A review by oldsilverarrow
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I was completely in love with this book when I began it and well into, I was loving everything about it. I was invested in the characters, even if I found Sadie a bit unbearable since she’s ridiculously self centered. I wrongly assumed that trait would resolve itself as we watch the characters age. Sam was a delight. I see myself deeply in him and even for all his harshness, he was right about everything.
Until I got to the shooting scene. It felt almost tacky somehow as though a different writer had sat down at the keyboard. Just when the tension between all our characters got good, it’s like no one wanted to try out the confrontation or tough conversations so one of the characters gets killed off so the other two never have to speak again. I was intensely frustrated from that point on. It seemed in this moment desperate to speak to the modern day American outlook as if the book suddenly began pointing and saying ‘look! It’s like real life.’ It completely pulled me out of the story.
overall the book was enjoyable and so real and good until… it just felt flat by the end.
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