from time to time I felt the jumps between the games, the spoilers, the flashbacks and the current time were not really distinctive so I had to constantly go back and forward to understand what was happening.

For sure, the death of Marx was a huge thing but I felt it was kind of forced/happened just for the sake of making it more dramatic. I also had trouble relating/liking Sam and Sadie, I guess that's part of the point of the book, but definitely not my cup of tea.

Also... Dov ??? What an asshole.

Anyway, it is a nice novel to start the year with but I don't see myself reading this a second time.