This story centers around a small group of friends who love playing and creating video games and start up a video game company.
I don’t love video games and don’t play them, so there was quite a bit of dialogue and descriptions about games that didn’t really mean much to me.
That being said, the majority of the story was about the complex relationships between the friends, which was the part I actually dug. I wasn’t expecting the book to be as emotional as it turned out to be, but definitely in a way that made it so much better.
I could have done without the deep dive into a video game that took us out of the initial story for a bit near the end of the book (it just went on too long) but all in all, an enjoyable read.
Thanks to #netgalley and #knopfpublishing for this #arc of #tomorrowandtomorrowandtomorrow in exchange for an honest review.

I heard so many good reviews about this book which made me seek it out and request a review copy on NetGalley. Thank you NetGalley for accepting my request!

This book took me on a journey through the lives and friendships of 3 college students, 2 of whom were unexpected childhood friends and later reunited by chance. A bit complicated at times, as well as heartbreaking, this story was filled with nostalgic references from the 80s & 90s and the world of gaming and its evolution. It was a fun ride to follow along and see if I could figure out the references. I felt lost at times with some of the gaming terminology and how the story started but it quickly picked up for me.

Max was my favorite character and his devotion to Sam was endearing. I loved their friendship.

I recommend this book to everyone, it was a nice change of pace for me in between beachy reads.

In Gabrielle Zevin’s latest novel, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, I audibly sighed when I finished the book. It was a sigh of deep contentment. When I first heard that the story is about video games, I passed. I’ve never been interested in video games. But then I kept hearing such positive reviews and I thought I’d give it a chance. I’m so thankful I did.

This novel is about so much more than video games. It’s a story about a lifelong friendship between Sadie and Sam. Yes, they are video game lovers and successful game designers but the video games just serve as a backdrop to the messy lows and euphoric highs of a deep friendship that spans decades.

In the end, I enjoyed the view into how video games are created and why they have such a broad appeal. Many people love them because they offer an escape to another world which is something we all need sometimes.

Zevin made me feel deeply about the characters. She also wrote beautifully about how important our real-world connections are to living a meaningful and healthy life. I highly recommend this story. It will stay with me for a very long time.

Special thanks to NetGalley and Knopf Publishing Group for this ARC.

I requested Zevin's book for background reading for an editorial feature on BookBrowse. I'm pleased to say that our reviewer gave it a full 5-stars. You can read the review and our related "Beyond the Book" article at the links below -- and (from Aug 3) we are featuring the book across BookBrowse for a week as a "Today's Top Pick" during which about 120k unique users will visit BookBrowse. And we are featuring it in the Aug 4 Highlights newsletter to about 47k with an open rate of 40%:
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Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced review copy of “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabrielle Zevin. Thoughts and opinions are my own.

This story follows Sadie and Sam from childhood friends to adulthood where they work together in the video game industry. I don’t know why the author picked two S names for the main characters (plus another side character is named Simon).

While I liked the aspects of seeing the creative process for video games, there were a lot of triggering elements in the story. I liked the scenes that showed the characters processing things through playing games. I wish there had been more of those scenes. For my tastes, this book was too much trauma and too little hope. Sadie in particular has so much trauma and I wish she had been able to get the help she needed. I wish she had confronted her predatory advisor instead of becoming his friend as every time he showed up I wanted something terrible to happen to him. I also didn’t like how entitled Sam was towards Sadie and I was really hoping they wouldn’t get together.

I saw that this book was optioned for a movie and while I think it would probably translate well, I would not watch it. There is an active shooter scene and death from that gun violence and there’s so much of that in the news every day.

Triggers for abusive relationship, sexual assault, physical assault, drug use, death of parent, car accident, amputation, chronic pain, active shooter incident, gun violence, suicide, gun death. It’s a sad reality we have to live and I don’t need to read about it in fiction and I especially don’t want to see it in a movie.

I would maybe recommend this to the right kind of reader but this was too much trauma and too little hope for me.

3/5 stars

This book was fantastic! Some of the best writing I have read in a long time. In a lot of ways the transitions and chapters reminded me of A Little Life. The movement between sections and chapters was done so well! The writing was able to pick up on certain words and remarks that made those transitions so clever. It was so hard to put this book down.

