Absolutely fabulous read and a genuine twist on the traditional time travel story. Forget making money or worldwide fame - this book answers the question of what you would really do if you had the chance to live a day all over again. Gorgeous hopeful ending too - I loved it

Reading this book felt like I was watching a movie. You can get through this book pretty quickly, as it is fast paced and fun. It was also refreshing to see a focus on a father/daughter relationship rather than a romantic one.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Random House for this ARC.

I absolutely loved this book and have recommend this to everyone and could see this being made into a film as it is so good, I won't ruin this review with any spoilers but If you loved the filmed 13 going on 30 you love this book
many thanks to netgalley and the publishers for the arc of this book

There’s a bit of this book that really spoke to me on another level. It’s so cleverly written and deeply intuitive making it an incredible read. LOVED IT

Emma Straub is one of my favorite authors, and even though I have a very high bar for time travel books, I thought she absolutely nailed this. Especially after listening to her speak on a podcast about the inspiration for the novel - I was weeping throughout. So heartfelt, sentimental, but funny and charming all the same.

I enjoyed this tender time travel.drama very much. The characters were very well written and the relationship between Alice and her father was very poignant and authentic. An author I look forward to reading more from.

One book I’ll take on holiday will be This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub, this is the story of a 40 year old New Yorker who travels back in time to her sixteenth birthday in 1996. I’m looking forward to wallowing in 90s nostalgia and know I’ll be safe hands with Emma Straub, who also owns the brilliant Books Are Magic bookshop in Brooklyn – their Instagram account is a regular source of bookish inspiration for me.

Who hasn’t wished they could turn back time to appreciate their father or mother more? Whilst the time travel explanation was a little clunky I enjoyed the story of father and daughter through their times together.

Well-written and emotional, this story about a 40-year-old woman who returns to her younger self to reconnect with her father is a slow burn, and has a slow start. I almost put it down within the first chapters, but I'm glad I stayed with it. I particularly liked the evocative depiction of New York.

One of my favourite books I think I have ever read (and I don’t say that lightly!).

Think 13 Going on 30, but in book-form (ie. perfection). In my mid-twenties, I’m able to read Straub’s work and reflect and relate to my teenage self, and also pause to think about how I would like to live and relish each moment of my life as I grow older. There is something heart-breakingly wise about this funny, charming, gorgeous novel, and I’m thrilled it’s published now so I can run and keep a copy for myself!

This is the kind of book that will never leave me. It has worked its magic, tilting my perception of life and our world, and I’m very grateful to NetGalley, Michael Joseph/Penguin Random House, and Emma Straub for that.

This Time Tomorrow makes frequent reference to Back to the Future and other time travel films, but it really reminded me of About Time and the ability to change teeny tiny elements of your past and then see how it impacts on your future. Whilst I really enjoyed the message of the book: live for the day, live without regret, be grateful for what you have in the present etc. I felt the plot lost its way and even seemed a bit silly in places. I was especially confused by the emphasis placed on the characters we meet in the opening chapters only for them to all but disappear for the rest of the story.

This is a sweet tale of love and father/daughter relationships, but I feel the time travel element is done without much originality which leaves the ending somewhat predictable.

Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for the an ARC of this book in exchange for my review.

I don’t know whether I misread the blurb or requested this accidentally but it wasn’t at all what I was expecting. The time travel trope was loosely explained but it still left a lot of questions unanswered.

I felt the story was lacking structure and purpose and was very waffly and was in fact quite a struggle to get through. Not a lot happened and I’m a bit disappointed I wasted time reading this one.

This Time Tomorrow was a truly heart-warming story, with emphasis on teenage friendships, father-daughter relationships, and the power of understanding what you need versus what you want. Really thought provoking and enjoyable.

I thought this was a really sweet read, almost a love letter about fathers and daughters, and as a father to girls myself I hope I have half of the lovely relationship Leonard has with Alice!

I must admit that I thought the book petered out a little in the second half after a very strong and intriguing first half, but overall out was still a very enjoyable read.

As a person who hasn't seen her parents in so many years, I felt this story hitting hard.

The start and first half of the book is really slow, lots of characters and descriptions of the settings and interaction between them. You could feel that they all cared for each other even when the harder times hit.

