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A review by zaiphon
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
For all that absolutely loved this book, please don't hate me for seeing this as not a 5 star.
I have a true love/hate relationship with this one. There were some beautifully written scenes in this book, but it sometimes was clouded over by some other not so pleasant things. It took me until about 75% to find a hint of attachment to one of the main characters. I felt I spent so much time frustrated at some of the descriptions/comparisons style, the fact a married, grown man confesses his love for younger college age women and there doesn't seem to be a real purpose for this, the fact a chapter was dedicated to two side characters whose main personality trait was being gay, and a tragedy was written that STILL did not resolve miscommunication issues spanning over 20 some years and move the plot forward for our two MCs. I completely understand humans are complex and annoying and super naive sometimes when it comes to emotions, but at some point you would hoped for a bigger confession and clarification after spending so much time with these characters.
As a gamer, I enjoyed some aspects of the gaming plot concepts, but still felt underwhelmed. There was a little too much going for this novel to the point that I didn't feel I got that satisfaction at the end that I was hoping for.
To sum it up: beautiful writing at times that I felt wasn't given its full potential. Miscommunication trope got to a head banging point of frustration, and side characters had all this potential but were just used to push a plot along for two MC's that didn't even get to that point if finally peeling back their layers for the other. What was the reason?!
I have a true love/hate relationship with this one. There were some beautifully written scenes in this book, but it sometimes was clouded over by some other not so pleasant things. It took me until about 75% to find a hint of attachment to one of the main characters. I felt I spent so much time frustrated at some of the descriptions/comparisons style, the fact a married, grown man confesses his love for younger college age women and there doesn't seem to be a real purpose for this, the fact a chapter was dedicated to two side characters whose main personality trait was being gay, and a tragedy was written that STILL did not resolve miscommunication issues spanning over 20 some years and move the plot forward for our two MCs. I completely understand humans are complex and annoying and super naive sometimes when it comes to emotions, but at some point you would hoped for a bigger confession and clarification after spending so much time with these characters.
As a gamer, I enjoyed some aspects of the gaming plot concepts, but still felt underwhelmed. There was a little too much going for this novel to the point that I didn't feel I got that satisfaction at the end that I was hoping for.
To sum it up: beautiful writing at times that I felt wasn't given its full potential. Miscommunication trope got to a head banging point of frustration, and side characters had all this potential but were just used to push a plot along for two MC's that didn't even get to that point if finally peeling back their layers for the other. What was the reason?!