By Avery Cheng
Genres: Romance, Adventure, Historical Fiction
Age Range: 15+
Summary: 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.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin is a novel that examines enthralling themes of friendship, creativity, and love. The story follows the relationship of Sam and Sadie, two ambitious programmers with a deep passion for video games. Set over three decades, it explores growth and pain, success and failure, love and sorrow—a poignant window into the ebb and flow of life. Told from alternating perspectives, and with interwoven pieces from the past and present, the story creates an immersive environment that draws the reader in. The nuances of the protagonists’ inner worlds begin to unfold as the novel progresses, setting the stage for rich character development. Zevin masterfully crafts an intricate tale with detailed writing and an engaging plot that feels almost too real. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is not simply about two friends who create video games together—rather, it is a painfully beautiful and raw exploration of the human ethos.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it to others! However, due to some more mature content, I feel that Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is best suited to ages 15 and up.
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