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But I didn't enjoy it. Though I can understand why people might like it, I won't be recommending it to anyone.

Overall I think I just found Sam and Sadie unlikeable as characters. I feel like they were pretty jerky to everyone around them, and each other, and themselves, for pretty much of the time.

I also didn't like how some elements of the story were "ret-con'd" in several chapters later: "oh hey, I never mentioned he's had a dog this whole time, well he has, and now I'll detail those past events, even though we're five chapters beyond that point." And on a similar point, there are several plotlines and characters that get introduced that seemingly go nowhere, or just outright get left undeveloped after they serve their singular purpose of introducing "blank". Like, for example, the dog.

Finally, I found the ending completely unsatisfying. I know this is a subjective point, but the last page kind of just happened and then I realised that the next bit of text was acknowledgements and not another chapter.

No tenía ni idea de lo que iba a leer, solo sabía que era bueno y que iba de videojuegos, había referencias y eso. Así que imaginé que sería algo de ciencia ficción tipo "Ready player one", iba yo muy despistado 😅.

Pero lo he disfrutado mucho mucho, es una novela, que por supuesto va de la vida misma, y de sus personajes, y que gira en torno a los videojuegos, que disfrutarás más si has jugado y conoces las referencias, pero que tampoco son necesarias.

Me ha tenido muy enganchado, MUY bien escrita, de verdad. Se nota que hay un trabajazo detrás, de personajes que evolucionan y cambian y son verosímiles, y de hilar cosas, para soltar información en el momento adecuado, con desplazamientos en el tiempo que no se sienten como flashbacks/flashforwards típicos (de esos que interrumpen la narración para darte una pieza que justo es necesaria para avanzar la trama) sino muy bien integrados, además del trabajo de documentación sobre el tema.

También me ha gustado mucho que toma riesgos, intenta innovar en formatos, en los títulos de cada parte, en estilos... Y conseguir unir todo esto, consiguiendo que cada cosa aporte en lugar de restar...

En definitiva, me parece una novela muy bien atada, y lo he disfrutado muchísimo. Recomendada!

Feel like everyone I know read this book last year - so I'm a little behind the curve - but finally I got around to see what all the hype is about.

I really enjoyed it. Having been a big gamer as a kid a still somewhat now, it all felt super real to me.

The characters were beautifully drawn, fully realised, deep and complex people.

There were a couple or irks I had (someone got word-of-the-day toilet paper for Christmas eh?) but nothing that stopped me having a great time with this book.

No matter what you do. As long the heart is beating, there's a chance to make a difference.

structurally flexible. engaging characters. lightly nostalgic (but not too much!). devoured in 4 days: it was enjoyable!

it was sad, at times. i think i enjoyed all characters? except for probably dov. the rendition of relationships over such a span of time is something i don't recall ever reading. the internal monologues and renditions of conflicts from different points of view were something special, i feel

A wonderfully written story about the adult years of growing up, on a backdrop of the intense creative processes of video game design. I want these games to be real. I want to feel the characters expression through their art.

There are books where it’s a novel situation played out through understandable and straightforward characters. And then there are books where you have no idea how someone can keep so many deep actors in their head, you wonder if they were real people. Each character with their own motivations, and perspective. Sometimes I cheered for them. Sometimes I hated them. Always I loved them.

In any case, it’s a beautiful story. Heartbreaking and tragic.

There is a beginning and a middle. The end it's up to you.

A book about video games that is never really about video games. A book on people. relationships and how those change through life's stages. Felt like an old soul explaining it all, and had me feeling all those points in my life and remembering from the wonderful descriptions in the books, not of just the doing but the feelings in doing all the mundane and sometimes amazing in living life.