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A review by shubbard116
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
3.0
I have learned some things after reading this book.
1.) I do not enjoy the coming of age genre.
2.) I need to stop (or at least greatly decrease) reading books written after 2020.
3.) I gotta stop looking to pop culture for my book recommendations.
I didn’t realize until after I started that this book is the same author as The Storied Life of A.J Fikry. With that fresh in my mind, some of my same complaints apply— mainly that dramatic events are often thrown in for shock factor that I don’t think actually help the storyline. I still enjoy her writing style and find it easy to read, but again the choppiness of timelines and character POVs led me to feel less connected to the main characters. I also found the book to drag on at times. Maybe if she cut the book in half I would’ve rated it higher.. I definitely enjoyed the first half more than the second. I even thought the book was ending and was going to be pleased with what I read… but PSYCH you’re only halfway done. There was definitely woke agenda thrown in, which at first wasn’t too annoying, and of course is to be expected these days. But the one chapter just completely derailed (if you’ve read it, you know the one). It felt like the last season of Brooklyn 99. What could have been a great story, all of a sudden had a giant virtue signal message thrown in that completely took away from the enjoyment. I’ve read books I disagree with and can still appreciate the story…. That chapter was a mess, whether you agreed with the authors viewpoint or not.
All this to say….. I need to go a few decades back in books for a while and maybe return to my lost love of historical fiction …….
1.) I do not enjoy the coming of age genre.
2.) I need to stop (or at least greatly decrease) reading books written after 2020.
3.) I gotta stop looking to pop culture for my book recommendations.
I didn’t realize until after I started that this book is the same author as The Storied Life of A.J Fikry. With that fresh in my mind, some of my same complaints apply— mainly that dramatic events are often thrown in for shock factor that I don’t think actually help the storyline. I still enjoy her writing style and find it easy to read, but again the choppiness of timelines and character POVs led me to feel less connected to the main characters. I also found the book to drag on at times. Maybe if she cut the book in half I would’ve rated it higher.. I definitely enjoyed the first half more than the second. I even thought the book was ending and was going to be pleased with what I read… but PSYCH you’re only halfway done. There was definitely woke agenda thrown in, which at first wasn’t too annoying, and of course is to be expected these days. But the one chapter just completely derailed (if you’ve read it, you know the one). It felt like the last season of Brooklyn 99. What could have been a great story, all of a sudden had a giant virtue signal message thrown in that completely took away from the enjoyment. I’ve read books I disagree with and can still appreciate the story…. That chapter was a mess, whether you agreed with the authors viewpoint or not.
All this to say….. I need to go a few decades back in books for a while and maybe return to my lost love of historical fiction …….