Spoilers: Bures--showing horses, racing . . . Simon tries to cause Brat to have a serious accident (death) by loosening the girth on his horse before a race. . . Eleanor feeling non-sisterly feelings for Brat, says, "You can't be my brother." Simon admits he killed Patrick to Brat, and he tells Brat he will keep trying to kill him. Different sort of mystery, that's for sure. Like it very much. Uncle Charles arrives soon . . . he's been mentioned for the whole book. Something must be important.
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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