Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
By Gabrielle Zevin
- Release Date: 2022-07-05
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Sam and Sadie—two college friends, often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have read before.
"Delightful and absorbing." —The New York Times • "Utterly brilliant." —John Green
One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century • A Los Angeles Times Best Fiction Book of the Last 30 Years • One of the Best Books of the Year: The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, TIME, GoodReads, Oprah Daily
From the best-selling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn’t heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom.
These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won’t protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts.
Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love.
Reviews
Incredible read
5By EvilSOBExcellent, just excellent. The story loves foreshadowing and I get them wrong every single time.Good Book
4By Kmorales27Interesting read there were some areas that I felt went on and on and on and on, but like the book title tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, I understand it now it’s a very good bookA Disabled Jewish Korean loves Games&Green
5By FISHXMARKETTomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow hit hard in so many different places. Ethnic prejudice, disabilities, grief, egos, relationships, gun violence, love, aging, appropriation, codependency, depression and so much more are all topics explored by Zevin but in organic ways. Nothing seems forced and it was all effortlessly intertwined into the beautifully curated story of Mazur & Green. The basis of video game creators was genius to creat a world where all these issues could be tested through relatable and modern content. I could see how the ending was a disappoint for some readers, but it’s one of those stories that doesn’t really have an ending at all, and for this I think it works perfectly.Yawn
3By enob1918I wish it were more. I guess it just wasn’t enjoyable to see a great friendship have so many difficulties which should have been resolved sooner.Not a gamer but…
5By spd221…this book was so rich and delightful. I absolutely loved it. Felt like I grew up with these characters through their tragedies and successes.Tomorrow
5By Duchess0054Good book and a page turner. Although I don’t much about gaming I felt I got a solid basic course on the workings. Character development was spot on and I felt a little piece of connection for each one of them.I didn’t want it to end!
5By P@ss on thatI rarely write reviews. But when I got to the end of this one, I was quite sad that there wasn’t more to read! In a good way, because I really liked the story and the characters. Great book, easy five stars.Read to experience powerful friendships and love
5By tcars!Gonna go down as one of my favorite books. I found the writing and the characters so relatable. I fell in love with the friendships between the characters and was moved by their relationships.Just beautiful
5By markevin13Combines love, loss, Shakespeare, Murakami, 90s culture, current issues surrounding gender and racism… really a great read. Additionally, it made me nostalgic for Silver Lake, where I lived for 4 years. The Treehouse Restaurant is now called Bacari and is my favorite spot in Los Angeles. Je t’aime, L.A.Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
2By BuckBeat88It started off fine but then it just got boring. Maybe because I haven’t played a video game since the first PlayStation was released so I didn’t keep me interested.A story that redefines the meaning of life partner.
4By filmguyryan“Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow” is a story of two friends whose connection with one another braid through the tapestry that is life’s random encounters and consequences. The character development is well executed as the reader feels like they truly know who Sadie and Sam are. We have all known many Sadie and Sams and perhaps we see a lot of ourselves in them as well. The story is well-paced and just random enough that it rings authentic. Some might argue that the ending isn’t satisfying for the investment made in their journey. Maybe this speaks to the reality of the world we live in; that our stories don’t always wrap up with a nice bow in the end. Ultimately, the book kept me turning pages and looking forward to the next chapter.Tomarrow Tomarrow Tomarrow
4By LaluzlllGood read. The characters gave the right balance to hold interest and emotional Interest to see depth.It Had Potential
3By Tragic ComicFirst thing: I purposely did not read any reviews of this book before I wrote this. It’ll be obvious why if you keep reading this. Overall, it was a decent storyline and interesting characters, but there were several points in the book where things didn’t seem realistic. The problem with that is that it is exactly like a movie; if something isn’t believable, it takes you out of the fantasy you were planning on being in for an hour and a half or two hours. If something happens that makes you conscious of the fact that you are watching a movie, it’s a disappointment. This may not be something that bothers others, but I lost count how many words were inserted into the text that were seemingly there to – impress? I love words that aren’t used enough in the English language, but they have their place. There were many times where I thought, “That is not a word that is used casually between friends that are hanging out.” My first thought when the book was finished was that it was about a third too long. With all of that said, I actually didn’t hate the book. If you are into gaming or lived through the gaming explosions that happened in the 80’s and 90’s, this will be a nice walk down memory lane.Cute!
4By adip2017Ending alone pushed this to a solid 4 for me! What a cute story about love, heartache, and friendship. There are so many intricate details that intertwine throughout the story beautifully. I did find some chapters faster paced and easier to read than others, but overall really enjoyed the concept andPhenominal!
5By UpstaterPace is perfect. Character development is extensive but not redundant. I love that the storyline ties in progressive (for the time period) ideology. I’m not a gamer but I felt at home in the world of gaming. 10/10 recommendAwful.
1By diehardredskinsfan89Just awful. I don’t know how anyone reads this boring drivel. And how does it become a bestseller? I only made it maybe 1/5th of the way into the book. So boring and so long. I don’t care what happens to these characters or their games.Complicated
3By Jeff M.AA good book even if you are not a gamer, but probably better for those who are. I do feel it relies a little too heavily on the games to tell the story but it still has something that keeps you in the story/game.Sweet read
4By MelblevsI really liked this book. I liked the development of the characters. It touches on intimate & plutonic love, and grief. It was. Sweet read. It left me feeling emotional but not in a bad way.Bizarre book
1By dbm217Hard to really develop interests in the characters. The story is all over the place and sometimes hard to follow.
