This was a wonderful story about love and friendship spanning across three decades. Sam and Sadie meet in hospital as kids; Sam has been in a car accident and Sadie is visiting her sick sister. The pair develop a bond over their shared love of video games but lose touch until years later when they decide to make a video game together, with Sam's friend Marx joining as Producer.

The book to me explores the complexities of friendship between two people as they grow older and circumstances change. It highlights the difficulties of transitioning from childhood to adulthood, the pressures of running a business with your best friend and the issues that can arise from it.

As the popularity of their games intensifies, so does the pressure to deliver and the business of making video games becomes more serious. It's inevitable than cracks will start to form in their friendship as things aren't as simple as they used to be.

The characters were incredibly diverse; they all had different backgrounds that they came from and perhaps wouldn't have met ordinarily if it wasn't for certain circumstances. Marx for example had such a different upbringing to Sam, but they were paired together as roommates at Harvard. I loved that these characters were so different and yet alike in enough ways to come together and create something magical with their video games.

As someone that loves video games I was mostly drawn to this book for that reason; but even if you don't like games you can find a connection with these two characters from different walks of life. It was fascinating to watch them change as the years go on; see how they grow as people and how the years affect their friendship.

I also adored Marx and the calming influence he brought to the two main characters. He was level-headed and knew how to bring peace to the office. Sadie and Sam may have designed and developed the games, but Marx enabled them to just be creatives by taking care of the business side of things. Towards the end of the book were a few pages from Marx's point of view and they were some of my favourite pages of the book.

All in all I was transfixed by this book. Each character was unique and complex; each had their own issues and insecurities which made them incredibly relatable. A solid five star read for me.

Much anticipated, this book did not disappoint. Wonderful stuff.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for providing an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Firstly, I need to say that am not a gamer. The last time I played a game was original 'The House of the Dead', and yes, I do know that the remake is out in a few weeks time. I thoroughly enjoyed this book about Sadie and Sam who initially met as children in a hospital. They bonded whilst playing games and, as their relationship continued, it blossomed into a deep friendship. Sadie, however, was hiding a secret.

These two creative and enterprising people began a company together as they grew up, but needed a third person, Marx (Sam's roomy), to be the glue for the day-to-day running of the business, the creativity of their products, and Sadie and Sam themselves. The chapters flit between the thirty years of the present and the past using flashbacks, which is very effective.

There is so much crammed into these pages, such as betrayal, technology, deceit, race, gender, disability, trust, pain, failure, love, and loss, but most of all the value of friendship in all guises. When it was flowing well, it was beautifully written. The only downside of this excellent book was whenever my reading was halted by words I did not understand, and I had to look up my dictionary. This might say more about the standard of my education than anything else? I do not mean the German words - they were so descriptive and wonderful, and I loved them - I mean words that I felt were frustratingly unnecessary, and was perhaps the author just showing off a wee bit. *wink* In any case, this was my first piece of this work by this author and it certainly won't be my last.

I chose an ARC which I voluntarily and honestly read and reviewed. All opinions are my own. My thanks to NetGalley, the author, and her publisher.

An epic and heart-wrenching story of love, friendship and creativity. Think Daisy Jones & The Six, but set in video gaming rather than the music industry. I fell head over heels for this book - it's SO good.

Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for access to this story early. I really enjoyed the writing in this story. It was beautiful and compelling.

Gabrielle Zevin is one of my favourite authors of all time, so I knew I would love this book before I even knew the pitch. That said, it blew me away in completely unexpected ways. This might just be better than AJ Fikry...

I couldnt put this book down, I was gripped right from the start and I found the story both heartwrenching in times and heartwarming. I loved the characters, they were relatable and I took them to my heart straight away. This is such a good book and is definitely worth a read.

Like most reviews I write I won't be giving a synopsis as I believe that the blog writers do a better job without giving anything away.
This novel is most unusual. In many ways it could be classed as teenage fiction, HOWEVER, personally I would not choose to recommend this to my teenage children.
For much of the book I enjoyed the developing theme of friendship alongside the unusual world of computer game making. However around half way I got bored with the theme and somehow the relationship development dragged and missed the mark. All in all, a book I began enthusiastically telling others I was reading, ended up rather disappointingly.

