Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is a beautiful book following two game designers throughout their lives and careers.
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin
Themes: Fiction, Contemporary, Gaming, Romance
Reading Format: Paperback
5 STARS
This book will be one that sticks with me for a while to come for so many different reasons. This book had so much to offer from a passion for gaming and critiques of society, to a slow-burning romance.
Following friends from childhood as they enter into their adult lives at the helm of a gaming company and the many complications that come along the way. This book made me laugh, it made me cry and it made me understand more about what goes on behind the scenes of creating a video game. It certainly left me with an urge to play more fantastic games. I loved that we saw this book taking place over 30 years and how the gaming industry changed during this time.
Getting to know Sadie, Sam and Marx was a delight in this book, despite them all certainly being flawed characters. At different times in the books, each character got on my nerves a little, but in a way that showed the challenges they were going through at that tie in their lives. I particularly enjoyed the chapter we saw from Marx’s perspective, this was truly beautifully done and offered some variation from the previous narrative.
Ultimately this book analyses what it is to be happy and what contributes to happiness in our lives. It makes both the reader and the characters question what kind of lives they want and how they can be happy.
Overall, a truly brilliant book both in writing style, plot and characters.
