2024 the best of tomorrow review

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Sam and Sadie—two college friends, often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have heard before.

"Delightful and absorbing." —The New York Times "Utterly brilliant." —John Green

One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century One of the Best Books of the Year: The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, TIME, GoodReads, Oprah Daily

From the best-selling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: 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.

Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love.

Reviewer: Amanda McKinley
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: An absolutely stunning piece of art that had me mesmerized from the get go!
Review: Wow. This book, this writer, is just WOW. I have zero interest in gaming and gamers but this author created a masterpiece of literature and story that just sucked me in. Her characters were so rich and tender - love that not a single one was flat - even the Bandana guys who could only see ‘other’ in those unlike them.I don’t even know how to describe what I experienced bc it was so much more than the story and the plot. It was true art. Sam and Sadie were endearing and frustrating and well, so deeply and beautifully human.The world of game creating and the lives of gamers was fascinating - mainly bc of how Zevin told it. Her writing and storytelling seemed effortless which means the exact opposite - the mark of a brilliant writer.This was truly a masterpiece. I will read anything else by this author. What I have missed for so long in many of the NYT bestsellers is HEART and SOUL and HOPE and ACHE and FRAIlTY all wrapped into one. Nothing trite. Nothing cliche.Beautiful work. Well done. Now I am going to do a deep dive read on this author bc I am dying to know more about her!!!

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A Must Read!
Review: I love a book that takes a topic that doesn't particularly interest me (i.e. gaming) but still manages to make it such an interesting and incredible read. I am far from a "gamer", and while this book mostly revolves around the gaming industry and uses a lot of terminology and talk that I wasn't always able to follow, I was still able to feel engrossed in the story and was just as invested in it. Alongside with gaming, this book also does an amazing job at exploring various friendships, relationships, etc. and seeing how they change over time. I really do enjoy a story that takes place over a period of time and seeing how the characters and their relationships change with them, and this book is an excellent example of that.That being said, I feel like there was a portion of the book where my interest level dropped a little (about after the first 1/3 of the book). I feel like the characters became a little stagnant at that point, seemed like there was a bunch of unnecessary drama, and fell a little flat for me. And I was starting to feel very disconnected from the characters. BUT... then the about 3/4 of the way in.... Gabrielle just hits you with the biggest punch to the gut I've gotten from a book in a while. And I was left with my jaw hanging open, and realized just how close to the characters I was in that moment. All feelings of being disconnected were gone, and I was left with my heart on the floor. But seriously, that chapter (Part VII: The NPC: You are flying. - you know the one), was one of the most tragic, beautifully written chapters I've ever read. Whether you enjoyed the book a lot, or none at all, no one can deny how emotionally impactful that chapter was. I'm still reeling from it.This was one I listened to on audio, and was definitely a good choice. The narrator was amazing, and did an incredible job at bringing the characters to life. While this book wasn't a knock out 5 stars for me, it was still an amazing read and definitely recommend it to everyone.

Reviewer: WJ Nichols
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Wonderful and touching for non-gamers too.
Review: I'm an old dude who has never played a video game and has no compulsion to do so. I, therefore, find it amazing at how much I loved this book! The characters are real and you care about them deeply; a great, fast-moving story and dialogue that is poetic and real. If you're a gamer, I'm sure, there are colors of this book a non-gamer doesn't get but you don't need to know a thing about gaming to relish this wonderful book.

Reviewer: Heather
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great read
Review: I think what I enjoyed the most was the characters’ had a real, deep backstory without the backstory being thrown in, but rather woven into the book. I enjoyed the switching POV and that even some more minor characters had POV moments, which doesn’t always happen. The Macbeth references were great and Marx is probably one of my favorite characters I have read in a long time. I loved the different types of love that were explored, especially the kind of love that comes from friendship that can run so deeply. Overall a great read and a good book club book as I think it lends itself to good discussion.

Reviewer: Raquel Hirsch
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Following these three characters was very enjoyable and it’s terrific read

Reviewer: Bruno Ricardo Moreno García
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Bien y de pasta dura, muy bien enviado sin detalles

Reviewer: Susa
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Tolles Buch, tiefgründig, bleibt im Kopf

Reviewer: Alejandra Vega
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Questo si che è un signor libro! Ti tieni incollato,storia bellissima!Ha un po' di "una vita come tante" .Bellissimo!This book is so good, I really enjoyed it! The story is really amazing and it's about friendship and love and games! Really good!

Reviewer: Mr. D. J. Marsala
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: 9/10 – wow. Delightful reading.Incredibly moving, candid, authentic storytelling.Zevin brings the characters and their struggles to life in a way I've never seen. They are delightfully (and painfully) real. Zevin explores their emotional lives through subtle, everyday conflicts rather than through exaggerated drama.The story shows the fragility and unpredictability of life. Yet, it infuses even serious moments with subtle humor.Zevin somehow manages to tackle dark themes with a light, thoughtful touch. It's rare to find such wonderful balance.There aren't many stories out there that are primarily about friendship, which was refreshing. It also shines a rare spotlight on the influence of family on the characters.The only negative I can think of is that, at times, the plot can be a bit slow. But overall, the deeply empathic character development makes up for it.Overall, I believe this is the work of a master. Touché, Gabrielle Zevin, I'm a huge fan after reading this! <3