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A review by qgg
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I am wrecked for this book.
I don’t think I’ve ever read a book that included all of the various iterations of love yet excluded romantic love as much as possible from it’s pages. At the same time, the familial, partner and friendship relationships in this book are so deep they dig into your gut while you are reading.You truly feel that “I love you” isn’t descriptive enough.
The portrayal of disability in this book is intense. I haven’t read something like this in popular fiction before.
The complex characters, story arcs, banter while plotting games and the characters’ vocabulary!! I want to reread this book solely to look up all of the new vocab words.
And lastly, I have to mention Sadie. I cheer for her, I ache with her, I yearn like her, I mourn with her…. I can’t remember a female character so unlike me, so complexly written, driven by so many different and competing desires, and I felt I understood her as a woman while not knowing what she’d do next.
If that sounds like a hot mess, just read this book and tell me you aren’t a mess for it.
I don’t think I’ve ever read a book that included all of the various iterations of love yet excluded romantic love as much as possible from it’s pages. At the same time, the familial, partner and friendship relationships in this book are so deep they dig into your gut while you are reading.
The portrayal of disability in this book is intense. I haven’t read something like this in popular fiction before.
The complex characters, story arcs, banter while plotting games and the characters’ vocabulary!! I want to reread this book solely to look up all of the new vocab words.
And lastly, I have to mention Sadie. I cheer for her, I ache with her, I yearn like her, I mourn with her…. I can’t remember a female character so unlike me, so complexly written, driven by so many different and competing desires, and I felt I understood her as a woman while not knowing what she’d do next.
If that sounds like a hot mess, just read this book and tell me you aren’t a mess for it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent
Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Cultural appropriation
Minor: Abortion