Play Book Tag discussion

The book begins with Sam Masur and Sadie green unexpectedly reuniting in a subway station. Sam and Sadie were good friends when they met in a children's hospital but they had a falling out. Sam ends up asking Sadie to make a video game with him. Sam's room mate Marx ends up being a producer on the game, Ichigo, and the three of them form a gaming company, Unfair games. The book follows the ups and down of their friendship and the company. I am a gamer, not as much as I am a reader, and I grew up around the same time as Sam and Sadie so I connected with that part of the book though I've seen plenty of nongamers who loved the book. This book was beautiful, and one part was unbearably sad, and also real. I'd love to play some of the games mentioned here. This is a book that's going to stick with me and one that I'd love to eventually reread. My version had a n extra section at the end with some notes the author made while writing the book. The most interesting to me was that the section between NPC and Pioneers didn't exist in her original draft. I'm glad she added it in because the book wouldn't work without it.

So happy to see everyone reading this book this month seemed to really like it. I feel like it's a love it or hate it type book. I wanted to recommend it to my sister but I feel like she would be in the "hate it" camp. I am still thinking about it and wish I could have played Ichigo because I can visualize that character in my mind so clearly.

I loved it! I'm not a big gamer but my son is and I think I could get hooked but I'm avoiding it. I was amazed at the thought and planning that goes into creating the games. I love the characters and I know the sad part you mean, but wasn't it handled beautifully? This is a beautiful and intelligent book. You don't have to be a gamer to love it.