Fantastic! A very compelling read that focuses heavily on character development. A little on the long side that dragged in the middle, but picks up again near the end.

This book is so excellent. I am not a gamer, but I really enjoyed the plot of this book. It's one of the best character-led stories that I have read in a long while.

I finished this book last week and find the characters are still sitting with me. It's beautifully written and is a hard book to describe. Mostly, I would say that this book evoked more organic feelings than many I have read recently - you really empathize with the characters and feel what they feel.

It's at times a love story, a reflection of society, and a deep study of lifelong friendship. I am really glad I read this and would gladly recommend it to others.

Thank you to the publisher, I received a complimentary eARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is on everyone's Best of 2022 lists, and for good reason! This expertly paced book, jumping in timelines. chronicles the friendship of Sam and Sadie. The story follows the two friends who first met in a children's hospital playing Mario. Video games are a constant in this story of friendship, family, tragedy, and timeless love.

You don't need me to convince you to read this book, but add my tally to the growing list of fans of Zevin and her poignant novel.

You know how, if you're lucky, you occasionally find a book that you feel must have been written for you specifically and individually to read at this precise time? Yeah, well, that has happened to me twice now, and I feel like I've won the lottery.

Such a creative outstanding job by this author! I wasn't sure if I could stomach the video gaming but it developed alongside a friendship, so it just appeared and meshed so gently. Two souls bonded together by a friendship that even disabilities and race made it that much more unique. The book comes with a lot of heartaches, failures and misunderstandings at times.

With alternating POVs, Sadie and Sam tell their side how they met at a Children's Hospital because of Sadie's sister's hospitalization and Sam, a patient. Sam would not allow anyone into his space due to his disability and so he put up guard, but they had in common the love of gaming and a friendship bloomed against all odds.

The story spans 30 years, develops and shares as humans our need to connect..be loved and love... Although it is not a love story it defines the nature and uniqueness of it. Without giving anything away, keep reading...you may not understand it all as I did not, but this friendship was woven throughout even when their lives became separated. I can see why it would be Goodreads Choice Award!
Thank you NetGalley and Knopf for giving me an opportunity to request and read this book and write a review even though it has already been published.

This is a fantastic book. Do not wait to read it.

The book tells the tale of Sadie and Sam from the time they are children until they are young adults. As children, they bond over video games, and this bond continues into their adulthood.

I do not like video games really, but I love this book. Do not let the video games scare you. This is a gorgeous story of friendship and love. The characters are real and beautiful and the story is so moving.

You will love this book.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow foi um livro que eu sabia que ia gostar, mas não sabia o tanto que ele ia me pegar, se tornando uma das melhores leituras de 2022. E por isso eu digo que não é a toa a sua coração como melhor livro do ano.

Aqui, Gabrielle Zevin nos conduz ao longo de trinta anos na vida de Sadie e Sam, dois amigos que alcançaram o sucesso ao desenvolver um jogo eletrônico. São trinta anos de amizade, companheirismo, ambição, decepção, brigas... Você acompanha tanto dos personagens que sentem eles como sendo reais e no final fica aquele sentimento de vazio por se despedir.

De primeira, a premissa parece algo simples e sem muita emoção. Realmente a história não tem reviravoltas, nem vilões, nem heróis; é só a história de duas pessoas que decidiram lançar um jogo juntos, mas que a partir daí muita coisa se desenrola.

Sadie e Sam são de personalidades bem parecidas e por isso eles vivem entrando em conflito, porém sua amizade é mais forte. Por mais que briguem e passem muito tempo sem conversar, eles acabam voltando para a vida um do outro. Vamos ver os dois navegando pelos altos e baixos da fama e sucesso, assim como estando presentes e apoiando um ao outro nos momentos difíceis, mesmo de forma indireta e à distância.

Lado a lado, temos o foco no ramo dos jogos eletrônicos e mulheres na tecnologia. Como alguém da área, super me identifiquei com Sadie e seus momentos onde ela ficava triste, revoltada, com raiva de como sempre diminuiam sua participação na criação dos jogos. Como uma criança dos anos 90, também gostei das referências da época. A autora também trata de outros assuntos importantes, como depressão e saúde mental. Assim como temos uma baita representatividade de várias nuances.

