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A review by upbeatmetaphor
If Tomorrow Doesn't Come by Jen St. Jude
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
There is some excellent prose on depression here, without being too hammy or self-help-y. It isn't therapy/education couched in story, it is story.
I don't think it quite hit me like it could have, maybe because I always find myself resentful of friends or partners that are so close that they seem to be speaking almost in physical code, like the rest of the world is somehow knitted outside them, even when they're not alone.
I was expecting a hang ending from about halfway through and I wasn't happy about that, but when it came... I dunno, I feel like the entire book is surrounded in a big stuff/small stuff flip, and that works, and makes sense. You can't change the big unassailable interstellar things, so they become your scenery far more than your story.
Might revisit some sections but don't expect to re-read.
The revenge-heist-without-any-expectation-of-consequences was a bit weird
I don't think it quite hit me like it could have, maybe because I always find myself resentful of friends or partners that are so close that they seem to be speaking almost in physical code, like the rest of the world is somehow knitted outside them, even when they're not alone.
I was expecting a hang ending from about halfway through and I wasn't happy about that, but when it came... I dunno, I feel like the entire book is surrounded in a big stuff/small stuff flip, and that works, and makes sense. You can't change the big unassailable interstellar things, so they become your scenery far more than your story.
Might revisit some sections but don't expect to re-read.
Content Warnings
Minor: Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt