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I can see why this book was on everyone's best of list for 2022, but it wasn't my fave book of the year. I enjoyed the story, but it was about 75 pages too long for me. I lost interest halfway through, but I was pulled back in before the end.

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Wow!! this book blew me away, and completely lived up to the height that social media has built around it. I didn't know much going into the book, and that was probably the best decision I made. We follow Sam and Sadie from childhood all the way until their in the early 30's. We meet them when they are both in the hospital but for different reasons. Sam was in a fatal car crash and has damaged his foot, while Sadie is there as her sister is having Cancer treatment. They bond over their love for video games and the release it gives them from their own world. They end up parting ways after they fall out and don't see each other until they are both in College. They then decide they should make a video game together which is the start of their journey of working together. Both have very messy personal lives, and I would say they are both morally grey characters; both have their moments when they are being pricks which just makes them more relatable. The success of their first game inspires them to continue to work together along with their friend Mark.
The book is so well rounded, and I felt empty when I finished this, I felt like I had been on a long journey with them all, and that they had tried to resolve their issues with each other.
This is a must read for everyone, and I feel like it is relatable to a lot of people. I would however say that there definitely is some triggering content, so would recommend researching those before hand.

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I think for me personally this book suffered from being overhyped. It was on so many best of lists before I got around to reading it and it just didn't live up. While I thought Zevin was a very skilled writer who did some amazing world-building (in both senses!) and character development, I just wasn't as into it as I'd have hoped. This book should've been catnip for me and sadly it fell a bit short. Don't get me wrong, it was still 4 stars because it was so well-written, I just wanted to love it and I only liked it.

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Didn't think I'd like this book but WOW! Not a subject I thought I liked or wanted to know about but this novel offers so much more. READ IT~!

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Sam, Sadie, and Marx are friends who are on the forefront of the gaming industry in the early 1990s. When the video game they created hits big, their company really takes off and they make more money than they dreamed of, doing something they love. Their story over the course of 15 or so years makes up the basis for this book, but this is not really a "gamer" story, it's really a story of friendship and love along with all the trials and tribulations of life.

This is an amazing book. The writing is just wonderful, the characters are compelling, the details of creating video games are fascinating. But the book is really about Sam, Sadie, and Marx, so the story has wider appeal. I'm an older woman and probably not the target audience, but I recommended it to my son and daughter-in-law who grew up with video games along with the comment that I loved it. There are plenty of game references and plenty of Asian culture references to keep the attention of afficionados, and .enough emotional/personal storyline to keep the attention of everyone else. I was definitely connected to the story, completely engrossed in the action, and could not put it down.

One note about the writing style. While most of the book is a straight narrative with some flashbacks, there are a couple of chapters that are unique. One chapter is written in second person (you did this, you did that). Normally I really can't stand that style of narrative, but in this case it is the perfect way to express the events in that chapter. To say more would be a spoiler, so suffice it to say I loved that chapter and completely agree with the author's choice. The other unique chapter takes the reader inside a video game as a player, and again it's a perfect way to relay the events and a perfect "aside" to the plot of the novel as a whole. I am so impressed with this author and will definitely seek out anything else written by her. I'm so glad I read this book!!

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I don’t think I’ve ever cared about characters the way I care about Sadie and Sam. This book has literally dug a hole in my soul and marked me forever.
Very grateful to Netgalley for giving me this ARC.

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Loved this book. You don't have to be a gamer to enjoy it. Sam, Sadie, and Marx were my favorite characters.
Favorite quotes:
"We are all living, at most, half of a life, she thought. There was the life that you lived, which consisted of the choices you made. And then, there was the other life, the one that was the things you hadn't chosen. And sometimes, this other life felt as palpable as the one you were living. Sometimes, it felt as if you might be walking down Brattle Street, and without warning, you could slip into this other life, like Alice falling down the rabbit hole that led to Wonderland.
You would end up a different version of yourself, in some other town. But it wouldn't be strange like Wonderland, not at all. Because you would have expected all along that it could have turned out that way. You would feel relief, because you had always wondered what that other life would have looked like. And there you were.'
"Your cousin Albert told me that, in business, they call this a pivot. But life is filled with them, too. The most successful people are also the most able to change their mindsets.'
Speech from Macbeth: "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. "That's bleak," Sadie said.
"It's good work," Sam said. "The God rays are nicely done, but the moon is almost too beautiful. The scale seems off."
"How is it so large and low? And it needs more texture. A bit of Perlin noise. It should look a little rougher, otherwise it doesn't seem real." "But maybe that's the look they were going for?" "Maybe so."

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After seeing this book EVERYWHERE I decided that I needed to pick it up to see what all the fuss was about. I went in fairly blind, only with the vague knowledge that Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow had something to do with video game creation.

Much like Ready Player One, you do not have to be a gamer to enjoy this story. Personally, I really enjoyed the video game creation portions of this story and even would have liked to see more! Video game creation aside, this book is more about the characters and their relationships with one another. The characters in this book felt so real, they are flawed, but you cannot help but fall in love with them.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is not an upbeat novel, but rather it packs an emotional punch. It isn’t often that books bring me to tears, but this one did. For a book, specifically a character in this situation, to cause such an emotional response solidifies that I’ll be thinking about this story for years to come. This would make for an excellent book club selection with many different things to unpack in a discussion.

I do think Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow suffers from some pacing issues at different parts throughout the book, however this didn’t impact my overall enjoyment.

