A review by the_lovely_mrs_p
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This very well may be one of the best pieces of literature I have ever read. I finished late last night, laid down to go to bed and cried for fifteen minutes. I cried because the story was sad, because it was happy, because it was so real, and because it was over. There is no way to summarize this story that does it justice.
"He knew what he was experiencing was a basic error in programming, and he wished he could open up his brain and delete the bad code. Unfortunately, the human brain is every bit close a system as a Mac."
Sam and Sadie are destined to be together. It is written in their fates, in the stars. Together, but never lovers. They are more than lovers. They would never ruin what they have with such a ordinary thing as sex. A chance meeting 3,000 miles away from home brings Sadie and Sam crashing back together, this time to create the games they loved as children. Joined by Marx, Sam's handsome, caring, wonderful roommate, the three set out to change the gamming world forever. In the process they will find themselves and each other.
Even writing that blurb feels... insufficient and unimportant. This story is the most important book to come out of 2022. Zevin covers disability, sexuality, power dynamics, race, and so much more without ever being preachy. Just by telling a beautiful story of people who grow and stagnate. People who love and hate. People who hold onto grudges and rarely forgive. Just a story of people being people.
Somehow fans of Daisy Jones and the Six, D&D gamers, and Shakespearean nerds will all love this book. I don't understand how Zevin did it, only that she did it perfectly.
"He knew what he was experiencing was a basic error in programming, and he wished he could open up his brain and delete the bad code. Unfortunately, the human brain is every bit close a system as a Mac."
Sam and Sadie are destined to be together. It is written in their fates, in the stars. Together, but never lovers. They are more than lovers. They would never ruin what they have with such a ordinary thing as sex. A chance meeting 3,000 miles away from home brings Sadie and Sam crashing back together, this time to create the games they loved as children. Joined by Marx, Sam's handsome, caring, wonderful roommate, the three set out to change the gamming world forever. In the process they will find themselves and each other.
Even writing that blurb feels... insufficient and unimportant. This story is the most important book to come out of 2022. Zevin covers disability, sexuality, power dynamics, race, and so much more without ever being preachy. Just by telling a beautiful story of people who grow and stagnate. People who love and hate. People who hold onto grudges and rarely forgive. Just a story of people being people.
Somehow fans of Daisy Jones and the Six, D&D gamers, and Shakespearean nerds will all love this book. I don't understand how Zevin did it, only that she did it perfectly.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, and Sexism
Moderate: Car accident and Cancer
Minor: Abortion