A review by finesilkflower
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Magical realism time travel with heart and meaning, with a wonderful balance of real emotion and joyful whimsy. I am just the right age for the 90s scenes to feel really nostalgic, but they are also gorgeously written, sharp and funny but with a wistful golden-hour haze to them. Straub clearly takes real pleasure in the time travel concept while also grappling with big thoughts about grief, acceptance, nostalgia (both the pleasure and pain of it), and deciding which life to live. 
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