A review by mygnomehands
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin
emotional
reflective
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? No
4.0
My initial take on this book was that I really loved it, but in the long run, I'm not sure that I actually did. It was a very painful read--it was rather tragic overall.
I think tagging this as a beautiful, platonic love story is woefully inadequate. Sure the book is about love, friendship, and work, but I found it to be mostly super toxic variants of those things.
I absolutely loved how motherhood was presented in this book. Acknowledging the darker, less IG perfect aspects of having a child is alway appreciated.
There was great representation in the book: one main character is Korean and Jewish (and comes off on the page as Ace), one is Jewish, and one is Korean Japanese.
I think tagging this as a beautiful, platonic love story is woefully inadequate. Sure the book is about love, friendship, and work, but I found it to be mostly super toxic variants of those things.
I absolutely loved how motherhood was presented in this book. Acknowledging the darker, less IG perfect aspects of having a child is alway appreciated.
There was great representation in the book: one main character is Korean and Jewish (and comes off on the page as Ace), one is Jewish, and one is Korean Japanese.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Medical trauma, Abortion, Ableism, Injury/injury detail, Racism, Gun violence, Cancer, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Xenophobia, Death, Grief, Murder, Sexual assault, and Suicide