An unconventional love story about different types of soul mates. For people who are drawn to video games this is a must read. As a self proclaimed “nerd” this type of book and writing was just what my fiction shelves were missing. The best apart of this story was the intertwining relationships. There’s a certain intellectual depth to this type of relationship building and writing that helps you connect to the characters and become emotionally attached to their relationships and the transformation of these relationships. From the moment I read about Sadie and Sam I immediately connected with them.

I loved every minute of reading this book and think it was absolutely beautiful!

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin was one of my favorite books of the year. It reminded me so much of Meg Wolitzer’s and Celeste Ng’s writing styles so needless to say, I loved it.

Rating: 5/5⭐️

Read if you:
-like stories told over multiple decades
-like slower pace, character driven novels
-want a coming-of-age story that touches on tons of themes
-don’t mind a long book (416 pages)

Synopsis:
Sam and Sadie meet under unfortunate circumstances. Sam is admitted after recovering from a traumatic car accident, and Sadie is there visiting her sister who is undergoing chemotherapy. The two strike up a bond over a mutual love of video games, but after months of friendship, a misunderstanding causes a fallout. When the two meet by chance again in college, their friendship is restored and eventually the two form a partnership as video game producers. Told over thirty years, Sam and Sadie’s story is about their friendship, but also about loss, love, relationships, pain, success, and tragedy.

Thoughts:
Ok so a HUGE part of this book is video games but as someone who has never played them, I didn’t feel like I needed an inherent knowledge of them to get this book. Actually, the plot of each game was so interesting to me and added to the depth of the story. This book is long, so be prepared to invest some time. You can’t skim this book or zone out because there’s so much in the details and the prose. But it’s all so worth it. This story is definitely character driven, and relies more on that than plot. But the characters are so well crafted that they feel like people you once knew, or heard about in real life. The pace is slow, but the details are necessary and I didn’t feel like it should’ve been any shorter. I could talk about this book for days on end, but the bottom line is to pick it up if you like rich writing and compelling stories.

Novel that spans decades about 2 friends, Sadie and Sam. The characters were so relatable and engaging. The story is heartfelt and blew me away as a reader. Highly recommend. May be the best book of 2022!

Fantastic--maybe a book of the year. Not only was the writing exquisite, and so expansive and genre-defining, but the characters immediately felt like friends. I wanted to be part of the friend group at the heart of this book. It should win all the awards.

Going into "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow', I was really excited to read a story about friendship. This book gave me way more than I was expecting. From the first few pages, I was hooked. I immediately bought myself a hardcover copy as a was reading the ARC copy. This story, which spans many decades about two friends from younger kids to adults, was by far one of my favorite stories I've read in a long time. Definitely one of my favorite reads of 2022 by far. I've already recommended this book to several of my close friends. Once you start it, you'll be engulfed as well.

Thank you Netgalley for this ARC of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin.

I've said it once, and I'll say it again, I LOVE stories about friendships. They get me right in the feels every time. This is more of a love story between a man and woman who only remain friends, but no less poignant and heartfelt.

Sadie and Sam met when they were just kids and bonded hard over video games. They were also both there during times of immense grief and stress, which also puts a strain on their friendship. But flash forward to their college years, and their reunion and intelligence brings forth a highly popular and fame making video game called Ichigo. But as with many artists, there are always clashes in ideas and personality. And in the midst of all that life throws at them, their relationship take many twists, turns, moves, and romances. But somehow they are always able to find their way back to each other.

I walked into this hesitantly because (1) my experience with Gabrielle is very mixed and (2) I don't care a whole lot about video games. But I was able to quickly put both of those concerns to rest within just a few short chapters. THIS BOOK! It's so incredibly human, it's frustrating, sweet, relatable, gut wrenching, full of grief, sorrow, but also exquisite healing. I felt SO much throughout this book and I hope you read it so that you can too.

“But it is worth noting that to be good at something is not quite the same as loving it.”

WOW, i have no idea where to start with this review! I didn’t know what I was getting into when starting this book, but It will surely go down as one of my top reads and even favorite covers of the year!

This book spans 30 years and the plots and time periods were interwoven beautifully. We follow Sam and Sadie’s complicated friendship which begins when they meet in a hospital as children. This book is ultimately a story centered around video games, but ended up being so much more. We get to explore lot’s of different heavier topics, so I suggest checking out TW! I grew up playing video games with my family and we pretty owned every Nintendo console! As a “gamer” I really got enraptured with this book. If you’re not super into 90’s video games, I still highly recommend this book but you might grow bored from some of the finer details.

