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4.0

I could give this book two different ratings. 

5 stars for the overall story of Sadie and Sam. I loved both of these deeply flawed characters, and if someone was to tell me they did not love Marx we would no longer be talking. But Sadie and Sam's relationship is not a conventional one, which I  think some people will struggle with. But I wish they wouldn't. Because the complexity of it fits their world, their life, and their personalities. I truly cannot say enough wonderful things about how Zevin wrote the connection of S&S. 

The pacing at times felt slow and the prose wordy. I felt the video game Pioneer at the end felt a bit too long, so then the very end felt a bit flat. 

Though I would not give this 5 stars, I would give it a strong, solid 4 and recommend it to those who love stories about people and don't need their characters to have nice, neat, easy relationships.