If you enjoyed Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, you should check out The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker.

Thank you to the publisher for providing an eARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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Don't be fooled by the idea of this book: you do not need to be a video game expert or even enthusiast to really appreciate this complicated look at life and friendship. I really enjoyed this book so very much, and struggled with parts of the ending as far as whether I agreed with the author's decisions, but that's not for me to decide. These characters took on a life of their very own, and I was interested from the very beginning. Well done.

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4.25 ⭐️

Overall this book was really good, in some parts amazing even. I think what brought my rating down was the second half when all the character started getting into, in my opinion unnecessary, arguments. I didn’t dislike any of the characters by any means, but I didn’t agree with a lot of their decisions, again especially towards the end. I think Sadie especially made a lot of questionable choices about her relationships with people, specifically Sam. I think why she was mad at him was immature and a little stupid. That being said, I did really enjoy this book and would recommend it!

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This is well written and I liked it well enough, but I maybe don't get what all the hype is about. I do think having some knowledge of video games is an advantage but maybe not wholly necessary. I love video games. My favorite sequence is actually narrated by a character that's in a coma (will not tell you who or why because spoilers). Ultimately, this book is about a group of people, mostly with low self esteem, who become friends and how they grow and contract along the way as they grow as people.

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What an absolutely amazing book. The characters are all ones I'd love to know. Being the same age as them, they were incredibly relatable. The story leans heavily on a knowledge of video games, but I think even those who aren't familiar would still appreciate the narrative. It was almost impossible to put down!

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I DNF'd this book at 55% and here's why:
-the characters were extremely unlikable which made it hard for me to connect with the story -- everyone was incredibly selfish
-tries to address too many societal issues
-i was bored -- i loved video games as a 90's kid and thats why i was ultimately drawn to this story that would intertwine friendship and video games, but the video game parts were boring and didn't have me excited
-too slow

I think the writing was good and I know I'm in the minority because this book is well-loved and has won so many awards, so I think this is just a case of this is not the book for me

thank you so much for the eARC - i am so grateful for the chance to read this even though I didn't enjoy it!

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This book was a really fun and also incredibly sad read. The story was very plot driven so even if the character were not very likable (except Marx!) the plot is what pushed me to finish. Overall, I gave this read four stars. The ending was a little vague but it is supposed to be. I would read a sequel to this but honestly it doesn’t need one.

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This was the first book I read from the author, and I know it will not be the last. I really really enjoyed the book, it was fun and entertaining. Also, I connect with the characters a lot.
Thanks, Netgalley for the free copy for my honest review.

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A beautiful and fully flesh-out take on friendship, love and loss. I really appreciated the background of the gaming world and game development because it truly is an art form. I also loved the pace of the novel and how it allowed us to follow in intimate detail how the friendships/relationships over time changed, grew, severed, reconnected, etc. Beautiful characters that felt real, like friends to me.

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Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - 3 ⭐️

This was our Overbooked Book Club Choice for August 2022 and as you can see for once I finished early! 🤣 This NEVER happens.

I was hooked to the story, but I didn’t feel like I was as emotionally invested in the characters as I hoped to be.


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Wow wow wow. Zevin’s latest book has been all over Bookstagram and with good reason. Her writing is just incredible.

This is a platonic love story set in the world of video game creation. I have zero interest in video games but I loved every brilliant word about them here. Her characters are perfectly imperfect. I feel so attached to Sadie and Sam; I’m going to miss reading about them before bed every night.

Even though I loved it, I don’t think this book will be for everyone. It is long, complex, and slow at times. The contemporary style reminded me of Cloud Cuckoo Land (another 5-star for me) in the way she uses different perspectives to tell the story. And maybe not everyone likes having to look up definitions of words as they read 🤓

Thank you @aaknopf for the gifted copy; I’m so happy to have this in my library for a future reread.

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, is a multilayered novel about friendship, love, and video games.

This story contains three decades worth of brilliance, creativity, friendship, love, romance. jealousy, resentment, isolation, miscommunication, and more. Maybe some huge successes require people to be somewhat broken and misunderstood. Definitely love does not have to be romantic to last a lifetime.

The narrative alternates primarily between Sadie and Sam's POVs. Sam and Sadie are both loveable, arrogant, infuriating, and flawed.

The reader doesn’t need to know much about video games to enjoy this book (but it might help!). There are also a lot of 80s, 90s, and early 2000s pop culture references mixed in. I loved reading the details behind creating a game and the gaming industry as I was introduced to a whole new world.

This is a well-written, complex, thought-provoking, and original novel. I was invested in the characters, and some moments hit me on an emotional level. I got teary-eyed towards the end. I won't forget these characters; this is a book that is going to stay with me for a long time.

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The author of The Storied Life of AJ Firky returns with a new book. In Firky, we find a man whose life could be told through classic literature. Tomorrow is a story of three characters told through the games they create.

The story jumps back and forth through time, telling the story of two characters, from when they first met in the hospital to their college reunion and famous gaming company. Some of the games hint at famous games, much like literary references in Firky, but you don’t need to know these games to follow the story. It becomes a fascinating tool for the power of storytelling through games. How you can put your life’s story in a game, and people can connect it just like any form of art.

The title is confusing since it’s a Shakespearean reference (MacBeth). One would wonder what that has to do with gaming. It serves two purposes; the concept is like a game; you can start again and again if you don’t like the outcome. It is also a critical and tragic part of the story that is bittersweet and unforgettable.

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