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

emotional reflective relaxing slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Two of my favourite things are gaming and reading, so I had to pick this up. It lived up to the hype for sure! I love books that explore the intricacies of friendships over the course of life. The characters were frustrating at times, making poor decisions, being needlessly stubborn, and taking things too personally, but I think that's reflective of how real people often behave in relationships. We aren't the rational beings that we like to think ourselves to be. 

It lulled a bit for be in the middle, but I almost think it was purposeful so the ending hits even harder. It seemed to come out of almost nowhere, and I was bawling so hard my partner had to come check on me. 

Also just a note that I would have liked the weird grooming and sexual assault stuff to have been addressed more seriously instead of it being brushed off as "oh thats just how
Dov
  is, but I'm over it and we're all buddies now." I know that sort of reaction/self-justification can happen, but it would have been nice to see it handled with more care in the narrative as a whole.


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