Sobre os secundários, eu destaco demais Marx, que de início é amigo de Sam e depois vira empresário dos dois. Ele era o equilíbrio entre Sam e Sadie, praticamente sendo a voz da razão entre os dois. Sua participação é intrínseca na vida dos protagonistas, que eu o considero como um terceiro de tão grande que ele foi na história.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow foi um livro que fechou meu 2022 em grande estilo. É aquele tipo de leitura que você começa não dando nada e acaba sendo levado pela onda de sentimentos que é a história e no final só fica o vazio e a saudade dos personagens.

I waited to read this book for so long, then finally tackled it. I had heard rave reviews about it, but was leary because I am not a gamer. I will say that the book it very fluid and beautifully written. It flowed and kept me engaged. I enjoyed the storyline and the character development. I wasn't as wowed as I thought I would be with the ending though. Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy.

I very nearly didn’t read this book as the cover didn’t appeal to me at all, nor the blurb….a book about gamers and gaming at my age! . I had been given a hard copy proof to read and ended up giving it to someone else without reading it. Soon however i began to see it on all the best of lists for the year and so many people who have similar tastes as me loved it. So to be one of the pack I requested a copy from NetGalley and was approved. So so pleased that I was.
Sam and Sadie bump into each other at the train station, they haven’t spoken since childhood when Sadie was in hospital because her sister was having treatment for cancer and Sam was recovering from a car accident that killed his mother and left him a severely damaged foot…..broken in 27 places. So again begins their friendship, their love of gaming and writing programs for games keeps them close and they form a business.
Through ups and downs loves won and lost the two remain friends and when tragedy strikes Sadie, Sam helps her through it in a remarkable way.
The premise of the story reminded me a bit of Normal People in the fact that the two main characters came together and drifted apart over and over. The title of the story comes from a line in a Shakespeare play and for this story speaks of the infinite possibilities of rebirths and redemptions.
It’s going to be on everyone’s top 10 books for a while I think.

#TomorrowAndTomorrowAndTomorrow. #NetGalley

If you are involved in any book spheres you’d have heard the hype for this book. It is sold out everywhere, it’s so many peoples top read of 2022, and you should 100% believe the hype.

What a PHENOMENAL novel, absolutely brilliant. It contain a unique premise, with honest and real character, and raw relationships. This is definitely one of my favourite reads or 2023, I’d even go as far to say top three. I loved it so much I went to purchase the physical novel as soon as I finished to reread it and annotate it properly.

I don’t just recommend this to gamers, though all gamers should read this as it is riddled with fantastic Easter eggs and references to popular video games that were so fun to hear, I recommend this to everyone. It’s super engaging and accessible so if you are interesting in venturing into literary fiction this is a fantastic gateway.

One of the best examples of the found family trope I have ever read, it was incredible. I adore these character so so much.

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow was one of my most anticipated books of 2022. And it certainly didn’t disappoint. Having grown up in Boston, i was immediately charmed by descriptions of Cambridge and the T. I didn’t find myself liking the characters until a good part of the way through the book but once they won me over, I was so invested in their story I literally couldn’t stop reading. Overall, this is my favorite read of 2022. I will be recommending it repeatedly.

This book was fantastic. If you’re part of GenX and or a video gamer, this is a must read. Sam and Sadie meet as kids in 1987 during a traumatic time and grow close through their shared love of video games. Over the years their friendship ebbs and flows with the opportunities and challenges life can bring. The one constant is their love of video games and their deep bond. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a nostalgic look back at the early video games of the 80s and 90s, and that best friend who’ll always be the favorite playmate.

This was one of my favorite books of 2022! I absolutely adored Sam and Sadie and loved following their friendship as they grow through so many stages of life. This book broke my heart, and put it back together again. I laughed, I cried, I felt all the things! I grew up playing some video games but not a ton so I felt like I could appreciate some of the video game aspects of the book, but even with no experience or interest even in video games... this book is incredible. It's about so much more than the games, it's about a friendship, formed and broken and everything in between. I can't wait to ready more of Zevin's books! 5 stars, would definitely recommend you pick this up if you haven't already!

This book unfortunately just wasn’t for me. The writing was beautiful and this author is very talented in that aspect, however the first two chapters just weren’t enough to suck me in and make me feel invested and this book just felt like it dragged on.