I haven't read many time travel books and this one was really emotional and made me stop and think that I should reach out more to the loved one because life is too short and you can never know what tomorrow brings.

I felt so happy for Alice that she could spend more time with her father and all those savvy conversations hit differently.

Whether we want to, we have to let go of the past and keep the good memories of the loved one. That's what Alice did in the end as well, because the traveling back and forth wasn't quite the way to live her life.

Beautiful, emotional and heartwarming story.

🆓📖Very grateful to the publisher for my review copy

A very quirky story, where the daughter of a SCI FI writer travels backwards and forwards in time, usually on an earlier birthday.. Apparently her father used to do the same on the day of his daughter birth. She hopes to change the course of her fathers life so he isn't lying in a bed and slowly dying. Very definitive conclusion.

4.75 stars
This has to be one of the most relatable stories and main characters that I have ever read, even though it involves the notion of time travel.
There were so many sentences and parts that I wanted to highlight over and over again they summed up exactly how I feel about the pressure of conforming to a certain type of life (marriage, kids, etc.) that just doesn't interest me in the slightest.
In terms of the time travel, this is almost like 13 Going On 30 in reverse, as the novel itself even leans into and mentions.
I will say, time travel isn't a concept that normally interests or intrigues me but this used it in a way that made sense, if time travel ever can, and really furthered the story and development of Alice as a character.
The relationships in this were what really set it above and beyond what I initially expected going into it. Obviously you have Alice's relationship with her father but I feel like her relationship with her best friend Sam was equally important, as was how she came to see Tommy as the story progressed.
I also adored that this was set in New York City.
This was just a beautiful, well written and insightful book that has me itching to go back and read more from Emma Straub, as this is the first book of hers that I have had the pleasure of reading.
It's a book that I will remember for a long time.
Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Happy Publication Day to This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub. I knew nothing about this book before picking it up and if I could sum it up in one word, it would be lovely.

Alice is about to turn 40. Life isn’t turning out as she’d anticipated. Her dad , Leonard is lying in a hospital bed and she’s already starting to mourn his imminent loss. The night before her birthday , she drinks and drinks and returns to the street where she grew up; falling asleep there. When she wakes up, it’s 1996 , her 16th birthday and her Dad is right there, healthy and happy. Alice learns she can keep doing this and also how the smallest decisions we make can have huge impacts.

I really really enjoyed this one. Time travel wouldn’t usually appeal to me and I didn’t know that this was what this book was about until I began reading but I enjoy Straubs writing and this was unlike other books I’ve read with a somewhat similar theme. Straub examines what is happening, explores the concept and makes it almost believable and it’s secondary to what this book is really about. It’s written with such tenderness and has really lightly woven, non preachy messages within about making the most of life. It also reads as a love letter to both New York and to the relationships between children and their fathers.

By the halfway point, I was completely lost in this story, fully invested and had no issues with the time travel concept. Please don’t let it put you off if you , like me, are wary of such concepts in fiction.

A beautiful story. One that will stay with me. Recommend.

This is a delightful, time travelling novel full of wry humour, pathos and emotion.

Alice Stern is turning forty and spending much of her time caring for her beloved a dying dad. As she mourns his imminent passing she finds herself transported back to her sixteenth birthday. This gives her the opportunity to re-explore her relationship with her father. She has the chance to ask the questions a sixteen year old never would.

The characters are beautifully created and the relationships between them really come alive. The background of New York from the 1990s onwards is evocatively described.

This is an intelligent, entertaining and skillfully written book. I loved it.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Michael Joseph for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

On the night of her 40th birthday, Alice Stern - drunk, alone, and already mourning her father, who lies dying in hospital - falls asleep outside their old house. But when she wakes up, she's in her teenage bedroom, her father is hale and hearty, and it's her sixteenth birthday.

As Alice tries to untangle the knotty question of just what has happened to her, she discovers that seemingly small decisions have massive repercussions. There ensues an ingenious time travel novel which eschews many of the common tropes of the genre and focuses instead on exploring one woman's quest for meaning as she realises there is no such thing as 'the perfect life'.

This Time Tomorrow was a charming read which I raced through. Lighthearted, but tackling big issues, it's an ideal summer holiday book.