Sam and Sadie first met at a hospital when they were kids — Sam was a patient, slowly recovering from a crushed foot, while Sadie was dragged along by her mom to visit her sister, who had cancer. But somehow, the two bonded over a shared love of video games, eventually leading them to found Unfair Games with Sam's college roommate, Marx.
In essence, this book is the story of Sadie and Sam and their complicated relationship with one another, with games, and with themselves. However, that's also a really REALLY misleading description, as it delves into emotional intimacy, the challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated field, the changing technologies and trends of video games over the past 30 years, grief, living as a minority in the U.S., and so many other things. And Zevin presents it all with grace and delicacy and a compelling plot full of video games that I, a non-gamer, would totally love to play. I really wish I'd read this one in 2022, as it definitely would have been on my Best of 2022 list. Oh well. I won't let that stop me from suggesting the heck out of this book.
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