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* LoveHurts: Sam eventually realises he does love Sadie and would have liked to be in a romantic relationship with her, at the same time he finds out she and his other best friend Marx are dating. This revelation leaves him depressed and jealous, although he does a good job hiding it around them with the exception of a night he becomes drunk around Marx and voices his feelings to him.
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Zevin’s tenth published work - following ''Literature/{{Elsewhere}}'', ''Literature/TheHoleWereIn'', and ''Literature/{{Birthright}}'' among others - ''Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow'' was an immediate bestseller, becoming one of Amazon's Books of 2022 and an inaugural title of the [[Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon Jimmy Fallon]] book club. The film adaptation rights have since been sold to Creator/{{Paramount}}.
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Zevin’s tenth published work - following ''Literature/{{Elsewhere}}'', ''Literature/{{Elsewhere|2005}}'', ''Literature/TheHoleWereIn'', and ''Literature/{{Birthright}}'' among others - ''Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow'' was an immediate bestseller, becoming one of Amazon's Books of 2022 and an inaugural title of the [[Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon Jimmy Fallon]] book club. The film adaptation rights have since been sold to Creator/{{Paramount}}.
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: [[InUniverse In Universe example:]] Some of the games Sam and Sadie work on, Sadie's college project, ''Solution'' is set a factory in Nazi Germany and considered offensive by her classmates, and Sam strongly considers her Elizabethean theatre-set murder mystery ''Master of the Revels'' this.
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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: [[InUniverse In Universe example:]] Some How Sam perceives some of the games Sam and Sadie work on, Sadie's college project, ''Solution'' is set a factory in Nazi Germany proposes.
** ''Both Sides'' proves to be heavily contested with fans divided on parts they like andconsidered offensive by her classmates, and Sam strongly considers her Elizabethean theatre-set murder mystery dislike.
** ''Master of the Revels''this.starts off looking like this, but gradually proves to be a success.
** Her student project ''Solution'' wherein the player is revealed to work in a German factory during the Second World War and their completion of assigned tasks determines how well they fare in the game juxtaposed with aiding the Nazi war effort shocks some of her classmates.
** ''Both Sides'' proves to be heavily contested with fans divided on parts they like and
** ''Master of the Revels''
** Her student project ''Solution'' wherein the player is revealed to work in a German factory during the Second World War and their completion of assigned tasks determines how well they fare in the game juxtaposed with aiding the Nazi war effort shocks some of her classmates.
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* AbortionFalloutDrama: [[spoiler:Sadie has an abortion after she becomes pregnant by Dov and experiences a bout of depression.]]
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* AbortionFalloutDrama: [[spoiler:Sadie has an abortion after she becomes becoming pregnant by Dov and Dov, along with her trimerous relationship experiences a bout of depression.]]
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Chapter 7, "NPC", takes place from the point of view of Marx, Sam's college roommate. [[spoiler:It takes the form of his DyingDream after he became a victim of a mass-shooting.]]
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Chapter Part 7, "NPC", takes place from the point of view of Marx, Sam's college roommate. [[spoiler:It roommate who is mostly treated as a supporting character to Sam and Sadie, and a catalyst to their relationship. [[spoiler:Sadly, it takes the form of his DyingDream Dying Dream after he became a victim of a mass-shooting.]]
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* The90s: Sam and Sadie are both in college when they meet for the first time in years in 1996 and decide to collaborate on making games.
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* The90s: Sam and Sadie are both in college in the mid 90s when they meet for the first time in after years in 1996 apart and decide to collaborate on making games.
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* The80s: Sam and his mother move to Los Angeles in time for the 1984 Summer Olympics, with references to Mary Lou Retton and the Soviet boycott.
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* The80s: Sam and his mother mother, Anna move back to her home city of Los Angeles in time for the 1984 Summer Olympics, with references to Mary Lou Retton and the Soviet boycott.
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* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Sam goes by Dr Daedalus when playing ''Pioneers'' to reconnect with Sadie. Daedalus, being the name of the ancient Greek builder of the Labyrinth on Crete, fitting as Sam is responsible for building the world of said game.]]
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* ChildOfTwoWorlds: Sam, who considers himself too Asian to be white and too Jewish to be feel truly Korean.
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* FictionalFanRealCelebrity: Sadie and Dov to Creator/HideoKojima.
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* VillainTakesAnInterest: Dov to Sadie after she tries to find her own vision in designing games. He draws her into an affair while he remains married and hesitates to divorce his wife back in Israel. Despite his professional and financial support of Sam and Sadie in the beginning of their careers his relationship with Sadie proves to be exploitative and damaging to her well-being.
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"My friend says there's an active shooter at a tech company in Venice."]]
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* MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame: [[''Mapleworld''.]]
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* MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame: [[''Mapleworld''.]]''Mapleworld''.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Dov sleeps with students in his Advanced Games seminar at MIT and ropes them into his sexual and manipulative games without any repercussions.]]
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: [[spoiler:Sam and Sadie.]]
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* QuirkyWork: [[InUniverse In Universe example]] Sadie's game for her Advance Gaming class ''Emily Blaster'', a First-Person Shooter wherein the protagonist shoots Emily Dickinson quotes is seen as this.
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* QuirkyWork: [[InUniverse In Universe example]] example:]] Sadie's game for her Advance Gaming class ''Emily Blaster'', a First-Person Shooter wherein the protagonist shoots Emily Dickinson quotes is seen as this.
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* QuirkyWork: Sadie's game for her Advance Gaming class ''Emily Blaster'', a First-Person Shooter wherein the protagonist shoots Emily Dickinson quotes is seen as this.
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* QuirkyWork: [[InUniverse In Universe example]] Sadie's game for her Advance Gaming class ''Emily Blaster'', a First-Person Shooter wherein the protagonist shoots Emily Dickinson quotes is seen as this.
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* ObliviousToLove: Sam [[spoiler:when he realizes he has loved Sadie for years. Even his grandparents knew.]]
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* NaziProtagonist: The twist in ''Solution'' is that the player is either helping or hindering the German national cause in the Second World War depending on how well they accomplish the game's tasks.
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** Movies released during the era are mentioned in passing, such as ''Film/MarsAttacks'' and ''Film/TheMatrix''.
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* DisappearedDad: Sam's father George Masur.
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* DisappearedDad: Sam's DisappearedDad:
**Sam's father GeorgeMasur.Masur.
** [[spoiler:Marx, who dies before ever getting to meet his daughter with Sadie.]]
**Sam's father George
** [[spoiler:Marx, who dies before ever getting to meet his daughter with Sadie.]]
