Review by jaimiejaimiejaimie - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

jaimiejaimiejaimie 's review for:

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

3.5

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

So I had one of those "you think you're about to drink milk but it's actually orange juice" experiences while listening to this book. I thought it was scifi or magical realism where somehow they were going to alter reality with their games (the flash forward bits seemed to support my point!). Anyway, it ended up being a story about people doing... Nothing? Living? I found the characters compelling, and I loved Los Angeles as a setting: the author clearly loves the city like I do. But also it was very coastal, middle class/rich, and severely lacking in women as characters. So... I don't know. It was a worthwhile read for me, but I wouldn't go out of my way to recommend. I was drawn in until the last 10%, which dragged. Also, I did not like the audiobook narrator. She only differentiated voices if the character was meant to have an accent, so there were several times that I wasn't sure which character was talking because they mostly sounded identical. So maybe read it instead of listen.

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