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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
DNF after the first chapter. I don't enjoy profanity and sex. Came to Goodreads to check out the reviews and it looks like it doesn't get any better, so I'm moving along to the next book in my stack. Too bad it doesn't live up to its beautiful cover. :(
I guess this was YA fiction. I was initially into the idea of a book that told you what was going to happen the next day. It wasn't great but I finished it, pretty predictable and not that interesting in the end. Meh.
adventurous
mysterious
challenging
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The Book of Tomorrow is written from the point of view of Tamara, a sixteen-year-old whose life has been turned upside-down since her father’s suicide. With the family finances decimated by her father’s business dealings, Tamara and her mother are forced to leave their home in Dublin and move in with relations who live in an old gatehouse in a sleepy hamlet. Tamara’s life in the country is very different from what she was previously used to , and further complicated by her mother’s almost catatonic grief and her creepy aunt, who gives Tamara no privacy while behaving in a very secretive manner herself.
I have mixed feelings about this book. It’s well written, and managed to keep my interest – in fact, I stayed up well past my bedtime to get it finished. The mystery behind all the strange goings-on is great, and I know I would have loved the dramatics and intrigue if I had read this as a teenager. However, there are so many secrets that it gets a little confusing at times, although it’s all sorted out and properly explained in the end. The fantasy element (I won’t reveal the specifics here to avoid spoilers) is not actually central to the plot and almost feels superfluous, as the story would have run along quite happily without it. I do wonder why the author bothered with this at all and didn’t just write a straight, realistic YA book without the hocus pocus.
Tamara isn’t a very sympathetic character - she freely admits in the narrative that she’s a spoiled brat and frequently lives up to this label. But she does learn a few things over the course of the book and she emerges as a better person at the end. Another character who stood out for me started out really promisingly, but unfortunately it seemed like Ahern just got bored with him halfway through. His exit from the story was abrupt and a I felt it was a real waste of the reader’s emotional investment.
The Book of Tomorrow isn’t a patch on P.S. I Love You, which I wouldn’t dare read in public for fear of embarrassing myself by bursting into tears every five minutes. But it’s a reasonably good read, particularly for a younger reader, and passes a few hours quite pleasantly.
I have mixed feelings about this book. It’s well written, and managed to keep my interest – in fact, I stayed up well past my bedtime to get it finished. The mystery behind all the strange goings-on is great, and I know I would have loved the dramatics and intrigue if I had read this as a teenager. However, there are so many secrets that it gets a little confusing at times, although it’s all sorted out and properly explained in the end. The fantasy element (I won’t reveal the specifics here to avoid spoilers) is not actually central to the plot and almost feels superfluous, as the story would have run along quite happily without it. I do wonder why the author bothered with this at all and didn’t just write a straight, realistic YA book without the hocus pocus.
Tamara isn’t a very sympathetic character - she freely admits in the narrative that she’s a spoiled brat and frequently lives up to this label. But she does learn a few things over the course of the book and she emerges as a better person at the end. Another character who stood out for me started out really promisingly, but unfortunately it seemed like Ahern just got bored with him halfway through. His exit from the story was abrupt and a I felt it was a real waste of the reader’s emotional investment.
The Book of Tomorrow isn’t a patch on P.S. I Love You, which I wouldn’t dare read in public for fear of embarrassing myself by bursting into tears every five minutes. But it’s a reasonably good read, particularly for a younger reader, and passes a few hours quite pleasantly.
challenging
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
this book is so boring , seeing a wrong rep of ocd and transphobia was too much i do not want anything to do with this shit
and the minor trying to get it with a full adult ?? seriously what’s with all the sex talk surrounding a fucking minor
dnf 🤕
and the minor trying to get it with a full adult ?? seriously what’s with all the sex talk surrounding a fucking minor
dnf 🤕