Within the novel, a critic contends that the end to one the games Sadie and Sam co-create is "too clever by half." The same might be said of the novel itself which tidies and straightens the closing bow, but that's a light criticism of a novel I really enjoyed. Easily mong the better of the Tournament of Books finalists I have read so far, and I want to play every single one of the games Zevin imagines in these pages.