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A review by ralovesbooks
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
5.0
Thank you to Penguin Random House and Libro.fm for my audio copy!
“The thing I find profoundly hopeful when I’m feeling despair is to imagine people playing, to believe that no matter how bad the world gets, there will always be players.”
Listen, I loved T&T&T so much that it has now surpassed Olympus, Texas as the best novel I’ve read this year, and I suspect that it will end up being a Shouting Book of 2022. I’ve recommended it to more than 10 people with subtle messages like, “THIS IS THE NEXT BOOK THAT YOU NEED TO READ.” I’ve typed the title and author so many times that my phone is starting to autofill it for me. The shouting has already begun!
I can’t stop thinking about this story of friendship and creative partnership. Trust me when I say that you don’t need to love video games to connect with this book because I know absolutely nothing about this world. I even had to look up terms as I went (non-player character, paladin, cut scene), but I didn’t mind because I cared so deeply for the characters. I think the author did such an amazing job exploring their stories and relationships. It reminded me of The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon and The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker, which are both about art, friendship, and hardship. Reading this book made me think about how we’re all non-player characters in each other’s games, and how friendship is a deep and worthy relationship, and how I really ought to play more in my life, and what does that even MEAN? 🤯
I listened to the audio production of this book, performed beautifully by Jennifer Kim and Julian Cihi, and right after I finished it, I had that itching sensation of needing to hold a copy in my hands, and I immediately bought a copy at my local indie with a gift card. Yay!
“The thing I find profoundly hopeful when I’m feeling despair is to imagine people playing, to believe that no matter how bad the world gets, there will always be players.”
Listen, I loved T&T&T so much that it has now surpassed Olympus, Texas as the best novel I’ve read this year, and I suspect that it will end up being a Shouting Book of 2022. I’ve recommended it to more than 10 people with subtle messages like, “THIS IS THE NEXT BOOK THAT YOU NEED TO READ.” I’ve typed the title and author so many times that my phone is starting to autofill it for me. The shouting has already begun!
I can’t stop thinking about this story of friendship and creative partnership. Trust me when I say that you don’t need to love video games to connect with this book because I know absolutely nothing about this world. I even had to look up terms as I went (non-player character, paladin, cut scene), but I didn’t mind because I cared so deeply for the characters. I think the author did such an amazing job exploring their stories and relationships. It reminded me of The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon and The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker, which are both about art, friendship, and hardship. Reading this book made me think about how we’re all non-player characters in each other’s games, and how friendship is a deep and worthy relationship, and how I really ought to play more in my life, and what does that even MEAN? 🤯
I listened to the audio production of this book, performed beautifully by Jennifer Kim and Julian Cihi, and right after I finished it, I had that itching sensation of needing to hold a copy in my hands, and I immediately bought a copy at my local indie with a gift card. Yay!