A review by earlgreywithroom
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I loved it. Terribly.
A book about love, grief, the creative process, the fragility of life, the growing pains of youth, of creative work, of an ever evolving world; but above all, this is a book about people– people who are messy and selfish and passionately brilliant and infuriatingly complicated. Every character, even the ones that only appeared for a chapter, feels devastatingly real. Zevin's original (and occasionally risky) writing style echoes the ebbs and flows of her characters' lives, with stretches of mundanity broken up by sudden bursts of poetic inspiration. At times, it felt like I was navigating a riddle or a maze– one that I will only be able to fully appreciate on a second or third read-through. This is a story that will stay with me for a long time.
A book about love, grief, the creative process, the fragility of life, the growing pains of youth, of creative work, of an ever evolving world; but above all, this is a book about people– people who are messy and selfish and passionately brilliant and infuriatingly complicated. Every character, even the ones that only appeared for a chapter, feels devastatingly real. Zevin's original (and occasionally risky) writing style echoes the ebbs and flows of her characters' lives, with stretches of mundanity broken up by sudden bursts of poetic inspiration. At times, it felt like I was navigating a riddle or a maze– one that I will only be able to fully appreciate on a second or third read-through. This is a story that will stay with me for a long time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Misogyny, Death of parent, Car accident, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexism, Racism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content
Minor: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Abortion, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Homophobia