Novel spoilers
I don’t remember much of the novel, but cliff did get his redemption arc there. If I remember correctly he was against her at the last arc and defended Edith at the end. He apologized and still feels bad for his actions. I don’t even remember lilith(forgot her name) went to the real world. I think she was sent to the tower as a prisoner. What I do remember is that cliff did try to help her at the tower and there was a period of time where he was a deunk and at a really bad state, but he later on fell deeply in love with a women. And they got married and had kids. It was a different kind of love yk, here it was really genuine love, but with Lilith it was a controlled obsession and kinda toxic love. So it was nice that hr got his redemption arc.

got mixed feelings for the ending of cliff. totally could see cliff going that way, but a redemption arc might have been good too. like i wish he snapped out of his obsession with that author after the restrictions were lifted, but this ending for him is fine too??