📄 Sadie & Sam meet in the gaming room of a children’s hospital and instantly become best friends. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow follows them and their complicated friendship throughout their lives and game design careers.
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💭 There were so many beautiful aspects to this book—I loved the way the author tied all the different styles, storylines, and themes together. I love books that span over years, where you get to see how the relationships develop and change over time.
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The gaming theme was very unique and done very well—I think if you’re not or never have been into games, you’ll still enjoy this one. The author did a fantastic job explaining-without-explaining references that may have otherwise been too specific.
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I grew up with two older brothers who gamed & while I didn’t play with them often, one of my favorite things to do was to watch them play. This was very nostalgic for me and I loved it so much that I gifted a copy to one of my brothers for his birthday.
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👉🏻 If you enjoy(ed) gaming and/or grew up in the 80s/90s, don’t miss this one. Even if you didn’t, this book is still fantastic.

I am not a gamer, but this book made me wish I was. I'll do my best at a spoiler-free explanation of why below but also wanted to acknowledge I did receive an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is the type of book that really takes you through the FULL range of emotions - be prepared to feel sad. The writing was compelling and the characters real enough that I felt completely invested in every moment and felt real loss, excitement, and anger right along with the main protagonists. I also deeply enjoyed the nostalgia of reading about the early days of the internet.

I loved also how the writing style shifted sometimes to focus us more on the gaming aspect via game descriptions or more on the characters' fame via news articles. I thought it was an interesting style that kept things moving. If there's anything negative I would say I often was really frustrated with the main characters...but then the author made such a full-circle, complete ending that I felt compelled to forgive them as if they were my own lifelong friends.

Would definitely recommend especially for any 80s and 90s kids who grew up on video games.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow follows Sam and Sadie, friends who meet when they are children at a hospital. Sam has recently been in a car accident and will not speak to anyone but opens up to Sadie about Mario and other games while she is visiting her sister. They make a pact when they are younger to always forgive each other but that was made in youth before the knowledge of the future and adulthood is known. In College Sadie and Sam reunite and make a video game together that has success and from there their company Unfair games is created alongside Sam's roommate Marx.
The flashbacks and transitions between the past and present are thoughtfully written and make the book even more engaging. The nostalgia for the 80's and 90's arcade and video games is very prevelant and having played early Nintendo games I loves revisiting the past. highly recommend this book, thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the copy.

WOW. THIS. BOOK. As someone with a lifelong love of video games I knew I would be drawn to the plot, but I didn't expect how much I would become invested in the lives and relationships of several of the characters, especially Marx, Sadie and Sam. Thy were so compelling not only as a group but as individuals as well, trying to navigate the world around them while also running a hugely successful business together. The one thing I didn't buy was that Sam and Sadie were the ultimate friendship that would survive through anything. Their relationship was fraught and complicated, but the more enduring and close relationship for both of them seemed to be with Marx. Nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and I wish I could wipe my mind clean and read it again for the first time all over again.

Wow, just wow. I'm not even sure what to say about this book, and I know I'll be thinking about it for a long time to come. The characters, the writing, the story... just wow. Thank you so much to NetGalley for the ARC!

It’s been a long, long while since I haven’t wanted a story to end. I often find myself flipping through pages or checking the time left in a book. Not necessarily because I’m bored or disliking a book, but because I’m just looking forward to trying something new. But Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow was the kind of book that could’ve kept going for hours longer and I would’ve still been entirely immersed.

Tomorrow is a bit of a genre-bender, or more so the type of book that really just transcends the idea of a genre. I’ve seen lots of labels for it: literary fiction, historical fiction, science fiction. Romance, contemporary, coming-of-age. And while there are certainly bits of all those things in it (though the historical part only really goes back to the 90s, and the story itself isn’t science fiction), it’s so much more than any of those labels can describe.

Sadie and Sam are characters that feel like pieces of you, the reader. They’re not always particularly likable. They’re horribly flawed in many ways. But they’re also humans just trying to do their best to be happy and create the things that bring them some semblance of joy. This is ultimately a story of relationships - familial, platonic, romantic, sexual, sensual, the anti-relationship. Of relationships with the self and with others. It asks the question of whether we need to take care of our own needs before being a good friend to someone else, or is the way to learning to love ourselves through a path of giving love to those around us. It’s a question in what is family? Is it blood, or is it belonging? Is it something more?

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a book that I never wanted to finish, but I couldn’t wait to get to the next chapter. It’s poetic and heartbreaking, but there’s also so much warmth and triumph. It’s hard to find a solid story, on-page or on-screen, that can truly make you feel so much while also being simultaneously raw and eloquent. This is a new classic, and I will cherish this story for years to come.