This book brought me a new all time favorite character in Marx, who was Sam’s roommate in college. I loved getting to watch these characters grow and establish themselves as video game creators and adults. This is the type of book where you forget that you’re reading, and the writing is just fantastic.

This was my first read by Zevin and I’m really looking forward to reading her other books!

I loved Young Jane Young and The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry and I loved Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow even more! Having three boys that are big gamers I was interested in how this book would play out however the gaming aspect wasn't the main focus of the book. The characters and their long relationship is the main focus. This book made me laugh and cry and I flew right through it. Highly recommend adding this to your TBR.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and publisher for the digital ARC of ”Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow.” I had a very hard time getting into this story. The characters, with the exception of Marx, always seemed to hold each other at arms length and it had the same effect on me as a reader. I just couldn’t seem to really get invested in their story. I felt like I should be almost done with the novel, but wasn’t even halfway through and ended up putting it down to read other books instead. I later skimmed through it to the end.

This is a book about video games, but it's not really about video games. It is about friendship, growing up, misunderstandings, and forgiveness. As an elder Millennial, I enjoyed the late 90s/early 2000s setting, and even though I've never been a video gamer, I was still completely invested in the story. Sadie and Sam are complex, well-developed characters, and the novel is sweeping, funny, and complex. I give it 4.5/5 for a few spots in the middle that dragged a bit, but I really loved it.

Sensitive readers beware: MANY content warnings apply. To avoid spoilers, I won't list them here, but message me if you need to know.

Thanks to Knopf and NetGalley for the free ARC.

Thank you so much to @NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review. I have to say that I found this book to be OK, but I felt it was a little reminiscent of “Ready Player One” in some aspects. Some of the characters were likeable, but there were some who I felt it was hard to connect with in a way. I rated this book 3/5 ⭐️’s.

I loved this book. Honestly, anytime I see a book coming out from Gabrielle Zevin, I know I'm in for a good read and this book was no exception. I'm a gamer myself so I loved all of the little references to actual games and the way the gaming aspects of the book felt real, even though quite a bit obviously was not. Although this was a book about creating video games, it was also very much about the people creating them and their relationships. I love that throughout the book there is an overarching theme about friendship potentially being more intimate than a romantic relationship. There are a lot of good things to say about this book. The only thing I really disliked was how stagnant Sadie was throughout and even at the end with the big change in her... It's not that big of a change and that's why I rate the book only 4 stars, even though it's more realistic than a drastic change would be.

I was not immediately enchanted by this book but fell deeply in love as the story unfolded, much to my surprise.
Sometimes when a book is widely popular I feel automatically that it must be overrated and generally go into it expecting to hate it but I ended up loving this book completely despite myself.
While it took me a little time to connect with Sam and Sadie on an emotional level I knew I adored Marx from the moment he is introduced. It’s rare that a male character is cast as the caretaker and it was a breath of fresh air to see a man who looks after his friends with a tenderness that is so often reserved only for women. Marx is simply the most precious and I loved him for his softness and optimism.
I’m not generally an emotional person but I became so attached to the characters that moments of tragedy felt truly devastating.
From a technical standpoint the writing can be pretentious at times but it’s easy to overlook because it feels so overwhelmingly earnest. The nostalgia of videogames as an institution is perfectly captured and the inherent escapism in playing is intimately portrayed by an author who clearly understands the feeling.
I could continue but I don’t think I can properly do this book justice except to say that it may be the best I’ve read all year and I highly recommend it to everyone.

This book was out of my comfort zone but I'm so glad I picked it up! There was a lot of hype around this one and it didn't fully live up to it, but it's definitely worth a read.

On the surface, this book is about video games. But it's actually so much more than that. It is about love, friendship, family, trauma, loss, grief, growing up, learning, and changing. I loved how the author weaved together the storylines from past, present, and future.

Overall, this was a very emotional and impressive book. Since it spans 30+ years, you really get to know the characters and feel connected to them.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is a complicated novel, but a super short synopsis would be that it follows Sadie and Sam over the course of their 30-year friendship as they navigate grief, love, and the world of video games. There is so much more to this beautiful coming-of-age story though (and you do NOT need to be a fan of video games to enjoy it), and I highly recommend reading it.