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A review by asaaa
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
THIS REVIEW IS LONG—THE LONGEST I HAVE DONE, SO TAKE YOUR TIME <3
♥♥♥
Before reading this book, I had high expectations. It received a lot of criticisms, sure but still I held a positive outlook towards this particular novel.
Reading a book like this is a first for me. I'm not particularly fond of reading books that are reflective or emotional. I'm more inclined towards mystery, thriller, romantasy, and sci-fi books (this is on my bio. You can check it shhshs). But I want to read something that is different from the usual and so I started with this novel. The synopsis didn't amaze nor enthrall me but I want to read it because it's popular and different. And because I want to read it, it was on my gift wishlist and my classmate got it for me. I was thrilled to receive it and so I thanked her dearly.
Even though this was the book on my wishlist (it is actually the ONLY thing on my wishlist), I wasn't particularly eager to read it. That might be contradictory with what I've just said about wanting to read it, but I guess wanting to read something and being eager to do so are not so similar as I have thought. Like for instance, I want to read the books I have on my TBR (it's called TBR for a reason) but I'm not eager to read them yet.
Okay, that's just a short side story but let's get to the main event: the rating.
This book was slow but it get faster the more I read it. Which is good news to me since I don't like slow-paced books. The writing was okay, I guess? But not okay in a bad sense where it is mid. It's fine in a way that the reader would be engrossed in it.
To be honest, I have complicated feelings about this book, thereby the rating. It bored the hell outta me but it also managed to capture my attention. Whenever I read it, I was always curious about the story and where it's heading but also wanted to put it down even though I have only read 5 pages of it. I have never felt the need or URGE to read and finish this book in one day the way I have always felt when reading other books. And that is because I'm not used to this kind of genre.
Regarding the story itself, there were sure some sad moments like Marx's death but I'm not saying that it is sad because I think so, I'm saying that it IS sad in an objective perspective. A death of a friend is objectively sad, but did I find it sad? No. I just wasn't emotionally attached to him to even feel a tad bit sad about him. Connecting with the characters of this book was what I would describe as a tedious task. Although, I did find Marx's death shocking. He was a great character, and the story felt isolated or incomplete without him, but I guess that was necessary.
The characters were tolerable, except for Sadie. I found her attitude towards Sam to be incredibly vexing. Yes, she lost Marx and she was grieving but so did Sam and that doesn't give her an excuse to be a bitch towards him. She was mostly intolerable throughout the story, and it is relieving that she and Sam rebuilt their friendship near the end of the book. It gives her a sense of redemption.
After all that is said and done, would I recommend it? Well, I would recommend it if you want something that explores the themes of friendship, love, and grief. Is it worth it, though? It really isn't. But despite of that, this book annoyingly is both admirable and despicable. I felt both wanting to drown in the story and wanting to just put it on my DNF list. Tbh, I do love this book, but I'm annoyingly unable to name what exactly it is. I love it, but what do I love about it? I don't know. So do I TRULY love it, then? I don't know. See? It's complicated. But I do know that I love it, but not enough to rate it 4 or 5 stars. Because I also HATE this book. I surely do have a love-hate relationship with this book. I definitely won't reread it.
This review might have troubled you rather than it helped you soooooo just do whatever you want with this book and this review :>
That's all from me!
♥♥♥
♥♥♥
Before reading this book, I had high expectations. It received a lot of criticisms, sure but still I held a positive outlook towards this particular novel.
Reading a book like this is a first for me. I'm not particularly fond of reading books that are reflective or emotional. I'm more inclined towards mystery, thriller, romantasy, and sci-fi books (this is on my bio. You can check it shhshs). But I want to read something that is different from the usual and so I started with this novel. The synopsis didn't amaze nor enthrall me but I want to read it because it's popular and different. And because I want to read it, it was on my gift wishlist and my classmate got it for me. I was thrilled to receive it and so I thanked her dearly.
Even though this was the book on my wishlist (it is actually the ONLY thing on my wishlist), I wasn't particularly eager to read it. That might be contradictory with what I've just said about wanting to read it, but I guess wanting to read something and being eager to do so are not so similar as I have thought. Like for instance, I want to read the books I have on my TBR (it's called TBR for a reason) but I'm not eager to read them yet.
Okay, that's just a short side story but let's get to the main event: the rating.
This book was slow but it get faster the more I read it. Which is good news to me since I don't like slow-paced books. The writing was okay, I guess? But not okay in a bad sense where it is mid. It's fine in a way that the reader would be engrossed in it.
To be honest, I have complicated feelings about this book, thereby the rating. It bored the hell outta me but it also managed to capture my attention. Whenever I read it, I was always curious about the story and where it's heading but also wanted to put it down even though I have only read 5 pages of it. I have never felt the need or URGE to read and finish this book in one day the way I have always felt when reading other books. And that is because I'm not used to this kind of genre.
Regarding the story itself, there were sure some sad moments like Marx's death but I'm not saying that it is sad because I think so, I'm saying that it IS sad in an objective perspective. A death of a friend is objectively sad, but did I find it sad? No. I just wasn't emotionally attached to him to even feel a tad bit sad about him. Connecting with the characters of this book was what I would describe as a tedious task. Although, I did find Marx's death shocking. He was a great character, and the story felt isolated or incomplete without him, but I guess that was necessary.
The characters were tolerable, except for Sadie. I found her attitude towards Sam to be incredibly vexing. Yes, she lost Marx and she was grieving but so did Sam and that doesn't give her an excuse to be a bitch towards him. She was mostly intolerable throughout the story, and it is relieving that she and Sam rebuilt their friendship near the end of the book. It gives her a sense of redemption.
After all that is said and done, would I recommend it? Well, I would recommend it if you want something that explores the themes of friendship, love, and grief. Is it worth it, though? It really isn't. But despite of that, this book annoyingly is both admirable and despicable. I felt both wanting to drown in the story and wanting to just put it on my DNF list. Tbh, I do love this book, but I'm annoyingly unable to name what exactly it is. I love it, but what do I love about it? I don't know. So do I TRULY love it, then? I don't know. See? It's complicated. But I do know that I love it, but not enough to rate it 4 or 5 stars. Because I also HATE this book. I surely do have a love-hate relationship with this book. I definitely won't reread it.
This review might have troubled you rather than it helped you soooooo just do whatever you want with this book and this review :>
That's all from me!
♥♥♥