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

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

On one hand the writing is 5/5. I think this is a very well written book. The craft is remarkable.
On the other hand the characters are 0/5. I hated most of them, ESPECIALLY SAM, and I only finished this because I had already put so much time into it.

The one character I kinda liked died, because fuck me apparently.

Still, I don’t want to give this a rating because I’m realizing that I don’t like this genre and it would be unfair to judge a book that is probably technically good just because I don’t like the genre. I feel like literary fiction, at least considering the three books in this genre that I’ve read, is about bad things happening to good people while the shitty ones continue to thrive. And I will not be picking up another. Reading this book was my mistake and I will be smarter with my time in the future.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia, Misogyny, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Sadie’s relationship with her professor made me so uncomfortable, but what bothered me most is how he was still in her life years later. She was taking life advice from him, treating him like a friend, going to his wedding; all despite the fact that he was sexually and emotionally abused her. I don’t know what the author’s message was? That one should forgive and forget their abusers or what? I really don’t know. But I’d give this book a 1 star for that alone.