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A review by mundinova
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
3.0
Seriously, how is the cat still alive?
A genuine tear-jerker, like the movie About Time and the book [b:The Midnight Library|52578297|The Midnight Library|Matt Haig|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1602190253l/52578297._SY75_.jpg|74043794] smashed together. I'm the protagonist's same age and my father died last year, so this hit close to home. I can't even imagine what I'd do with a way to travel back in time to when I was a teenager to see him again. It's wish fulfillment. A chance to try a different life or answer the question, "What if?"
But I've read this story already. I've watched it in TV shows and movies. Straub spins an entertaining tale, but I couldn't pick up on anything new or interestingly done to make it stand out. There's the usual fable ending - be happy with your current life; it's usually the best - and the reality that no one can cheat death. Death comes for us all.
Except for the cat. Death never came for that cat. It will live forever.
Story: 3 stars
Character Development: 3 stars
Writing: 3 stars
A genuine tear-jerker, like the movie About Time and the book [b:The Midnight Library|52578297|The Midnight Library|Matt Haig|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1602190253l/52578297._SY75_.jpg|74043794] smashed together. I'm the protagonist's same age and my father died last year, so this hit close to home. I can't even imagine what I'd do with a way to travel back in time to when I was a teenager to see him again. It's wish fulfillment. A chance to try a different life or answer the question, "What if?"
But I've read this story already. I've watched it in TV shows and movies. Straub spins an entertaining tale, but I couldn't pick up on anything new or interestingly done to make it stand out. There's the usual fable ending - be happy with your current life; it's usually the best - and the reality that no one can cheat death. Death comes for us all.
Except for the cat. Death never came for that cat. It will live forever.
Story: 3 stars
Character Development: 3 stars
Writing: 3 stars