I think this might be one of my favourite books ever! Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is an absolute wonder of a book. It is exceptionally well written, wonderfully developed and so very human. Hopes, dreams, wants, needs, love, hate, heartbreak, life and death... This book has it all and the gaming worlds just add more dimension. It is intrinsically plotted and I honestly don't know how Gabrielle Zevin managed to write something so bloody wonderful. I've played games through my life, not a great deal but enough to appreciate the gaming aspects of this book and I found it to be so very heartwarming. It's familiar and reminded me of being a kid but with the appreciation of now being almost thirty-eight and seeing games for what they truly are and how much they mean to gamers.
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is going to stick with me for a long time and I'm so very glad I had the opportunity to read it. Now I just need to make some new online gaming friends so I can recommend this book to them all!
5 absolutely massive stars from me!
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Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and the wonderful Gabrielle Zevin for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

I didn't love this - I think it might be a bit like marmite. It was a bit too wordy and experimental for me.

I really liked this book, the story, the characters, the relationship between them.
Thanks for the opportunity to read this ARC.

I wasn't sure what to make of this at the start, is it a book about the emergence of game development? a love story? a friendship saga? To be honest it's a bit of all those and more. The lead characters are brilliant, broken, generous and selfish all at once. The dynamic between them feels believable and I was sad to leave them at the end of the book. (Copy received via Netgalley in return for an honest review)

I struggled at first with this book about gaming and thought, maybe I’m just not of the right generation? I persevered and I’m so glad I did because hiding behind the gaming front, is a beautiful story of friendship, love, trust and loyalty in all their forms - and yes, sadly, along with all those emotions there’s going to be some sadness but it doesn’t detract from what a fabulous story this is.
I think, because I’m not a gamer, I got confused by the part where Emily meets Dr Daedalus but that was a great reveal when I finally understood.
This is definitely worth a read. I’m glad I did.

What a treat of a book! Zevin's latest is a chunky tome telling of the entwined lives of three best friends brought together by loneliness and gaming. A coming of age story, it centers gaming as another form of storytelling. I absolutely loved it.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher.

Although I am not a gamer, many of my loved ones are, however, I do not think being a gamer is a requirement for reading this gem. This book not only pulled on my heartstrings but submerged me in a world of nostalgia and vibrant characters. Gabrielle Zevin has seamlessly made worlds within worlds and allows the reader to fall head over heels not only for the characters but for the relationships (platonic or otherwise). This story and its characters had me hooked from the first second and kept me all the way to the end. I would highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to experience a world of gaming, love, loss and being human. I will be buying a copy of this when it is out in stores!

Rounding up to three stars.

I think I just wasn't the right person for this book.
There were parts that were just too long for me,and I almost gave up.
There were parts that dragged me back in,and kept me reading.
Not being into gaming at all,I didnt understand some of it.
I do understand friendship though,and this was the main reason I kept reading the book. .

An interesting book with authentic believable characters and dealing with many socially important topics with sensitivity. I enjoyed this book but not being a gamer I suspect that I missed many of the culturally important references. Still ,within my understanding, I enjoyed the read.

I’ve been lucky enough to read an advance copy of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by by Gabrielle Zevin and it’s really prompted a lot of meandering thoughts. The fiction book is out later this year and while it does focus on a trio of gamers, it’s actually about connection and love and relationships. It’s helped me fall back in love with fiction. It’s not a sappy book but one focusing how complicated life is but also looking at the multiple, complicated lives we all lead and how people come in and out of our lives - not just our real ones but our digital ones. It touches upon disabilities, connections and friendship. There are conversations around multiple narratives and role playing games and also how that ties into our real lives too. I’m not a gamer at all but it was really hard not to get immersed into the world of Sam and Sadie and Marx.

I'll start of by saying I was so incredibly excited to read this, especially when I received an ARC. Zevin's book "Elsewhere" was one of my favourite novels growing up and I hadn't read any of her adult fiction.

This book was incredibly compelling, the characters are unique, messy, sometimes a little toxic, selfish, selfless, ugly and beautiful all in one.

Be prepared to feel sad, you get invested in every moment and feel real loss as well as real emotion. The story explores asexuality, sex, racism, cultural appropriation, grief and homophobia is also done well.

My one criticism is that I felt that the last quarter of the novel dragged a little and could have been tighter (hence the deduction of a star).

4.5 🌟

I absolutely loved this book! I love video games and reading so two things in one was a dream. Combined with a story of an evolving relationship between two friends and how this develops as they get older and their lives change.

I liked the characters, the writing style and all of the cult references to games. I didn’t think that any of the twists were unnecessary or just there for shock value either which I was pleased with, and how the story examines things such as sexuality, sex, racism, cultural appropriation, grief and homophobia is also done well.

It is a long book and maybe there’s a little too much backstory and filler in places. I can also see why some people may not have enjoyed one of the chapters in particular near the end (no spoilers!) but personally I really loved that chapter and thought it was so clever.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow had some beautiful moments and quotes too. I really felt so invested in Sadie and Sam and their journey. Definitely recommend this book!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book for review.