Could not have predicted that I would love this book the way I did, but boy is it incredible. The video game content is so well done that it’s engaging and accessible to both “gamers” and non-gamers alike. I loved the brief time skips, and I think this book was truly PERFECTLY paced. Such an inventive story (in terms of game content and also plot), and I literally could not have guessed what would happen.

I also like that Sam and Sadie don’t end up together, because I think that would have cheapened the book’s focus on platonic love and connection, so Miss zevin was very wise for that. also the SHOOTING????? I gasped

THE book of the summer.