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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
#StoryGraph: contemporary speculative-fiction emotional hopeful reflective magical-realism time-travel
320 pages • first pub 2022
#OUABC 2023 Reading Challenge: 40 Prompts (22. A Book with an alliterative title)
Alice goes on a bender on the night of her 40th birthday. When she wakes up the next morning somehow back in 1996, it isn't her 16-year-old body that is the biggest shock, or the possibility of romance with her adolescent crush, it's her dad: the vital, charming, 49-year-old version of her father with whom she is reunited. Now armed with a new perspective on her own life and his, is there anything that she should do differently this time around? What would she change, given the chance?
DESCRIPTION
The New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers and All Adults Here combines her trademark charm and wit with a moving father-daughter story, and a playful twist on the idea of time travel.
What if you could take a vacation to your past?
On the eve of her 40th birthday, Alice's life isn't terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn't exactly the one she expected. She's happy with her apartment, her romantic status, her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But something is missing. Her father, the single parent who raised her, is ailing and out of reach. How did they get here so fast? Did she take too much for granted along the way?
When Alice wakes up the next morning somehow back in 1996, it isn't her 16-year-old body that is the biggest shock, or the possibility of romance with her adolescent crush, it's her dad: the vital, charming, 49-year-old version of her father with whom she is reunited. Now armed with a new perspective on her own life and his, is there anything that she should do differently this time around? What would she change, given the chance?
With her celebrated humor, insight, and heart, Emma Straub cleverly turns all the traditional time travel tropes on their head and delivers a different kind of love story - about the lifelong, reverberating relationship between a parent and child.
320 pages • first pub 2022
#OUABC 2023 Reading Challenge: 40 Prompts (22. A Book with an alliterative title)
Alice goes on a bender on the night of her 40th birthday. When she wakes up the next morning somehow back in 1996, it isn't her 16-year-old body that is the biggest shock, or the possibility of romance with her adolescent crush, it's her dad: the vital, charming, 49-year-old version of her father with whom she is reunited. Now armed with a new perspective on her own life and his, is there anything that she should do differently this time around? What would she change, given the chance?
DESCRIPTION
The New York Times bestselling author of The Vacationers and All Adults Here combines her trademark charm and wit with a moving father-daughter story, and a playful twist on the idea of time travel.
What if you could take a vacation to your past?
On the eve of her 40th birthday, Alice's life isn't terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn't exactly the one she expected. She's happy with her apartment, her romantic status, her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But something is missing. Her father, the single parent who raised her, is ailing and out of reach. How did they get here so fast? Did she take too much for granted along the way?
When Alice wakes up the next morning somehow back in 1996, it isn't her 16-year-old body that is the biggest shock, or the possibility of romance with her adolescent crush, it's her dad: the vital, charming, 49-year-old version of her father with whom she is reunited. Now armed with a new perspective on her own life and his, is there anything that she should do differently this time around? What would she change, given the chance?
With her celebrated humor, insight, and heart, Emma Straub cleverly turns all the traditional time travel tropes on their head and delivers a different kind of love story - about the lifelong, reverberating relationship between a parent and child.
I enjoyed it as an audiobook. Quick easy listen. Probably closer to a 3.5
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
6⭐️ read… I loved this book so much!! The magical realism was perfectly done, and Alice’s struggle with grief hit me right in the feels. Highly recommend this one!!
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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:
Complicated
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-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
my only complaint is that the timeline was a little confusing and made the last 25% of the book feel rushed. otherwise really good, i didn’t know until the end that the author’s dad was a famous author so the character Leonard is kind of a dedication to her own dad.
I probably should not have read this right after the Midnight Library because they were too similar. This was better, but I think I would have enjoyed it more at another time.
2.5 — Though I’m an absolute sucker for time travelling and tragedies within families, this book just didn’t hit the spot. With time travelling stories, the protagonist has such an important role since they are the only character that will consistently be with the readers through all the different universes; all the other characters will change depending on the dimension and the protagonist’s choices.
With this book, I didn’t have much of a reason to care about the protagonist, Alice (40y/o), making it difficult to stick with her journey as she travelled back to her 16th birthday. There was no motivation — no anticipation of anything — from Alice’s actions for the better portion of the book. By the halfway point, I still don’t know why she transported back to her birthday nor am I given a reason to care about her getting back to her present day life (there wasn’t anything that was happening in that timeline that would make me want to jump back).
The book’s afterward was sad, to know what the author went through with her own father, but also sweet, knowing that he was able to be around to read this book when he was still around and that this book helped others going through a rough time.
With this book, I didn’t have much of a reason to care about the protagonist, Alice (40y/o), making it difficult to stick with her journey as she travelled back to her 16th birthday. There was no motivation — no anticipation of anything — from Alice’s actions for the better portion of the book. By the halfway point, I still don’t know why she transported back to her birthday nor am I given a reason to care about her getting back to her present day life (there wasn’t anything that was happening in that timeline that would make me want to jump back).
The book’s afterward was sad, to know what the author went through with her own father, but also sweet, knowing that he was able to be around to read this book when he was still around and that this book helped others going through a rough time.
3.25 stars
This book was not quite what I was expecting. It felt way too YA for me. I was frustrated with the MC’s decision to not disclose certain things to her father. This one was just ok for me. I did like to nostalgic parts of my childhood mentioned throughout (Z100 radio station, Loves’ Baby Soft, Rye Playland)!
This book was not quite what I was expecting. It felt way too YA for me. I was frustrated with the MC’s decision to not disclose certain things to her father. This one was just ok for me. I did like to nostalgic parts of my childhood mentioned throughout (Z100 radio station, Loves’ Baby Soft, Rye Playland)!
The audiobook for This Time Tomorrow was wonderful. The story is charming--Alice travels back in time from her 40th birthday to her 16th birthday. In the present day, her father is ill so she tries to change the future. I don't want to give too much away so I'll leave it at that, but it's not your typical time travel novel. I really enjoyed this novel so much.