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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
5.0
" 'Isn't it obvious?' Marx said.
It was not obvious to Same or to Sadie.
'What is a game?' Marx said. 'It's tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. It's the possibility of infinite rebirth, infinite redemption. The idea that if you keep playing, you could win. No loss is permanent, because nothing is permanent, ever.' '
An amazing example of literary narrative storytelling. I could not stay away from this book. You have died from a book hangover! :)
Did you like The Interestings (Meg Wolitzer) or the fantastic The Animators from Kayla Rae Whitaker? This book is probably for you.
I loved how this book was not at all what I expected, it was so much more. The story weaves and contracts and expands, telling the at times messy, intersecting lives of Sam, Sadie, and Marx, as well as a few others along their young adult lives. I loved the multiple narrators, it really made this book work and I loved how later in the book more voices and styles were introduced; I think it takes a strong writer to engage a reader with a few different voices and to find creative ways to move a story forward while honoring the unique relationship that Sam and Sadie have. It was Marx though who really one me over and I loved how the book developed his voice and place in the story in unexpected ways.
The video game theme should not put off non video game players, I am not a gamer at all, because this book isn't really about gaming, it is about relationships and figuring out adulthood. I found the video game theme served is a bigger motif for a focus on storytelling, self growth, and a quest for connection with each other and with the broader changing world around them as well as at times a journey to tell and explore, examine their lives, their past and present, their grief and joy and their love.
I want write more but I feel that I would spoil the wonderful journey of reading this book, embracing the complicated and not always likable characters, seeing their mistakes and feeling their emotions, celebrating their passion for games and stories. I hope many readers embrace this wonderful book and love it too.
It was not obvious to Same or to Sadie.
'What is a game?' Marx said. 'It's tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. It's the possibility of infinite rebirth, infinite redemption. The idea that if you keep playing, you could win. No loss is permanent, because nothing is permanent, ever.' '
An amazing example of literary narrative storytelling. I could not stay away from this book. You have died from a book hangover! :)
Did you like The Interestings (Meg Wolitzer) or the fantastic The Animators from Kayla Rae Whitaker? This book is probably for you.
I loved how this book was not at all what I expected, it was so much more. The story weaves and contracts and expands, telling the at times messy, intersecting lives of Sam, Sadie, and Marx, as well as a few others along their young adult lives. I loved the multiple narrators, it really made this book work and I loved how later in the book more voices and styles were introduced; I think it takes a strong writer to engage a reader with a few different voices and to find creative ways to move a story forward while honoring the unique relationship that Sam and Sadie have. It was Marx though who really one me over and I loved how the book developed his voice and place in the story in unexpected ways.
The video game theme should not put off non video game players, I am not a gamer at all, because this book isn't really about gaming, it is about relationships and figuring out adulthood. I found the video game theme served is a bigger motif for a focus on storytelling, self growth, and a quest for connection with each other and with the broader changing world around them as well as at times a journey to tell and explore, examine their lives, their past and present, their grief and joy and their love.
I want write more but I feel that I would spoil the wonderful journey of reading this book, embracing the complicated and not always likable characters, seeing their mistakes and feeling their emotions, celebrating their passion for games and stories. I hope many readers embrace this wonderful book and love it too.