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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
1.0
I cannot believe this book made it onto the NYT list of best books of this century. Complete and utter horseshit the entire way through. The first 100 or so pages reads like a notably bad YA novel and the insistence on making everything about gaming, including the regret Ant feels about Marx's death was so childish, one-dimensional, and simply loser behavior that it made me want to give up the book several times. Sam is misogynistic and impenetrable. Marx has no flaws and his death is the climax of the novel, because of course the perfect character dies. He also isn't mentioned in any premises of the book, even though he's supposedly so important , and Sadie is flawed in spite of her correct approach to most situations, but the fact that her approaches are disregarded never shows consequences -- like with them selling out to Opus. The book tries to make a point about cultural appropriation that I feel falls rather flat. Equally so about Sadie's monologue at the end where she bemoans the hesitance of the new generation making games. I also hate the pattern that I noticed in both this book and Normal People of using abuse towards women via BDSM to propel forward the woman's depression. In both books to me it seemed rather out of place and unnecessary but what was really unnecessary were Sadie's amicable feelings towards Dov at the end of the book and the continued insistence that all of this was consensual; almost like the author was trying to write "no guys, i swear, it was totally fine." And honestly, why did Dov have to be Israeli...? There was a line early on about Sadie “reading a book about the founding of Israel” to better understand Dov and honestly that wording should have indicated to me to give the book up then instead of sticking it out only to be disappointed and annoyed. I have other thoughts but I'm honestly sick of even thinking about this.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is whiny, corny, childish, masturbatory, and probably set the record for number of times I've rolled my eyes in one book. Pick up a real novel from time to time, it will enrich your life a thousand times more than this ever could.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is whiny, corny, childish, masturbatory, and probably set the record for number of times I've rolled my eyes in one book. Pick up a real novel from time to time, it will enrich your life a thousand times more than this ever could.