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alysereadsbooks's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Thoroughly enjoyed this one and would consider a reread in the future! I loved the aspects of time travel, and the impact that choices can make on your life. I loved the exploration of the father/daughter relationship, her friendship with Sam, and Ursula the cat.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual content
mcdermot's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent
katelynprice's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I wasn't so sure about the first half of the book, but once I got to about 60%, it got really good. The nostalgia and beauty and appreciation of her father and their simple, ordinary days was all so lovely. I really loved the thoughts about growing up alongside your parents and about childhood memories being the parents' favorite memories, too. I really appreciated that this was a love story about family and friends and self, yet I liked the hint of full-circle romantic love at the end. It was satisfying without taking away from the depth of the novel.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Medical content
Moderate: Alcohol and Cursing
Minor: Cancer, Sexual content, and Drug use
carbs666's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Part family drama, part late-blooming coming of age, part sci fi, this book has a lot to offer! The relationship between Alice and her dad is so tender, and the way she goes repeatedly back to revisit their best time together is deeply moving. I liked that even though the central premise of this book is sci fi in nature, Straub kept it light and mysterious, even poking fun with the metafiction of Alice's dad and all his sci fi author friends debating the most plausible time travel concepts in their comic con hotel room. Kind of like a reverse 13 Going On 30 with no mean girls trying to ruin your life. Overall, I enjoyed this book but felt like it had some unexplored potential, which I guess you could argue is intentional and matches the premise perfectly. You'll like it!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Terminal illness
Moderate: Sexual content
sarah2438's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Not usually a fan of time travel but I really liked how this was done and the focus on Alice's relationship with her father. This book is very melancholy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
sarahsbookstacks's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Medical content
Moderate: Abandonment
ekclar's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Minor: Drug use
cc_shelflove's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
If you are looking for a novel that you can read without your head spinning, gears turning, and smoke coming out of your ears, this is the book for you. While “light” might not be the correct descriptive term to use as the center of our story is the death of a parent, This Time Tomorrow is the perfect companion to sun rays and sunscreen. The day after her fortieth birthday, Alice wakes up to find that she is sixteen again. She begins to examine all of her life’s choices. Why hadn’t she found love yet? Was her job good enough? And the most important question, can she stop her dad from dying? I really enjoyed Straub’s examination of father-daughter relationships and single parent relationships. My interest was piqued from start to finish, and I was left with a sense of hope. Negative points for originality, however.
“One store full of beautiful sweaters was having a sale, and Alice tried one on in the aisle. It was two hundred dollars—on sale—but she bought it anyway, because it was her birthday.”
“‘But I will tell you, in terms of a life plan, you don’t need one. That’s my advice. It’s real life. It’s your real life. Plans don’t work. Just go with it.’”
“This was how Alice imagined marriage, and family—always having someone to float through the day with, someone with whom it didn’t take three emails and six texts and a last-minute reservation change to see one another. Everyone had it when they were kids, but only the truly gifted held on to it in adulthood.”
“That was next-level friendship—locking someone in through marriage.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Alcohol and Drug use
elenushka8's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent
blewballoon's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I was worried to start this one, because I knew it had a lot to do with a father/daughter relationship and thinking of anything bad happening to my dad usually brings me to tears pretty fast. I thought this would slam me in the gut and wreck me, but it didn't. I had a hard time getting invested in the story and really sinking into the feelings of the main character, Alice. The whole story is from her perspective and she spends most of it kind of just whining about not being younger, richer, or more successful. She has a stable job that she likes, her own apartment in NYC, and a father and best friend who are devoted to her, that sounds like a lot to be grateful for to me. When she first goes back in time, a 40 year old mind in a 16 year old body, her main idea for improving her life is to sleep with a teenage boy she had a crush on who she just saw was married with a child in the future. It's well written, and the audiobook narrator was very good as well. I just didn't connect with it as much as I had hoped to.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Drug use and Sexual content