Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Published by Knopf on July 2022
Genres: Adult Fiction
Pages: 401
Format: eBook
Source: Publisher
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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 is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that 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. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before.
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 is a dazzling and intricately imagined novel that 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. Yes, it is a love story, but it is not one you have read before.
I know I’m late to this party, but wow. All the hype is deserved.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is Zevin’s ode to friendship and life and, of course, games. I spent a lot of time reading this book. I read it slowly, carefully and enjoyed the pace and plot and how it gently unfolded. There is so much emotion, so much life, packed into this book. And a bit of nostalgia too. I played video games when I was younger and I love how we see the hard work it takes to creating video games.
I love Sam and Sadie. Their friendship is so complex. It ebbs and flows and changes and it’s heartbreaking when they pull apart and heartwarming when they join together. It reminds me of great creative partners. I love everything about them, their devotion and their fights and how they change as the story moves forward. It’s really the crown of the story, how Sam and Sadie navigate their company, their lives and each other. Amazing wonderful highs and incredible heartbreaking lows as the years pass and this relationship always felt authentic to me.
The pacing is slow, and at first, I was anxious for more to happen. But as I got further in, I really appreciated the pace and how events unfolded, especially as the story moves faster and faster towards the end. It took me longer to read this book, I did put it down a few times. But I kept coming back to it. I had to know what happened to Sam and Sadie. I admit I also lived in Boston and also Los Angeles so it was fun walking the streets with them again from my memory.
There’s so much to talk about after reading the book but I don’t want to give anything away. But it lives up to all the hype.
Kimberly majored in Songwriting and currently works full time in the music industry. When she's not listening to music, knitting or writing, you can find her outside reading her favorite genres: Young Adult, Adult Fiction, Mystery, and Romance.
