I heard enough chatter about Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin that I added it to my to-be-read list and then dodged it for awhile. All I knew is that it was popular and I’ve been more hit than miss over the years with popular books. Little Fires Everywhere, Where the Crawdads Sing and Big Little Lies were all pretty good books. Others, like Caste, which probably deserves its own post, were misses. Nevermind, I’m not going to give that book anymore time. Here’s a tip - if you have an interest in reading a book about descrimination, class, oppression, and any -ism term you can think of read Heavy by Kiese Laymon.
Tomorrow was a weird read for me. In the end it was a 7, barely. The writing was good with some show-off vocabulary, the story was eh, and in the end the only character I cared about was, well, none of them. The concept was fairly original but I saw one of the big story points coming, which was interesting for me. I don’t usually guess the twists but I saw this one.
All that makes this sound more like a 6 than a 7, maybe even a 5 since this book was also longer than it should have been, but there is a gem in this book, Chapter VII - The NPC. While I can’t describe what happens in this chapter without revealing spoilers I can say that it was stellar writing and brilliant storytelling. It caught me off guard because the style was such a turn from the rest of the book.
Despite Chapter VII I can’t give this one a strong recommend. It was ok, I’m glad I read it but I’m also glad I’m on to the next one.