Ruso gets a place for the slave girl whose arm he has mended. Financial troubles grow. Letter from his brother asking permission to sell the farm. Ruso says no, not yet. Ruso hopeful of becoming Chief Medical Officer--increase in pay. Continues to live with Valens, another Medicus, who is well-meaning but a slob. Ruso is being harassed by hospital administration which wants to control so much of the day to day expenses that Ruso feels they are impinging on his medicine. Moving along nicely.
Follows Sadie and Sam (Mazer) from childhood to mid-thirties when both are feeling old and a bit out of it in the gaming world. Characters are well-rounded, develop throughout the novel in interesting way. Plot is involved but sensible. Not a single, "Oh, come on!" moment. The book could have been faster paced. Odd, since the main topic is video games which are not for their speed of engagement and Gabrielle Zevin clearly knows her video games. Recommended by Michael Connelly in an interview. He also has Bosch pick up the book in his novel, Resurrection Walk, as Bosch tails a possible witness to a crime as she moves through a bookstore. Sadie and Sam do not get together at the end, which is good. Marx killed by homophobic nutcase who really wants to kill Sam, but Sam isn't there. Marx is father of Sadie's child.
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