So up until this point, I've not really felt connected with this book. It felt more like reading a summary of a family saga.

However, this chapter hit me hard- I relate so much to this line: "Time is broken glass, and I’m stuck in one piece of it—the piece where I still have her" (140). I lost my dad in a similar way and that's how I feel about him too.

I will say, I am disappointed that Lillian died, but I understand the novel would probably be much shorter if she didn't. There needs to be conflict somehow.

Reading this book with the annotations from 2025 reminds me so much of the course on gaming that I took in college. Hall's view on play in maintaining adult relationships is so true. My husband and I game regularly together and I do genuinely feel like it's strengthened our bonds.

This reminds me of playing BG3 lol. Sergio having to relive this day and continuously going through the same motions, occasionally picking out new choices... It's like he's playing the world's shortest rpg.