I’m a contrarian at heart and, as such, am loathe to jump on a bandwagon, especially a book bandwagons.* The more I see a book, the less likely I am to read it. Well, until my curiosity gets the better of me and I cave, which is exactly what I did with Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.
Structured around the lives of two friends, Sadie and Sam, the book follows them through different phases of their life – sometimes jumping forward and sometimes falling back – as they invest more and more of themselves into the creation of video games. Their friendship, internal conflicts and drive for creating something incredible drive this story forward.
I had so much fun reading this book. Although the narration primarily rotated between Sam and Sadie’s point of view, I cannot define the overall style because it was wildly eclectic, throwing in surprises that shifted your focus. Zevin does an incredible job of making the characters “real” – their emotions, conflicts and dilemmas feeling authentic, vulnerable and understandable. I wouldn’t say that I fell in love with the characters (simply out of personality differences), but I think the mark of an excellent book is how you can love a book without being in love with the people its about.
This is one bandwagon worth jumping on board.
2% Rating: 9/10
Recommend? Definitely
Re-Read? Probably at some point
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*I don’t actually think I resist book-bandwagons as much as I think I do – I cave quite quickly – so take that with a grain of salt.