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

challenging dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I was really not sure what to expect from this book given the description, and I ended up pleasantly engaged. It took some dark turns that could seem out of place in a story about three friends making video games together, but that through line is perhaps less the point (or an allegory for something else). 

I appreciate the depth of each character and the complexity of the relationships in the story, which made everything feel more real.

There are too many pretentious word choices for my taste, but it was fun to get a little vocab lesson, I suppose. The sexual relationship Sadie finds herself in is borderline distasteful, as if there for show or to torment and objectify one of the only female characters consistently in the story. This could be a message in and of itself related to the way women are treated in male-dominated industries, but it felt heavy-handed to me.
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